Eli Manning to Use the new Hidden Valley Ranch Easy Squeeze Bottle to Autograph Pizza Hut Pizza Creating Crave-worthy Memorabilia Fans Can Win a Year's Supply of Hidden Valley Ranch and Pizza Hut Pizza to Create Signature Moments All Year Long OAKLAND, Calif., Jan. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Hidden Valley ® Ranch, the nation's original ranch dressing brand, is changing the game with the launch of its brand-new Easy Squeeze bottle, making it even easier to add ranch flavor to anything. To celebrate the launch and just in time for the Big Game, Hidden Valley Ranch is teaming up with Pizza Hut and football legend, Eli Manning, to create the one-of-a-kind Hidden Valley Ranch Signature Pizza, deliv

Mezvinsky Will Succeed Sabir Sami Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) today announced the promotion of Scott Mezvinsky, 49, to KFC Division Chief Executive Officer, reporting to Yum! Brands Chief Executive Officer David Gibbs, effective March 1, 2025. Mezvinsky, a 20-year veteran of the Company who currently serves as President of Taco Bell North America and International, will succeed Sabir Sami, who is stepping down as KFC CEO at the end of February 2025. Mezvinsky will assume global responsibility for driving the brand strategy and performance of KFC. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250113712186/en/YUM) today announ

The U.S. eats the equivalent to 240,000 Olympic sized swimming pools in pizza slices a yearSorry New York, the debate of how to eat a slice of pizza has been resolved, nearly half of people say the proper way is "tip first", not folded. 44% of people even say eating pizza with a fork is a food crime28% of people would give up alcohol for a year if they could have free pizza every dayWith a trend of global flavors, 37% of Americans say they'd like to try Mexican-inspired pizza or Greek-inspired pizza (21%)Ranch reigns supreme as most popular dipping sauce, and Kentucky is the state that dips pizza the mostAfter much debate, boneless wings win out against bone-in wings as the top preference59%

Options include the NEW Nashville Hot Loaded Fries Bowl LOUISVILLE, Ky., Jan. 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- KFC is introducing a hot new lineup of five flavor-packed bowls for a limited time, including KFC icons like the Famous Bowl and saucy twists like the new Nashville Hot Loaded Fries Bowl. For a limited time, the fan-favorite Nashville Hot Sauce is back on KFC menus nationwide, while supplies last. Indulge your cravings with a hearty, warm, comforting bowl this winter for just $5 each, making your post-holiday wallet happy. The five flavor-packed $5 options are available starting today at KFC restaurants, KFC.com and the KFC app:*

Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) will host a Taco Bell Consumer Day at the Hollywood Palladium on January 28th at 11:30 a.m. ET / 8:30 a.m. PT. The event will not be webcast live. A recording of the event will be made available on the Yum! Brands website at http://investors.yum.com/. Individuals interested in attending the live event should inquire with the Yum! Investor Relations team at [email protected]. Yum! Brands, Inc., based in Louisville, Kentucky, and its subsidiaries franchise or operate a system of over 60,000 restaurants in more than 155 countries and territories under the company's concepts – KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and Habit Burger & Grill. The Company's KFC, Taco B

Take your pick of feasts featuring KFC's new Original Recipe® Tenders – with options for any gathering LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec. 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- KFC is serving joy at the table this holiday season! Since the 1960s, KFC restaurants around the world have created unique, holiday-themed buckets to celebrate the season. This year, the fried chicken chain is releasing its most colorful and whimsical holiday bucket yet, featuring a "Buckets of Joy" design by Yeye Weller, the popular illustrator duo, plus matching streetwear-inspired holiday merch. KFC is also releasing new meal d

Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) Board of Directors declared a dividend of $0.67 per share of common stock. The quarterly dividend will be distributed December 13, 2024 to shareholders of record at the close of business on December 2, 2024. Yum! Brands, Inc., based in Louisville, Kentucky, and its subsidiaries franchise or operate a system of over 60,000 restaurants in more than 155 countries and territories under the company's concepts – KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and Habit Burger & Grill. The Company's KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut brands are global leaders of the chicken, Mexican-style food, and pizza categories, respectively. Habit Burger & Grill is a fast casual restaurant concept speciali

Introducing a Plush Product Line That Combines Cuddly Companions with KFC's Iconic Flavor, Exclusively at Build-A-Bear ST. LOUIS, Nov. 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Build-A-Bear Workshop (NYSE:BBW), the beloved global brand known for its heartwarming, memorable experiences, has teamed up with KFC®, the original fried chicken brand, for a finger lickin' good collaBEARation—available starting today. This tasty mashup of comfort plush and comfort food is playfully inspired by KFC's classic red-and-white striped bucket.  Launching just in time to celebrate togetherness during the holid

Restaurant teams from 12 countries competed in Dubai to make the best Pan and Stuffed Crust pizzas PLANO, Texas , Nov. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- For the past four years, Pizza Hut has held a global competition in which team members from across the world compete to see who can make the best Pan and Stuffed Crust pizza. Last week, following an exciting battle between teams from 12 countries, Pizza Hut named the Bahrain team as the 2024 Global Pizza Hut Champion.       The event highlights Pizza Hut's commitment to core menu excellence in terms of execution, taste and innovation –

The iconic pizza brand and one of its key pizza box suppliers want customers to know that pizza boxes can be recycled PLANO, Texas, Nov. 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Pizza Hut, LLC has partnered with Smurfit Westrock, one of the brand's primary pizza box suppliers, to raise awareness with customers in Louisville, Ky. that their pizza boxes can be recycled. While there can be confusion surrounding this topic, research conducted by Smurfit Westrock in recent years has proven that pizza boxes can in fact be recycled, grease and all, when infrastructure in local communities allows. In fact, it's estimated that nearly 75% of people in the U.S. have access to recycling for used pizza boxes in their lo

Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) Board of Directors declared a dividend of $0.67 per share of common stock. The quarterly dividend will be distributed December 13, 2024 to shareholders of record at the close of business on December 2, 2024. Yum! Brands, Inc., based in Louisville, Kentucky, and its subsidiaries franchise or operate a system of over 60,000 restaurants in more than 155 countries and territories under the company's concepts – KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and Habit Burger & Grill. The Company's KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut brands are global leaders of the chicken, Mexican-style food, and pizza categories, respectively. Habit Burger & Grill is a fast casual restaurant concept speciali

Taco Bell U.S. Same-Store Sales Growth +4%; KFC International Unit Growth +9% Digital Sales Mix Exceeding 50% Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) today reported results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2024. Worldwide system sales, excluding foreign currency translation, grew 1% reflecting 5% unit growth. Third-quarter GAAP operating profit grew 1% and third-quarter core operating profit grew 3%. Third-quarter GAAP EPS was $1.35 and third-quarter EPS excluding Special Items was $1.37. Third-quarter EPS excluding Special Items reflects a $0.14 negative impact from a higher current year tax rate and lower investment income year-over-year. This press release features multimedia. View the fu

Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) will release its third quarter financial results on Tuesday, November 5, 2024 at 7:00 a.m. ET with a conference call to review the company's financial performance and strategies at 7:45 a.m. ET. The number is 833/470-1428 for U.S. callers, 833/950-0062 for Canada callers, and +1/929-526-1599 for all other international callers, conference ID 611638. The event will be webcast live and can be accessed through the Yum! Brands website at https://investors.yum.com/events-and-presentations. The Q&A session of this conference call is limited to analysts only. Members of the media may direct their questions to the contact number below. The call will be available for p

Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) Board of Directors declared a dividend of $0.67 per share of common stock. The quarterly dividend will be distributed September 6, 2024 to shareholders of record at the close of business on August 27, 2024. Yum! Brands, Inc., based in Louisville, Kentucky, and its subsidiaries franchise or operate a system of over 59,000 restaurants in more than 155 countries and territories under the company's concepts – KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and the Habit Burger Grill. The Company's KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut brands are global leaders of the chicken, Mexican-style food, and pizza categories, respectively. The Habit Burger Grill is a fast casual restaurant concept speci

