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Beyond Meat (NASDAQ: BYND) shares ticked a bit lower Thursday morning following a report that Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM)'s KFC could join the meat-free revolution and add plant-based products to their menu. "If you would have asked me six months ago, I would have said no, to be...

Oppenheimer analyst Brian Bittner downgraded Yum China Holdings Inc (NYSE: YUMC) from Outperform to Perform and removed his $40 price target. The Thesis After spinning off from YUM! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM) last November, Yum China shares have gained roughly 46 percent, but a elevated...

Shares of Yum China Holdings Inc (NYSE: YUMC) are trading near 52-week lows, and its decline since January doesn't fully factor in future downside risk, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch.  The Analyst BofA's Chen Luo downgraded Yum China from Neutral to Underperform with...

GrubHub Inc (NYSE: GRUB)'s first-mover advantage in food delivery positions the company to capitalize on rapid growth in the sector, according to Stephens.  Its announcement Tuesday that Paypal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: PYPL)'s Venmo is being integrated into the platform makes it...

Yum China Holdings Inc (NYSE: YUMC) reported fourth-quarter results in early February that prompted a 10-percent sell-off in the stock, which should be viewed as a buying opportunity, according to Morgan Stanley. The Analyst Morgan Stanley's Lillian Lou maintains an Overweight rating on Yum...

The past few weeks have seen multiple stocks moving sharply on blockchain-related news, a trend that continued Friday. Yum Yum! Brands, Inc., (NYSE: YUM), operator of fast food franchises Taco Bell, KFC, WingStreet and Pizza Hut, rose 1.54 after KFC Canada launched “Bitcoin Bucket”,...

No detail is too small when it comes to Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM)’s quirky, comedic KFC marketing campaign featuring multiple Colonel Sanders (or at least multiple actors) and off-the-wall commercials. This week, one Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) user picked up on a strange pattern in the...

Despite the ordeal of climbing over the Chinese barriers, many companies have made a beeline to China and have persisted with their attempts despite the rebuffs. Fast food chain McDonald's Corporation (NYSE: MCD) isn't the one to let the Chinese opportunity go by and this was evident from an...

Retro tech is back, if it paradoxically ever went away. For example: Sales of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s iPod shot up 929 percent on Australia’s eBay Inc (NASDAQ: EBAY) in the week after the opening there of the movie “Baby Driver,” which featured the MP3 player prominently....

KFC is officially in the tech industry, sort of. The Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM) subsidiary’s Chinese segment has partnered with Huawei, the world’s third-largest smartphone maker, to produce a KFC-branded phone. KFC operates in China under Yum China Holdings Inc (NYSE: YUMC), which...

As Benzinga welcomes a new addition to the kin of Zing, a Zinger sandwich from Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM)’s Kentucky Fried Chicken, we wanted to flip through the family album to celebrate the crazy uncles and embarrassing third-cousins that make the Zinger clan what it is. Here are some of...

It shouldn't be a surprise global fast food chains offer different menu items in different countries to cater to local preferences. Here's a list of some of the menu items found in other countries that American fast food lovers might love to eat at home. Singapore: KFC's Fried Chicken...

Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM) reported on Thursday mixed fourth-quarter results, which consisted of an earnings beat but a revenue miss. The parent company of Taco Bell, KFC and Pizza Hut also reported that its same-store sales rose 1 percent which fell short of the 1.7 percent analysts were...

This Thursday will see both Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM) and Dunkin Brands Group Inc (NASDAQ: DNKN) reporting their fourth-quarter results amid broad-based industry softness. Interestingly, Yum Brands will be reporting its first quarterly report since the spinoff of the China division. Yum Brands...

Late last year, Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM) spun off its China business into a separately traded company called Yum China Holdings Inc (NYSE: YUMC). The rationale? The Asian business of the company can be better served with a more focused strategy. The thrust to alter strategy stemmed...