Making US Popcorn Chicken using all 42 KFC ingredients
You probably know about the 11 herbs and spices, BUT there are over 40 other ingredients that go into making your popcorn chicken. We wanted to find out exactly what makes that chicken so addictive, and to see if we could build our own from scratch. KFC doesn’t have its ingredients easily available on its website, BUT we managed to get our hands on an ingredients list from a few years ago and we’re going to follow it to the letter.
news.yahoo.comHong Kong authorities remove hamsters from pet shop over Covid scare
Authorities remove hamsters from a pet shop in Hong Kong after an employee and a customer handling hamsters tested positive for coronavirus. The city will cull hundreds of the animals after some were found to have Covid, officials said Tuesday, as the city tries to maintain its strict "zero-Covid" strategy.
news.yahoo.comKFC to enter chicken sandwich wars with new premium version
KFC is starting off 2021 by entering the chicken sandwich wars. Starting Thursday, KFC's sandwich is available in select restaurants in Chicago, Kansas City, St. Louis, San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, Oregon, Louisville, Kentucky, Sacramento, California, and Tulsa, Oklahoma. In the spring, KFC tested the sandwich in Orlando, Florida, and the item nearly doubled its original sales projections. "Many customers hadn't considered KFC as a part of the chicken sandwich conversation, but anyone who tastes this sandwich will know, without a doubt, that we're playing to win," said Andrea Zahumensky, chief marketing officer of KFC U.S. The sandwich consists of a quarter-pound chicken breast filet that's been double breaded, a toasted brioche bun, pickles and either mayo or spicy sauce.
cnbc.comYum Brands quarterly revenue rises 8%, fueled by higher Taco Bell demand
Yum Brands on Thursday reported that its quarterly revenue rose 8%, fueled by Taco Bell's return to positive same-store sales growth. Same-store sales across Yum fell 2%, but the company's digital sales set a record for a quarter, reaching $4 billion. Taco Bell reported same-store sales growth of 3%. Last quarter, the chain saw its same-store sales fall 8%, hurt by lower demand from early morning and late-night customers. KFC's global same-store sales fell 4%, despite U.S. same-store sales growth of 9%.
cnbc.comKFC suspends its finger lickin good slogan because of coronavirus
KFC is hitting pause on one of fast foods most popular slogans. The fried chicken chain announced it will suspend the use of Its Finger Lickin Good in its advertising, after running it for 64 years. In a statement, KFC said the slogan just doesnt feel quite right during the COVID-19 pandemic. The restaurant said the slogan will not go away forever, and they will bring it back when the time is right.
Taco Bell owner's same-store sales drop 7% in first three months of year, says trends improving in April
Yum Brands on Wednesday reported that global same-store sales fell 7% in the first three months of the year as the coronavirus pandemic closed thousands of its restaurants and weighed on Pizza Hut and KFC's sales. Excluding China, KFC's quarterly same-store sales fell 2%, hit by store closures and shelter-at-home mandates across the world in March. Pizza Hut, the laggard of Yum's portfolio, reported even steeper same-store sales declines of 11% as sales in the U.S. and China fell. Excluding China, Pizza Hut's same-store sales fell 5% in the quarter. Taco Bell was the only brand to report positive same-store sales growth during the quarter.
cnbc.comYum Brands CEO to forgo 2020 salary to fund general manager bonuses
Yum Brands said Monday that CEO David Gibbs will forgo the rest of his base salary in 2020 to fund one-time $1,000 bonuses to the company's nearly 1,200 restaurant general managers across KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and The Habit Burger Grill. His salary will also help fund the Yum Brands Foundation Global Employee Medical Relief Fund, according to a regulatory filing. The fund will provide financial hardship grants to those directly impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, including company and franchise restaurant employees. Gibbs stood to make $900,000 from his salary this year, excluding any performance-based bonuses. Among them: Darden Restaurants CEO Gene Lee, who is not taking a salary and The Cheesecake Factory CEO David Overton, who is taking a 20% pay cut.
