AUCKLAND -- Restaurant Brands New Zealand Ltd, the country's largest fast-food operator, purchased 51 Pizza Hut stores for $12 million (NZ) March 19. The purchase raises Restaurant Brands' "red roof …

ST. ALBANS -- England-based Ask Central restaurant group is predicting 2001 earnings will meet expectations. According the BBC's Website, on Dec. 31 the company reported pre-tax profits of nearly $15 …

PLANO, Texas -- Pizza Inn CEO Jeff Rogers may exercise up to 822,500 shares of his personal stock options, or almost 23 percent of his holdings, as the Plano, Texas-based chain seeks to execute a …

Yorkshire Global Restaurants and Back Yard Burgers, Inc., have entered into development agreements with Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc. David Novak, chairman and CEO of Louisville, Ky.-based Tricon …

DETROIT -- The state of Michigan has seized several Pizza Hut stores owned by UrbanCity Foods' president La Van Hawkins. According to TV station WDIV 4, State Treasury officials closed the stores …

According to Anaova, an English news Web site, full-year sales for 2001 at Domino's U.K. were up 29.4 percent to £98 million ($141 million U.S.), compared with £76 million ($109 million U …

LOS ANGELES -- California Pizza Kitchen Inc. reported Jan. 10 that comparable-store sales for the fourth quarter, ended Dec. 30, rose 2 percent. Revenues for the period were up 22 percent to $67.6 …

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Tricon Global Restaurants Inc. reported on Jan. 30 that its U.S. comparable store sales for the month sales rose 5 percent, based on blended numbers from Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and …

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- While fourth quarter blended sales for 2001 at Tricon Global Restaurants Inc. rose 7 percent, sales at its Pizza Hut chain were mixed. Sales at stores open more than one year …

WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- Restaurant Brands NZ Ltd., operator of 201 Pizza Hut, KFC and Starbucks stores throughout New Zealand reported a 24 percent increase in profits over last year of NZ$12.2 …

PLANO, Texas -- Pizza Inn, Inc. today reported earnings per share (EPS) for its fiscal year second quarter, ended Dec. 23, of 6 cents, versus 5 cents for the same quarter last year. The 432-store …

KUALA LUMPUR -- Tricon Global Restaurants senior legal counsel in Malaysia, Vinod Mahboobani, said the company will announce a winning bidder for its 87 fast-food stores in Singapore before the end …

LOS ANGELES -- California Pizza Kitchen, Inc., reported solid gains in revenue and moderate comp store sales increases for 2001, according to a company release. Total revenue for the period was up 18 …

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. -- Chicago Pizza & Brewery Inc. announced Jan. 31 that C. Douglas Mitchell has joined the company as its chief financial officer. Mitchell restaurant accounting and …

Chuck E. Cheese's is hoping legislation pending before the full Mississippi Senate will allow its arcade games to become legal at its one pizza parlor in the state. According to an Associated Press …

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Tricon Global Restaurants Inc. (NYSE:YUM), the parent company of Pizza Hut, on Feb. 11 reported strong fourth-quarter and year-end earnings that exceeded analyst expectations For …

IRVING, Texas -- CEC Entertainment Inc., parent company of Chuck E. Cheese's reported its fourth-quarter 2001 earnings were up 13 percent over 2000. The company credited strong sales in new and …

A March SEC filing by Tricon Global Restaurants said its shareholders will vote on a proposed smoking ban at its U.S. company stores. The vote will take place at Tricon's annual meeting, beginning …

Despite flat sales throughout the pizza business, operators' and exhibitors' moods at the industry's premier trade show were decidedly upbeat.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- According to a March 12 SEC statement filed by Tricon Global Restaurants, the company paid out $15 million in damages to settle two separate lawsuits against its Pizza Hut chain …