Yum! Brands News & Media

It's good to be Yum China: Q2 operating profit up 64%

July 6, 2017

Yum China continues to be embraced with open arms in China, reporting a 3 percent spike in Q2 same-store sales and mobile payments exceeding 40 percent of…

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Former Dunkin', Starbucks, Yum exec named Papa Murphy's CEO

June 15, 2017

Weldon Spangler, a former leader with Dunkin' Brands, Starbucks and Yum, has been named CEO of Papa Murphy's, effective July 17, the company announced. Jean…

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Commodities: Pizza stocks take a tumble

by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group

The week before Easter found pizza operators with little to celebrate as stock values for the four brands monitored by this site continued their downward trend…

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Commodities: Cheese prices drop, so does Domino's stock

by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group

Overall, it was a fairly costly week for pizza operators' essential commodities, though ascending cheese prices returned to reality and the stock market…

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