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Taco Bell Serves Breakfast in the West

Posted Tue, 2012/01/31 - 07:13 by BMM

IRVINE, Calif. — Last Thursday Taco Bell launched the first items in its new breakfast platform. Eleven breakfast items ranging from 99 cents to $2.79 will be offered in 10 Western states.

Taco Bell Cuts Jobs

Posted Wed, 2011/11/23 - 01:25 by BMM
Taco Bell Corp, Top Work Places 2010
photo/taco bell website. company name added.

Yum Brands has had to make difficult decisions of late. It just recently sold troubled A&W and Long John Silver's fast food chains. Now during the week of Thanksgiving, the franchisor conglomerate announces that its Taco Bell brand will cut 105 corporate jobs.

Franchisees Buy A&W, Long John Brands from Yum

Posted Mon, 2011/09/26 - 03:00 by BMM
Sign outside of Yum Brand's head office in Louisville, Kentucky
Sign outside of Yum Brands headquarters, Louisville, Kentucky

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — In an unusual move, an independent franchisee association and franchisees will buy out their franchisors, hamburger brand A&W Restaurants Inc and fish chain Long John Silver's Inc. 

BofA to Sell Pizza Hut Franchise

Posted Fri, 2011/09/23 - 00:42 by BMM

In an effort to shrink the Bank of America to its core business, Bank of America is selling its stake in Pizza Hut's largest franchise for more than $800 million.

Analysis Gives Grim Outlook for Yum Franchisees

Posted Sun, 2011/08/21 - 09:44 by Janet Sparks
Goldman Sachs chart of Yum franchises declining
Yum U.S. franchise closures accelerate, Chart: Goldman Sachs, Yum data

NEW YORK – Goldman Sachs, hired as a financial advisor by Yum Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM), released an in-depth analysis of the fast food chain’s prospects in the developed world. And it isn’t pretty.

Australian KFC/Sizzler Franchisee IPO first day price falls 8%

Posted Thu, 2011/08/04 - 12:25 by John Gordon

Australian Franchisee Collins Foods (119 KFC, 26 Sizzlers) IPO prices at low end of its range and falls 8%, to A$2.30.

YUM Presents to Investor Confab, All International Focus, Says US Operations Not Strong

Posted Thu, 2011/01/13 - 09:12 by John Gordon

YUM presented to the Cowen and Company Consumer Conference Tuesday.

KFC Christmas in Japan

Posted Sat, 2010/12/25 - 08:35 by BMM

ABC News reports that Japanese think KFC when it comes to Christmas.

China Boosts Giant Yum Brands Profits

Posted Wed, 2010/10/06 - 10:48 by Ed Teixeira

For a number of years it’s been well known that Yum has received a huge revenue and income boost from its operations in China.

Flat Bottomed KFC Girls

Posted Tue, 2010/09/21 - 14:02 by BMM

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Hooter’s has their focus on big-chested women. Now KFC, the home of the 540 calorie Double Down, the caloric equivalent of a McDonald's Big Mac, is staking out its territory by emphasizing flat bottomed girls.