Taco Bell is running out of Mexican Pizza less than two weeks after its return

Taco Bell’s Mexican Pizza Source: Taco Bell Taco Bell is running out of its Mexican Pizza, less than two weeks after the chain brought back the menu item. The chain, owned by Yum Brands, said in...

Sweetgreen (SG) Q1 2022 earnings

A Sweetgreen banner on the NYSE, November 18, 2021. Source: NYSE Sweetgreen on Thursday reported widening losses for its first quarter, but sales jumped 67% as workers returned to their offices and re...

Yum Brands (YUM) Q1 2022 earnings

Vehicles wait in line at the drive through lane of a Yum! Brands Inc. Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) and Taco Bell restaurant in Lockport, Illinois, U.S. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Yum Bran...

What McDonald’s closures in Russia could mean for the country

Two months after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, McDonald’s — the very symbol of Western capitalism — opened its first store in the Soviet Union. It was a big moment, and the restaurant dre...

Burger King halts corporate support for its 800-plus franchised locations in Russia

A man holds meals from the Burger King restaurant on May, 15, 2020 in Dedovsk, Russia. Mikhail Svetlov | Getty Images Burger King announced Thursday it has halted corporate support for its 800-plus fr...

Chipotle Mexican Grill to release pollo asado as latest limited-time menu item

Chipotle Mexican Grill releases pollo asado for a limited time. Source Chipotle Mexican Grill Chipotle Mexican Grill announced Thursday it is launching pollo asado as it latest limited-time menu item ...

McDonald’s Russian shutdown will cost fast-food chain $50 million a month

A McDonald’s restaurant in St. Petersburg, Russia. Peter Kovalev | TASS | Getty Images McDonald’s expects its Russian shutdown will cost the fast-food giant roughly $50 million a month unt...

McDonald’s declines to comment on war, has exposure in Russia

A McDonald’s restaurant in Moscow. Andrey Rudakov | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. fast-food chains have limited exposure to Russia and Ukraine, but McDonald’s is under the most pressure, a...

Taco Bell accelerates international growth, aims for $20 billion in annual sales

People eat at a newly-opened Taco Bell restaurant in Beijing on August 21, 2020. Greg Baker | AFP | Getty Images Taco Bell is accelerating its growth outside the U.S., opening 25% of its international...

Weekend reads: Inflation fear and opportunities for investors

U.S. consumer price inflation rose to a 40-year high of 7.5% in January. That pace is running way ahead of wage growth, and the official figures can mask even more pain, depending on a family’s circum...

Small towns fuel Chipotle’s ambitious North American expansion plans

A woman wearing a facemas exits a Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurant with her takeout order on January 14, 2021 in Monterey Park, California. Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images Small towns like big...

Yum Brands (YUM) Q4 2021 earnings miss estimates

Customers wearing Taco Bell foam taco hats exit the company’s restaurant, a unit of Yum! Brands Inc. in Bangkok, Thailand. Brent Lewin | Bloomberg | Getty Images Yum Brands on Wednesday reported...

Stock futures gain slightly with more big earnings ahead

Traders on the floor of the NYSE, Feb. 4, 2022. Source: NYSE U.S. stock futures rose slightly in overnight trading on Tuesday as investors prepare for another round of corporate earnings. Dow futures ...

Lab-grown meat start-ups hope to make strides in 2022

Josh Tetrick, co-founder and CEO of cultivated meat start-up Eat Just, has a vision: He imagines a day when meat grown in a lab is available everywhere from Michelin-star restaurants to street vendors...

Pizza Hut adds Beyond Meat sausage to Canadian menus permanently

Pizza Hut Canada is adding Beyond Meat’s Italian sausage crumbles to its menu permanently. Source: Beyond Meat Pizza Hut restaurants in Canada are adding Beyond Meat’s plant-based sausage ...

Taco Bell launches taco-a-day subscription program nationwide to drive visits

A Taco Bell restaurant stands along a Queens street on July 21, 2021 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Taco Bell is launching a taco-a-day subscription program nationwide Thursday to driv...

KFC to launch plant-based fried chicken made with Beyond Meat nationwide

KFC’s new Beyond Fried Chicken KFC KFC restaurants nationwide will add Beyond Meat’s plant-based chicken to its menus, starting Monday for a limited time. The national launch comes after y...

Chipotle adds meatless chorizo to its menu for limited time

Chipotle Plant-Based Chorizo Chipotle new plant-based chorizo. Chipotle Mexican Grill is kicking off 2022 with a new menu item: meatless chorizo. Plant-based chorizo is the company’s first new m...