KFC debuts Open House restaurant in Texas to test new customer experiences
KFC is opening a new restaurant concept in Texas where it will offer an expanded menu, including breakfast items, and table service.


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KFC is opening a new restaurant concept in Texas where it will offer an expanded menu, including breakfast items, and table service.

KFC has been taking a licking in its home market from fried chicken rivals like Raising Cane's

Fast food giant aiming to increase share of global chicken market as rising cost of beef hits profits. McDonald's is betting on fried chicken as health concern…

False claims about genetically modified chickens and state trademark fees have persisted for decades alongside the real reason.

"As the global appetite for chicken grows, KFC is answering the call," KFC Global CEO Scott Mezvinsky said.

KFC is facing more competition from legacy giants and upstarts alike, thanks to the growing global popularity of chicken.

Western fast-food brands are expanding into the countryside
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Same-store sales at Taco Bell and KFC rose, while Pizza Hut reported same-store sales fell 1%.

It reported adjusted earnings per share of $1.44, missing Wall Street estimates of $1.46, and revenue of $1.93 billion, below projections of $1.94 billion.

Yum Brands on Tuesday reported quarterly earnings and revenue that missed analysts' expectations as Pizza Hut and KFC reported U.S. same-store sales declines.

The fried chicken firm will invest nearly £1.5bn over five years as rivals step up expansion.
KFC's corporate staff will relocate from the brand's headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky, to Plano, Texas, Yum says.

Move away from its ancestral home is part of a wider shakeup at its parent company Yum Brands.

Yum Brands said the move is part of its broader plans to designate two brand headquarters in the US - in Plano, Texas, and Irvine, Calif.

KFC's parent company Yum Brands is calling remote workers back to the office.

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