This included an estimated decline of 16% at KFC and a 4% growth at Pizza Hut.
With a cooling economy, Chinese demand may shrivel, reducing disposable incomes that once went for nights out at KFC or Pizza Hut.
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February same store sales actually inched up 2% in China, on the back of flat numbers at KFC and a 13% surge in Pizza Hut, as Chinese consumers ramped up purchases around the Lunar New Year.
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The Double Down is back at KFC!!!
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Same-store sales at the KFC fried-chicken chain fell 29% in April.
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Novak also is pushing to shave service times, particularly at Taco Bell and KFC.
Your KFC is doing well at the expense of more expensive restaurants because Americans really do eat out more than we did as kids, Rich, and the impulse-buy urge as you are driving by the fast food location is clearly very powerful.
You don't like him if you're 60 years old and own a KFC franchise--or eat at one.
"At one time no one in China knew KFC or McDonald's, but now everyone does, " he says.
While the burger chains duke it out on price, KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell are adding and emphasizing better food, which, in the case of KFC's roasted chicken, at least, also means lighter fare.
Look at Yum Brands, formerly Tricon Global, and owner of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell.
Brands, operator of Taco Bell, KFC and Pizza Hut, managed 6% growth at established Chinese locations, down considerably from past quarters where growth topped 20%.
Nineteen people sit at small tables in a room tricked out to look like a KFC restaurant.
The company said earlier this month KFC same-store sales in China fell by 16% at a time when nervous consumers have shunned chicken, despite government advice that cooked meat is safe.
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Nineteen people sit at small tables in a room tricked out to look like a Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) restaurant.
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