WEN's U.S. traffic falls 12.5% as its five-point reset targets menu value, branding, execution, digital engagement and restaurant economics.

Yum! Brands, Inc. today announced the appointment of Stephen (“Steve”) B. Bratspies, former Chief Executive Officer of HanesBrands, Inc., to its Board of Directors, effective August 26, 2026. “Steve is a respected business leader with extensive experience leading global consumer brands and driving operational excellence at scale,” said Brian Cornell, Non-Executive Chairman of the Yum! […]

The fast food restaurant giant reported a notable insider sale.

The two chains have been performing strongly, and the scares should have a temporary effect on sales.

DPZ's 23% pizza share, rising orders, aggregator growth and new stores point to meaningful runway, even as U.S. sales and franchisee pressures linger.

Yum! Brands (YUM) has drawn fresh attention after the company disclosed that board member Kathleen Oberg joined its Audit Committee in May 2026. This governance update gives investors another angle to review the stock. See our latest analysis for Yum! Brands. Yum! Brands shares trade at US$145.93 after a mixed run, with the 1-year total shareholder return slightly down 0.4% while the 3 and 5 year total shareholder returns of 19.5% and 19.2% suggest steadier long term progress. If this kind of...

In August 2026, Yum! Brands reported that director Kathleen Oberg had been appointed to the company’s Audit Committee, while management highlighted recent gains from AI-driven automation in delivery and inventory systems across brands such as Pizza Hut. At the same time, Yum! Brands has been intensifying its focus on digital loyalty and personalized app experiences at Taco Bell and KFC, underlining how technology and data are increasingly central to its operating model and customer...

Former Yum Brands executive Taylor Montgomery could bring some of Taco Bell’s marketing magic to the beleaguered burger brand.

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A new beverage platform running at or above plan in each market it has entered offers McDonald's stock its clearest evidenced path up from a base left by a year of underperformance.

MCD's U.S. traffic weakness and execution issues weigh on the stock, but international growth, beverages and a recovery plan offer upside.

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It's a war of words in the fast food space.

Nelson Peltz's Trian Fund Management is preparing a takeover offer, sending shares up 14.70% on deal optionality, today, Aug. 12, 2026.

Chili's parent Brinker International undershot fiscal Q4 earnings forecasts early Wednesday, but EAT stock rose on the strength of its 2027 outlook. Cava Group shares surged after the Mediterranean fast-casual chain topped Q2 forecasts and said trends have firmed up after a slow start to the quarter amid public concerns related to the Cyclospora outbreak involving Yum! Brands' Taco Bell.

The US restaurant industry is dealing with the aftermath of the largest cyclosporiasis outbreak on record, caused mostly by shredded iceberg lettuce provided by Taylor Farms de Mexico. Since Taylor Farms is privately held, the market’s punishment has fallen almost exclusively on its restaurant customers, and, in a pattern similar to previous food-safety concerns, on […]

Yum! Brands (NYSE:YUM) has completed its review of the Pizza Hut business and agreed to sell it to two separate buyers. The transactions follow a wider assessment of Yum! Brands' portfolio and will shift the company's operational focus away from direct ownership of Pizza Hut. The sale is expected to reshape relationships with franchise partners and could influence competitive positioning in the quick service pizza segment. To find more ideas in a similar corner of the market, explore...

Rapper Flo Rida invested in Beyond Juicery + Eatery.

MCD is pushing its 50,000-store goal to 2028 as U.S. traffic softens, but disciplined expansion and 2,600 planned 2026 openings support growth.

Yum! Brands has underperformed the broader market over the past year, and analysts remain somewhat bullish about the stock’s prospects.

It's been a brutal run for Wendy's.

The deal will transfer ownership of the Pizza Hut brand to Yum China, which has been operating the chain locally for 36 years.

The sale closed last week for $1.2 billion, allowing Yum China to be more flexible with the brand to meet market-specific preferences.

It’s any restaurant chain’s nightmare—instead of making a run for the border, diners make one for the toilet. The latest food scare casualties are Taco Bell owner Yum Brands and salad chain Sweetgreen hit by cyclosporiasis. Neither is responsible for the outbreak, and Sweetgreen’s customers haven’t even been sickened, but that doesn’t matter.

Three weeks after a Cabinet secretary declared a parasite outbreak under control, a national salad chain collapsed into bankruptcy and a healthy food brand that never even stocked the recalled lettuce watched its stock crater 35 percent.

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McDonald's has lost ground all year, and the bear case carries real teeth, but a combination of loyalty scale, a new U.S. president, and a beverage platform rolling out ahead of plan may tell a different story by December.

The state, which has been at the center of the biggest cyclospora outbreak in the U.S., said this week that the number new cases of cyclosporiasis has fallen.

Yum! Brands, Inc. announced the completion of the sale of Pizza Hut in Mainland China (“Pizza Hut China”) to Yum China Holdings, Inc., for $1.2 billion. The transaction with Yum China represents one of two previously announced definitive agreements to sell Pizza Hut for $2.7 billion in the aggregate, subject to certain purchase price adjustments […]

This comes at a time when fast food no longer feels like the inexpensive fallback it once was.

Papa John's International's (PZZA) shares slumped Thursday after the company lowered its full-year s

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Food safety scares and recalls have pressured restaurant and grocery stocks in 2026, raising concerns about costs, supply chains, and brand trust.

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YUM! Brands' $2.7 billion Pizza Hut exit could streamline its portfolio, cut debt and shift focus to faster-growing KFC and Taco Bell.

YUM! Brands' 10.4% slide lowers its valuation, but Taco Bell's recovery, KFC productivity and Pizza Hut's sale remain key to its next move.

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Peter Busse, an alumnus of Torchy’s Tacos and Yum Brands, will help the burger brands plot a turnaround after years of shrinking store counts.

CFO Darin Harper will replace Lal, who had been with the eatertainment chain for just over a year.

Michigan health officials reportedly discussed the cyclospora outbreak with Yum! Brands on July 2 and sought follow-up meetings on potential interventions.

Sweetgreen (NASDAQ: SG) and Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM) are the primary publicly traded companies bearing the market’s fear, with Sweetgreen facing existential questions about consumer perception and Yum managing confirmed sales damage at Taco Bell.

The restaurant chain will roll out a redesigned app in the third quarter to capitalize on its strong customer-brand relationships and accelerate digital sales.

Fundsmith, an investment management firm based in London, has released its second-quarter 2026 investor letter for its “Fundsmith Equity Fund.” A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. The Fund returned -2.9% in the first half of 2026, underperforming the MSCI World Index by 14.1 percentage points, driven by challenges from a momentum-driven market […]

A food-safety scare is one of the fastest ways to shake a restaurant stock, and Yum! Brands (YUM) just lived through one. Its most important brand, Taco Bell, spent much of July tied to a widening cyclospora outbreak. Sales fell, foot traffic dropped, and the stock slid as investors braced for a ...