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...last year, far below the pace set by its competitors. The culprit? A sudden burst of creativity from the big guns in the fast-food wars, McDonald's and Burger King, as well as some smart plays by smaller chains like Hardee's and KFC. For years, McDonald's and Burger King had relied on their size to generate growth, opening hundreds of new stores every year to pump up sales. Meanwhile, Wendy's had some very lucrative ground to itself. It is only one-fifth the size of McDonald's in terms of sales, but Wendy's kept growing...
...Kellogg, Yum! Brands and Safeway to report on their use of these ingredients. Such a review could instill fear in consumers who are unaware that competitors use these ingredients as well, said ASCR members. CCSR member D. Ronald Daniel is a former director of Yum! Brands, which owns KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut restaurants. The two other CCSR members are James R. Houghton ’58 and Conrad K. Harper...
...KFC The chicken specialist owned by YUM! Brands is China's dominant fast-food joint, with more than 1,100 outlets and an estimated $1 billion in revenue. It plans 250 more outlets next year. Far from relying on Colonel Sanders' secret recipe, KFC has added a twist to 40% of its dishes, such as red-hot Sichuan chicken and Peking-duck-flavored poultry...
...than 13,500 calls about cruelty to animals, and in its local area, it built and delivered 567 free doghouses for dogs chained outdoors without shelter and provided low or no-cost spay/neuter services for 6,046 cats and dogs. PETA also launched international campaigns against animal abuse at KFC, Iams and PETCO, worked with the state of Virginia and many municipalities to develop humane wildlife-management strategies and lobbied Congress to enforce the federal Humane Slaughter Act and to honor its commitment to encourage alternatives to animal experiments. These substantive actions illustrate PETA’s dedication to furthering...
...require shutting it down. PETA’s hard-fought campaigns forced fast-food chains McDonald’s, Burger King and Wendy’s and grocery giants Safeway, Kroger and Albertsons to demand significant animal-welfare improvements from their suppliers, and PETA will continue its campaign against KFC until the chain adopts reforms...