+6% GAAP Operating Profit Growth and +10% Core Operating Profit Growth Taco Bell Same-Store Sales Growth +5%; KFC Unit Growth +8% Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) today reported results for the second-quarter ended June 30, 2024. Worldwide system sales, excluding foreign currency translation, grew 3% including a 1% same-store sales decline. Second-quarter GAAP operating profit grew 6% and second-quarter core operating profit grew 10%. Second-quarter GAAP EPS was $1.28 and second-quarter EPS excluding Special Items was $1.35. Our year-over-year EPS excluding Special Items results reflect a $0.20 negative impact from a higher current year tax rate and lower investment income. Foreign currency t

Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) will release its second quarter financial results on Tuesday, August 6, 2024 at 7:00 a.m. ET with a conference call to review the company's financial performance and strategies at 8:15 a.m. ET. The number is 833/470-1428 for U.S. callers, 833/950-0062 for Canada callers, and 929/526-1599 for all other international callers, conference ID 125949. The event will be webcast live and can be accessed through the Yum! Brands website at https://investors.yum.com/events-and-presentations. The Q&A session of this conference call is limited to analysts only. Members of the media may direct their questions to the contact number below. The call will be available for pla

Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) Board of Directors declared a dividend of $0.67 per share of common stock. The quarterly dividend will be distributed June 7, 2024 to shareholders of record at the close of business on May 28, 2024. Yum's Board of Directors also approved a new share repurchase authorization which authorizes repurchases of up to $2.0 billion in shares of common stock from July 1, 2024, through December 31, 2026. The prior outstanding authorization approved in September 2022 expires on June 30, 2024. Yum! Brands, Inc., based in Louisville, Kentucky, and its subsidiaries franchise or operate a system of over 59,000 restaurants in more than 155 countries and territories under th

KFC International +10% Unit Growth; Taco Bell U.S. SSSG +2%; Record Digital System Sales Mix of Over 50% Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) today reported results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2024. Worldwide system sales, excluding foreign currency translation, grew 2%, with 6% unit growth and a 3% same-store sales decline. First-quarter GAAP operating profit declined 1% and first-quarter core operating profit grew 6%. First-quarter GAAP EPS was $1.10 and first-quarter EPS excluding Special Items was $1.15. First-quarter EPS includes negative after-tax impacts of $0.08 from investment losses and $0.03 from foreign currency translation. This press release features multimedia. View th

Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) will release its first quarter financial results on Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at 7:00 a.m. ET with a conference call to review the company's financial performance and strategies at 8:15 a.m. ET. The number is 833/470-1428 for U.S. callers, 833/950-0062 for Canada callers, and 929/526-1599 for all other international callers, conference ID 268136. The event will be webcast live and can be accessed through the Yum! Brands website at https://investors.yum.com/events-and-presentations. The Q&A session of this conference call is limited to analysts only. Members of the media may direct their questions to the contact number below. The call will be available for playb

Industry Record Full-Year 4,754 Gross Unit Openings Translating to 6% Unit Growth Full-Year System Sales Grew 10% with 22% Digital Sales Growth Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) today reported results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2023. Fourth-quarter worldwide system sales, excluding foreign currency translation, grew 5%, with 6% unit growth and 1% same-store sales growth. Full-year worldwide system sales, excluding foreign currency translation, grew 10%, with 6% unit growth and 6% same-store sales growth. Full-year GAAP Operating Profit growth was 6%. Full-year Core Operating Profit growth was 12%. Fourth-quarter GAAP EPS was $1.62 and EPS excluding Special Items was $

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For the First Time Ever, Pizza Hut Will Reward All Readers Across the Country with a Free Personal Pan Pizza (with $8 minimum purchase)* as Part of National Book Month Celebration PLANO, Texas, Oct. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Pizza Hut, LLC is thrilled to mark the 40th anniversary of its beloved BOOK IT! ® program by giving away ONE MILLION FREE PERSONAL PAN PIZZAS during National Book Month this October. Since 1984, the Pizza Hut BOOK IT! program has ignited a passion for reading in millions of children, and now, for the first time, readers of all ages are invited to join in the celebration with a limited time offer of a free Personal Pan Pizza (with $8 minimum purchase)* for everyone who emb

