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...months of the recovery than any other company in the country, but they generally pay only about $5 to $9 an hour. PepsiCo is still expanding, but most of the new jobs are for those who feed the ovens at the company's Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and KFC fast-food restaurants. Result: many people who survive layoffs and find new jobs nonetheless suffer a deep slash in income. One study found that of 2,000-odd workers let go by RJR Nabisco, 72% found jobs -- but at wages that averaged only 47% of their previous...
Even the much ballyhooed T-shirts have proved to be a disappointment to some. One resident, who requested anonymity, compares Nathans's attempt to dub Garden St. "29 G" to poultry giant Kentucky Fried Chicken's bid to remake itself as the hip-hop "KFC...
...carft speeches that are more likely to grab attention, Bush has hired Steve Provost, vice president of public affairs at KFC,nee Kentucky Fried Chicken. Given his connection to organizations that sleeken unwieldy phrases, Provost's work promises to yield some interesting Bushisms...
...finger- lickin' good deal. The secondlargest U.S. soft- drink manufacturer (1985 sales: $8.1 billion) announced last week that it had agreed to acquire Kentucky Fried Chicken, now owned by RJR Nabisco, for about $850 million. If the deal goes through, the purchase of the 6,500 KFC restaurants will give PepsiCo, which already owns Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, some 14,000 fast-food outlets, more than any other chain. McDonald's, with 9,000 stores, is the current leader...
Most Kentucky Fried Chicken outlets now serve Coke rather than Pepsi, but that could change. A PepsiCo official said the company will not break contracts between KFC and Coke but will work "vigorously" to wean its franchisees from the Real Thing...