cnbc.comPizza Hut's slumping US business eyes turnaround with new management
Even with a sponsorship deal with the National Football League, Pizza Hut's U.S. business is struggling to find a win. The warning follows yet another disappointing quarter from the pizza chain, which reported a same-store sales decline of 2% in the fourth quarter. In the U.S., which is its largest market by systemwide sales, same-store sales fell even further, dropping 4%. In the wake of Pizza Hut's lackluster financial results, Yum also announced that it has tapped Kevin Hochman as interim president of Pizza Hut's U.S. division. He will maintain those responsibilities while serving as interim president of Pizza Hut U.S."He's using that same playbook at Pizza Hut.
cnbc.comKFC to sell Beyond Meat's plant-based 'fried chicken' in the southern US
Consumers stand in line at an Atlanta-based KFC throughout the day to be among the first to try Beyond Fried Chicken, a plant-based chicken made in partnership with Beyond Meat, on Tuesday Aug. 27, 2019. (Beyond Meat said on Wednesday it will supply plant-based "fried chicken" to several KFC stores in Tennessee and North Carolina, after a test conducted last year showed strong consumer demand. While those companies have rolled out imitation pork or beef patties, Yum Brand's KFC is the first to launch plant-based "chicken." The product is 80 calories per piece and looks a bit like a fried chicken nugget, with a sinewy texture designed to feel like chicken. It will be available next month in dozens of stores in and around Nashville, Tennessee, and Charlotte, North Carolina.
cnbc.comTaco Bell's parent is buying Habit Burger as a way to break into the fast-casual industry
Yum Brands' $375 million acquisition of Habit Restaurants gives the owner of Taco Bell, KFC and Pizza Hut an opportunity to break into the fast-casual industry at a time when fast-food restaurants are struggling. Habit operates Habit Burger Grill, a premium burger chain founded in 1969 with nearly 280 locations, including several in China. While the overall fast-casual industry has seen its traffic growth slow in recent years, it is still outpacing that of fast-food restaurants. Visits to U.S. fast-casual restaurants increased by 3% in the year ended November 2019, according to data from The NPD Group's Crest service. Habit will be Yum's first fast-casual restaurant acquisition since it went public more than two decades ago under the name Tricon Global Restaurants.
cnbc.comKFC tests chicken and donuts sandwich
KFC is testing a chicken sandwich held together by donuts in place of a bun. Customers have two options: a chicken and doughnut basket meal for $5.49, which includes chicken tenders or bone-chicken plus a doughnut; or a chicken sandwich for $5.99, featuring a fried chicken patty between two doughnut buns -- the much more exciting option. Or maybe they're just trying to capitalize on some of the chicken sandwich craze. If weird fried chicken sandwich combinations are your thing, KFC also created a Cheetos chicken sandwich over the summer. So this might not be the last of the chicken sandwich game we see from KFC.
Taco Bell now has a vegetarian menu
(CNN) - Taco Bell is debuting a vegetarian section on its newly redesigned menu, which also includes two new items. Those are in addition to its two other existing vegetarian options that will be displayed prominently in a new "Vegetarian Favorites" menu. In total, there are more than a dozen vegetarian items on Taco Bell's menu. Taco Bell emphasized that non-vegetarian items can be made vegetarian by substituting beans for meat. Taco Bell said in a release said it plans to "further innovate in this growing space."
US restaurant chains look to China for sales growth as trade war continues
Restaurant Brands InternationalRestaurant Brands International's most recent acquisition, Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, announced a franchising deal last week to develop 1,500 stores in China over the next decade. Popeyes is the last of Restaurant Brands' three chains to sign such a deal. Restaurant Brands' stock, which has a market value of $35.6 billion, is up 48% so far this year. Tim Hortons, which boasts that it sells eight out of 10 cups of coffee in Canada, has seen sales growth slow in its home market. Now it is looking to China's rapidly expanding coffee market for sales growth.
cnbc.comKFC finds no evidence girl with scars was asked to leave
KFC finds no evidence girl with scars was asked to leave KFC said the story about an injured young girl being asked to leave one of its restaurants is a hoax. The announcement comes after the girl, Victoria Wilcher, raised over $100,000 in donations to help pay for medical bills after she was mauled by dogs. Michelle Miller reports.
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