Back in 1959, the Army Corp of Engineers carved its own Echo Base into the Greenland ice as a testbed for launching nuclear missiles from Arctic locations. The base was abandoned in 1967, but a new scan from NASA shows it’s still sitting 100 feet below the ice — along with all its radioactive waste. … Read more
KFC and Pizza Hut parent Yum Brands reported a bigger-than-expected fall in same-store sales for the second quarter as sticky inflation discouraged lower-income Americans from spending on dining out. Same-store sales at the company’s KFC division fell 5% in the United States in the second quarter, compared with a 7% decline in the prior quarter, while Pizza … Read more
The popular boozer came second to Greggs, with 59 percent of people having a positive opinion of it and a 94 percent fame rating. YouGov data for the first quarter of 2024 revealed that Burger King was the third “most popular dining brand” with Costa Coffee in a close fourth. In fifth place was Pizza … Read more
The new range is available to get your hands on now with fans raving about the menu additions. One person wrote on X, formally known as Twitter: “Man I told folks that Pizza Hut Honey Hot is amazing,” while another said: “Damn you convinced me, gotta quit that Pizza Hut hot honey addiction asap.” A … Read more
Need to passive-aggressively dump your significant other before Valentine’s Day? Pizza Hut has you covered. On Tuesday — known as “Red Tuesday” for its popularity as a date for couples to split a week before Valentine’s Day — the restaurant chain kicked off a heartbreak-inducing promotion offered to customers in select cities. Through February 14, … Read more
The former KFC-Taco Bell at 200 Duboce Ave. in San Francisco has closed for good. Google Street View KFC’s parent company Yum! Brands, which also owns Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and The Habit Burger Grill, confirmed the restaurant closure at 200 Duboce Ave. with SFGATE via email. According to a KFC spokesperson, the franchise owner decided … Read more
white bicycle, or ghost bike, with a sign saying rest in peace locked to a pole on a New York City street is a memorial at the site where a cyclist was killed by a crash motor vehicle. Image: Deb Cohn-Orbach/UCG/Universal Images Group (Getty Images) Biking ain’t easy; in fact it can be straight up … Read more
More than 1,200 Pizza Hut delivery drivers in California are slated to be laid off in February. Brandon Bell/Getty Images Pizza Hut operators will lay off more than 1,200 delivery drivers at hundreds of franchises across California in February, the company confirmed. San Ramon-based PacPizza and Southern California Pizza Co., which operate Pizza Hut restaurants … Read more
