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KFC Ordered To Pay $8.3 Million For Salmonella Poisoning

Reuters | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: New South Wales Supreme Court, Fast Food, George Vlahakis, Reuters, Salmonella Poisoning, Yum Brands, Kfc, Monika Samaan, Food News

SYDNEY, April 27 (Reuters) - Fast-food chain KFC has been ordered to pay A$8 million ($8.3 million) in damages to the family of an Australian girl w...

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KFC, Taco Bell Parent Company Posts Whopping Profit Gains

AP | BRUCE SCHREINER | Posted 04.18.2012

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Yum Brands Inc., owner of the Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and KFC chains, said Wednesday its first-quarter net income rose 73 percent...

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KFC CEO: China Is The Biggest Retail Opportunity Of 21st Century

Posted 02.28.2012

Read More: Video, Yum Brands, Kfc, Yum Brands Ceo, Yum Brands China, David Novak, China, Kfc China, Food News

USA Today scored a great interview with David Novak, the CEO of Yum Brands -- the umbrella company of KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut. The Q&A is full of...

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Pizza Hut CEO's Go-To Date Restaurant? Pizza Hut

Posted 02.27.2012

Read More: Video, Pizza Hut Engagement, David Novak Yum Brands, David Novak Pizza Hut Dates, David Novak, Pizza Hut Ceo, Pizza Hut Dates, David Novak Pizza Hut, Yum Brands, Yum Brands Ceo, Pizza Hut, Food News

There's no doubting that Yum Brand's David Novak has a mind for business: you don't become the second-best-paid CEO in the restaurant business without...

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Why Profits At KFC, Pizza Hut Are Surging

AP | By BRUCE SCHREINER | Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: Video, Yum Brands Earnings, Kfc China, Yum Brands 4th Quarter, Taco Bell, Yum Brands, Kfc, Pizza Hut, Yum Brands Overseas, Food News

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Yum Brands Inc., owner of the Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and KFC fast-food chains, said Monday that its fourth-quarter profit rose 30 per...

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¡Ay Caramba! Taco Bell Revealed As Source Of Salmonella Outbreak

Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: Mexican Chain Salmonella, Salmonella Outbreak, Fast Food, Food Poisoning, Video, Restaurant Chain A, Taco Bell, Taco Bell Salmonella, Food Safety, Yum Brands, Salmonella, Food News

Earlier this week, HuffPost Food wrote that Food Safety News had been investigating an unusually large outbreak of salmonella originating at an unname...

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Taco Bell Aims To Recover From Weak Year With New Dishes

Posted 12.22.2011

Read More: Taco Bell Beef, Fast Food, Video, Taco Bell Rebound, Taco Bell, Yum Brands, Taco Bell New Menu Items, Taco Bell Sales, Taco Bell Signature Menu, Taco Bell Signature Burritos, Food News

Taco Bell had a rough year. Many of its competitors in the quick service market were feasting like crows on the still-ravenous, cash-strapped corpse o...

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Colonel Sanders' Secret Manuscript Discovered

AP | By BRUCE SCHREINER | Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Video, Colonel Sanders Unpublished Manuscript, Yum Brands, Kfc, Colonel Sanders, Colonel Sanders Manuscript, Amy Sherwood, Colonel Sanders Cookbook, Kfc Cookbook, Food News

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Paula Deen, step aside. Colonel Harland Sanders is about to teach America "real old-time country and farm cooking before it's forgo...

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Fast Food Brand Targets Food Stamp Users

USAToday.com | Posted 11.06.2011

Read More: Fast Food, Food Stamp Usage, Food Stamps, Restaurants, Food Stamp Increase, Yum! Brands, Food Stamps Restaurants, Yum Brands, Food Stamps Fast Food, Food News

The number of businesses approved to accept food stamps grew by a third from 2005 to 2010, U.S. Department of Agriculture records show, as vendors fro...

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Taco Bell Meat Lawsuit Withdrawn

AP | By BRUCE SCHREINER | Posted 06.18.2011

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- An Alabama-based law firm said Monday it has withdrawn its class-action lawsuit that sought to force Taco Bell to stop calling the ...

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FBI Investigated Col. Sanders Death Threat, Files Reveal

AP | By BRUCE SCHREINER | Posted 06.15.2011

Read More: Fast Food, Fbi, Fbi Files, Kfc, Yum Brands, Death Threats, Colonel Sanders, Fast Food Chains, Food News

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- As it turns out, Colonel Harland Sanders wasn't the only one keeping secrets. Newly released documents from the 1970s show the FBI...