Brand Debuts Humorous Stunt Content Promoting That Pizza Tastes #BetterWithPepsi and To Prove It, Offers Fans Tens of Thousands of FREE Pizzas On DoorDash with Purchase of ANY Pepsi from Leading Pizza Restaurants Little Caesars, Papa Johns, Pizza Hut, and Marco's Pizza PURCHASE, N.Y., Sept. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Ordering pizza on a Friday night is a classic end-of-week celebration (with nearly 43% of pizza orders taking place then), but if you're not chasing that crispy crust and gooey cheese with a refreshing sip of ice-cold PEPSI®, you're leaving taste on the table – and that's nothing to celebrate. In hopes of putting a screeching halt to eating pizza without a Pepsi, today, the brand

Boston, MA, July 24, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Inner City Capital Connections (ICCC), ICIC's signature program for small business owners in the mid-stage of their growth, is thrilled to mark its fourth year in Canada, made possible by the generous support and partnership of the lead sponsor, Pizza Hut Canada, as part of YUM's Unlocking Opportunity Initiative. The program provides free education, mentorship, and grants to small business owners from underrepresented communities across Canada. At the heart of this initiative is the Equal Slice Program, a pivotal component offering participants the opportunity to vie for one of five $20,000 CAD grants designed to fuel the growth and scalability

Melissa Friebe To Become Chief Marketing Officer, Pizza Hut U.S., from Taco Bell PLANO, Texas, May 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Pizza Hut announced two new executive marketing appointments. Kalen Thornton will join the company as Global Chief Brand Officer reporting to Pizza Hut Division Chief Executive Officer, Aaron Powell, effective June 10. In this role, Thornton will lead Pizza Hut's global brand strategy and oversee all aspects of marketing across 110 markets and territories. Thornton will also be responsible for guiding the brand to a new chapter of relevance – harne

Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) today announced the appointments of Brett Biggs, former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Walmart Inc., and Susan Doniz, Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President of Information Technology & Data Analytics of The Boeing Company, to its Board of Directors, effective August 10, 2023. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230719638288/en/YUM) today announced the appointments of Brett Biggs, former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Walmart Inc., and Susan Doniz, Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President of Information Technology & D

Holley Inc. (NYSE:HLLY), the leading platform serving performance automotive enthusiasts, today announced the appointment of Jesse Weaver as the Company's Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Weaver will succeed Stephen Trussell, who has served as the Company's Interim Chief Financial Officer since September 30, 2022. Mr. Trussell will continue as the Company's Vice President of Finance, a role he has held since 2009. Mr. Weaver, who has nearly 20 years of experience in finance, strategy, and data analytics, will serve as a member of the executive leadership team and report directly to President and Chief Executive Officer, Tom Tomlinson. Most recently, Mr. Weaver served as Senior Vice President o

Company Names Global Consumer Packaged Goods Veteran Aaron Powell as Pizza Hut Division CEO Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) today announced that Aaron Powell, 50, former President of Kimberly-Clark Corporation's Asia-Pacific Consumer Business, will join the Company as global Pizza Hut Division Chief Executive Officer, reporting to Yum! Chief Executive Officer David Gibbs, effective September 20. In this role, Powell will assume global responsibility for driving Pizza Hut Division's growth strategies, franchise operations and performance. Today's announcement concludes Yum! Brands' search for Pizza Hut Division's top leadership post. This press release features multimedia. View the full releas

Citigroup downgraded Yum! Brands from Buy to Neutral and set a new price target of $141.00 from $153.00 previously

Argus upgraded Yum! Brands from Hold to Buy and set a new price target of $155.00

TD Cowen downgraded Yum! Brands from Buy to Hold and set a new price target of $145.00 from $156.00 previously

Evercore ISI downgraded Yum! Brands from Outperform to In-line and set a new price target of $145.00 from $160.00 previously

Goldman initiated coverage of Yum! Brands with a rating of Neutral and set a new price target of $150.00

Argus downgraded Yum! Brands from Buy to Hold

Wells Fargo downgraded Yum! Brands from Overweight to Equal Weight and set a new price target of $135.00 from $150.00 previously

Oppenheimer upgraded Yum! Brands from Perform to Outperform and set a new price target of $154.00

Stifel downgraded Yum! Brands from Buy to Hold and set a new price target of $135.00

Barclays upgraded Yum! Brands from Equal Weight to Overweight and set a new price target of $146.00 from $126.00 previously