Weekend Car Buying Roundup December 14, 2024

Weekend Car Buying Roundup December 14, 2024

Photo: Facebook Marketplace Happy Friday, friends. It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas out there, even though, without snow, it may not look it. The park near the climbing gym is selling trees, the air has that frosty nip to it and the floor of my apartment building’s hallway is absolutely freezing when I … Read more

Restaurant Review: A Brooklyn Gas Station with Serious Grub

Restaurant Review: A Brooklyn Gas Station with Serious Grub

The food at Blue Hour is made with high-quality ingredients and a considerable amount of care. The star of the show is undoubtedly the Cwunch Wap Supweme, with its spiced beef and assorted taco-ish fillings—diced tomato, iceberg lettuce, shredded cheese, homemade queso, sour cream—layered above and below a crisp tostada round, then wrapped up inside … Read more

KFC, Pizza Hut sales slump as sticky inflation hampers parent Yum’s bottom line

KFC, Pizza Hut sales slump as sticky inflation hampers parent Yum’s bottom line

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

Fast food titans Taco Bell, Pizza Hut going ‘AI-first’ with new innovations

Fast food titans Taco Bell, Pizza Hut going ‘AI-first’ with new innovations

Yum! Brands, the operator of KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and The Habit Burger Grill restaurants, is embracing technology with plans for “AI-powered” fast food, according to a Wall Street Journal report. The company has been increasing investment in technology and automation, with about 45%, or $30 billion, of sales being digital – nearly twice what it … Read more

Taco Bell 2024 new menu items: Cheez-it Crunchwraps, chicken nuggets

Taco Bell 2024 new menu items: Cheez-it Crunchwraps, chicken nuggets

Taco Bell previewed 2024 for fans on Friday, a future that includes Crunchwraps made with giant Cheez-its, chicken nuggets and possibly permanent Nacho Fries. The occasion was a one-hour event called “Live Más LIVE” that was live-streamed from Las Vegas as part of Super Bowl LVIII festivities. Shakes, previewed in December at two Orange County … Read more

Former rare combined KFC, Taco Bell restaurant shutters in SF

Former rare combined KFC, Taco Bell restaurant shutters in SF

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