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Taco Bell Launches TV Ads To Manage Beef Lawsuit Fallout

AP/Huffington Post | MICHELLE CHAPMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taco Bell Beef, Taco Bell Lawsuit, Yum Brands, Taco-Bell-Ads, Food Advertising, Taco Bell, Taco Bell Beef Ads, Taco Bell Ads, Video, Food News

Associated Press: NEW YORK — Taco Bell is turning to TV commercials to battle damage to its image from a lawsuit questioning its taco filling. ...

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You Say Tomato, I Say Slavery (video)

Kurt Michael Friese | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Publix, Iowa, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Kurt, Burger King, Agriculture, Penny-a-Pound, Immigration, Immokalee, Kurt Friese, Stephen Colbert, Slow Food, Bamco, McDonald's, Recipes, Farm, Migrant Labor, Slavery, Taco Bell, Chef, Artisan, Recipe, Tomato, Ahold, Gastronomy, Food Writing, Kroger, Cuisine, Sustainable, Corps, Artisanal, Labor, Yum! Brands, Cooking, Food, Kurt Michael Friese, Florida, Whole Foods, Friese, Video, Food News

When you buy tomatoes at the local Publix, Ahold, Kroger, or Walmart, you become the last link in a chain that is attached to shackles in south Florida.

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The Biggest Companies You've Never Heard Of (PHOTOS)

24/7 Wall St. | Posted 05.25.2011

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By 24/7 Wall St.: The great majority of the largest companies in America are easily identified by name by most consumers. That is because their names ...

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KFC Execs Hint Some Restaurants Could Close To Increase Profits

AP | BRUCE SCHREINER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fast Food, Yum Brands, KFC Closing, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Kfc, Food News

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Top executives with the owner of KFC hinted Wednesday that some U.S. outlets of the ubiquitous chicken chain could close if th...

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Taco Bell Comes To India

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: India, Yum Brands, Taco Bell India, Global Food, Fast Food, Taco Bell, Food News

From The Associated Press: LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Yum Brands Inc. opened its first Taco Bell restaurant in India on Tuesday in Bangalore. The compa...

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Criminally Negligent Homicide: The Legacy of Wealthy Nations That Allows Millions to Die

Dan Silverstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Undp, Wfp, Fao, Yum! Brands, World Bank, TNT Group, Food for Peace, International Food Policy Research Institute, Howard Buffet, Ethiopia, The Green Revolution, Farm Bill, Josette Sheeran, Spencer Bachus, Roger Thurow, Archbold OH, Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Scott Kilman, World Food Programme, Usaid, Norman Borlaug, Puchase for Progress, Alliance to End Hunger, Agra, Universities Fighting World Hunger, Business News

Two award-winning reporters have collaborated on a new book entitledEnough: Why the World's Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty. It is a page turner. Unless you simply don't give a damn, this is a must read.

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Haiti Relief: Corporate Donations - See How Much Major Companies Are Donating

Posted 05.25.2011

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HAITI RELIEF UPDATES: The Latest Corporation Donations In response to the crisis in Haiti, companies around the world are scrambling to donate to t...

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Life Changing Leadership in a Small Southern Town

Dan Silverstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Auburn University, Tnt, Sodexo, World Hunger, Yum! Brands, United Nations, Food Insecurity, National Institute on Food and Agriculture, Universitites Fighting World Hunger, World Food Programme, Roger Beachy, Business News

Hunger is an extremely significant and pressing issue and, yet, it is almost universally misunderstood by the people who have the ability to actually do something about it.

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Pizza Hut Donates Food For Tweets

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Yum Brands, Christina Aguilera, Twitter, UN World Food Progamme, World Hunger, Pizza Hut, Impact News

Pizza Hut, the company that consistently finds new and innovative ways to hide cheese in a pizza, is now putting that cheese to good use by feeding th...

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The Risk Of Branding In The Derby Winner's Circle

New York Times | STEPHANIE CLIFFORD | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eight Belles, Yum Brands, Eight Belles Kentucky Derby, Eight Belles Death, Kentucky Derby, Business News

MINUTES before he was to appear live on NBC on Saturday as the presenting sponsor of the Kentucky Derby, David C. Novak, the chief executive of Yum Br...

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KFC Cooks Up Grilled Chicken

AP | Bruce Schreiner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fast Food, Grilled Chicken, Kentucky Fried Chicken Grilled, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Kentucky Grilled Chicken, Yum Brands, KFC Grilled Chicken, Healthier Fast Food, Colonel Sanders, Kfc, Business News

What in the name of Colonel Harland Sanders is going on at KFC? The chain built by his secret recipe for fried chicken is about to give equal billing ...

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Pizza Hut Takes Text Orders

Reuters Via ABC News | LISA BAERTLEIN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Text Messages, Yum Brands, Text Orders, Domino's Pizza, Pizza Hut, Business News

Pizza Hut has deployed a mobile ordering system that ratchets up the competition in the industry's battle to sell more pizzas using the latest technol...

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