It’s finally here: the long-predicted consumer pullback. Starbucks announced a surprise drop in same-store sales for its latest quarter, sending its shares down 17% on Wednesday. Pizza Hut and KFC also reported shrinking same-store sales. And even stalwart McDonald’s said it has adopted a “street-fighting mentality” to compete for value-minded diners. For months, economists have … Read more
A Pizza Hut store is seen on November 01, 2023 in Austin, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Yum Brands on Wednesday reported quarterly earnings and revenue that missed analysts’ expectations as Pizza Hut and KFC struggled to attract customers. Shares of the company fell nearly 4% in early trading. Here’s what the company reported compared with … Read more
The new restaurant in your neighborhood may look familiar. Chains owned by publicly traded restaurant companies accounted for half of the top 10 fastest-growing retail brands in the U.S. last year, according to a new Yelp report. Review site Yelp compiled the list by using a blended metric that includes net new openings, searches on … Read more
An employee hands an order to a customer through a drive-thru window at a McDonald’s restaurant in Oakland, California, April 9, 2020. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images As fast-food chains in California start to pay their workers a higher minimum wage, other business owners across the state are watching to see whether … Read more
A KFC restaurant in Wuhan, China. Source: Yum China While economists and investors fret over China’s low consumer confidence and sluggish growth, Yum China CEO Joey Wat says the Chinese consumer is growing more rational — and has been for years. Weighed down by investors’ concern about the broader Chinese economy, shares of Yum … Read more
A coalition of unions is laying out its case against Starbucks ahead of a proxy fight at its annual meeting in March, arguing the coffee giant has implemented a “flawed human capital management strategy” in response to a yearslong union movement. The Strategic Organizing Center claims the situation has put the company at reputational risk, … Read more
The S&P 500 rose Wednesday and edged closer to the 5,000 level for the first time as investors parsed through another slate of quarterly results. The broad-based index, which first breached the 4,000 level in April 2021, added 0.8%, while the Nasdaq Composite jumped about 1%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied 220 points, or 0.55%. “It’s … Read more
KFC and Taco Bell restaurants along 118th Avenue in Edmonton, on January 21, 2024, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Artur Widak | Nurphoto | Getty Images Yum Brands on Wednesday reported quarterly earnings and revenue that missed analysts’ expectations, noting the Israel-Hamas war hurt its sales. Yum is the third global restaurant giant to report disappointing … Read more
People dit at McDonald’s outdoor seating after going out on a Saturday night along Rothschild Street on June 11, 2022 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Alexi Rosenfeld | Getty Images McDonald’s and Starbucks, two of the biggest U.S. restaurant companies, both said the Israel-Hamas war hurt their sales at the end of last year. Shares of … Read more
