Pizza Hut news and trends

Yum Brands: AI-Powered Marketing Campaigns Boost Customer Engagement
Restaurant innovation // November 15, 2024

In early, limited pilots of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered marketing campaigns, quick-service restaurant (QSR) company Yum Brands reportedly is seeing double-digit increases in customer engagement compared to traditional digital marketing campaigns. “I think it’s just the early start of what it could do,” Joe Park, chief...

Yum Brands’ Acquisitions Build a Digital Foundation for AI Advancements
Earnings // August 06, 2024

As Yum Brands aims to be a “leading global digital restaurant company,” per CEO David Gibbs, the quick-service restaurant (QSR) giant is tapping its tech acquisitions to create a unified eCommerce ecosystem on which to layer artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to drive sales and productivity....

Yum Brands Q1 Earnings Show Digital Sales Surge Amid Broader Challenges
Earnings // May 01, 2024

Yum Brands, the company behind Pizza Hut, KFC and Taco Bell, reported mixed results in its Q1 earnings announcement Wednesday (May 1) with challenges evident in its traditional sales channels, but a significant milestone in its digital growth strategy. Despite a 3% decline in same-store...

Yum Brands Doubles Tech Spending, Expands Use of Generative AI
ResTech // April 01, 2024

Fast food company Yum Brands aims to deploy artificial intelligence (AI) across the operations of its restaurants. The parent company of Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, KFC and The Habit Burger Grill spent $21 million on “digital, technology and innovation capabilities” in 2023, up from $11...

Interviews & Exclusives
Labor Day Edition — American Express, Pizza Wars And Wells Fargo

September 04, 2017
Today, nationwide, Americans are celebrating the joys of hard work and earning an honest day’s living by sleeping late, going one last time to the beach and soaking up the last of the 75 percent off Labor Day sales instead of going to work. It’s good to take one day a year to remind ourselves that perhaps the greatest joy […]

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Yum Brands: AI-Powered Marketing Campaigns Boost Customer Engagement

November 15, 2024
In early, limited pilots of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered marketing campaigns, quick-service restaurant (QSR) company Yum Brands reportedly is seeing double-digit increases in customer engagement compared to traditional digital marketing campaigns. “I think it’s just the early start of what it could do,” Joe Park, chief digital and technology officer at Yum Brands,told The Wall Street […]

Yum Brands Doubles Tech Spending, Expands Use of Generative AI

April 01, 2024
Fast food company Yum Brands aims to deploy artificial intelligence (AI) across the operations of its restaurants. The parent company of Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, KFC and The Habit Burger...

California Pizza Huts Slash 1,200 Jobs as in-House Delivery Ends

December 27, 2023
Two California Pizza Hut locations are eliminating in-house delivery, resulting in 1,200-plus driver layoffs. The job cuts impact Pizza Hut delivery drivers across California, including at Sacramento, Palm Springs and...

Ransomware Attack Affects 300 UK Yum! Brand Restaurants

January 19, 2023
The fast food company Yum! Brands has announced a major cybersecurity breach in the U.K. In a Wednesday (Jan. 18) statement, the firm, which operates KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco...