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NEWS ABOUT: Pizza Hut

Pizza Hut stories: 6 news summaries

 Tough Times 
 Push Chains to 
 Try New Fare 

McDonald's classy coffee, grilled KFC widen menus

May 27, 09 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Desperate times are driving chain restaurants to desperate measures—straying from their bread-and-butter dishes and diversifying the menu. KFC now sells grilled chicken, Domino’s offers subs, and McDonald’s dips into the world of espresso coffee, USA Today reports. “This is a defining moment for the industry,"... More »

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Pizza Hut • Domino's Pizza • fast food industry • KFC • chain stores • menu • food industry • Arby's • Boston Market • restaurant industry • National Restaurant Association

 US Benefits From 
 China Stimulus 

Construction in China boosts US business, from steel to fried chicken

Apr 30, 09 9:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - While Americans await the fruits of their $787 billion bailout, China is moving ahead with public-works projects at a staggering pace, pumping up its own economy as well as America’s, the Wall Street Journal reports. US industrial-equipment makers, struggling with effectively zero domestic growth, are back near record levels... More »

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China • Pizza Hut • construction • United States • recession • steel • KFC • economic stimulus package • financial crisis

 China Loses Taste for Fast Food 

Chinese revert to cheaper, healthier options amid recession

Feb 12, 09 4:25 PM CST
(Newser) - The dollar menu thrives when times are tough in the US, but in China—where Western fast food is no bargain—the American chains are facing tough competition. Price is the main sticking point, but not the only one. "It's fast food," one diner in Shanghai told... More »

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China • health • McDonald's • Pizza Hut • fast food • recession • KFC • Globalization

China Knockoff Craze Gains Steam, Courage

Shanzhai culture shifts from brand names to national symbols

Jan 24, 09 12:27 AM CST
(Newser) - An internet variety showed parodying the annual lunar new year gala on Chinese central TV is just the most publicized knockoff generated by the country’s rebellious shanzhai culture, the Wall Street Journal reports. Once mainly the province of counterfeit name brands (think HiPhone), the web now is awash with... More »

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China • Starbucks • McDonald's • Pizza Hut • Wall Street Journal • art • knockoff • Haagen-Dazs • Shanzai • shanzhai

 50 Cent Sues
 Taco Bell for
 Big Change 

$4M lawsuit says 'endorsement' was a bad rap

Jul 24, 08 10:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rapper 50 Cent is suing Taco Bell for $4 million over a guerrilla ad campaign, reports E! Online. The fast food giant wrote Fiddy, suggesting he change his name to 79, 89, or 99 Cent for a price promotion. By releasing the letter to the media, he claims Taco Bell... More »

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Taco Bell • Pizza Hut • 50 Cent • KFC • rapper • Curtis Jackson • Get Rich or Die Tryin' • Yum! Brands

Micky D Gives
Migrants a Raise

Penny-a-pound increase for tomato pickers sets industry standard

Apr 10, 07 10:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - The cent-a-pound increase McDonald's agreed to grant their tomato-picking field hands yesterday may sound like, well, pennies, but it represents a more than 70% raise, the Chicago Tribune reports. And the deal was hailed as paving the way for negotiations between migrant workers and other corporate Goliaths across the country. More »

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McDonald's • migrant workers • social responsibility • labor movement • Taco Bell • Pizza Hut • Yum Brands • Jimmy Carter • labor

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