
Whether the Weather: Why Restaurant Brands Are Looking to Meteorology for Sales Boosts
Pizza Hut is developing a custom AI platform to analyze weather data and recommend products to customers.
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Pizza Hut is developing a custom AI platform to analyze weather data and recommend products to customers.
Mayweather Boxing + Fitness hosts grand opening of its newest location in Long Beach, CA, marking the brand's third studio location in Southern California.

A retail trading expert weighs in on franchise stock investment, discussing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the market.

KFC partners with Big Brothers Big Sisters of America to provide gift cards for newly matched 'Bigs' and 'Littles' to share a meal and bond over a bucket of fried chicken.

Consumer Marketing News & Views discusses trends and news in franchise consumer marketing, including potential replenishment of the Restaurant Revitalization Fund.
Inspire Brands names Kate Jaspon as its new Chief Financial Officer, succeeding David Pipes, who is retiring.
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Yum! Brands acquires Dragontail Systems Limited for $72.5 million to enhance its digital capabilities in the quick-service restaurant space.

A&W Restaurants awarded five new units in the first quarter, setting it up to hit its development growth goal of 20 new stores by the end of the year.

Yum! Brands launches franchise education program with University of Louisville.
Bojangles appoints Byron Chandler as chief development officer to support company growth.

Yum! Brands pledges to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 46% by 2030 and achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, working closely with its franchisees, suppliers, and producers.
Yum! Brands, parent company of KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and The Habit Burger Grill, will decrease its greenhouse gas emissions 46% by 2030.

Restaurants are paying workers just to interview amid the worker shortage crisis, highlighting the challenges of hiring and retaining staff.

KFC partners with Meals on Wheels America to feed seniors across the country, donating boneless, skinless chicken breast filets and supporting local Meals on Wheels programs.
A&W's U.S. single-brand franchised restaurants achieved a ninth straight year of annual comp sales growth, with same-store sales up 9.7% in 2020.
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Steve Rafferty was appointed Senior Vice President of Development for North America at Subway Restaurants.

McDonald's offers bonuses to meet 35% diversity goal by 2025.

Restaurant Brands International reported an 8% sales drop across Burger King, Tim Hortons, and Popeyes in the fourth quarter of 2020.

Small-town operator Sajib Singha grows his revenue by 20-30% in 2020, opening 10 new units and planning to open 8 more.

YUM! Brands reported its 2020 Q4 earnings, showing how the restaurant industry is recovering from COVID-19, with only Taco Bell posting positive same-store sales growth.
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