Pizza Hut plans to shut down its hundreds of locations across the United States during the first half of 2026 as parent company Yum! Brands moves forward with a strategic assessment aimed at addressing the brand’s ongoing challenges. Yum! Brands, the parent company of Taco Bell and KFC, announced during Wednesday’s earnings call that it…
Customers place orders by talking to a voice-enabled AI model. Machine-learning algorithms work out which orders the kitchen should make first. A screen shows AI-synthesised customer feedback from review sites and social-media platforms. Fast-food restaurants tend to have high staff turnover: new joiners here can query a chatbot to see how much of each ingredient…
Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Asif is embroiled in a strange controversy. The Pizza Hut outlet in Sialkot which he inaugurated with great ceremony was later found to be fake. This matter was confirmed by the official statement of Pizza Hut company itself, which has described that store as completely unauthorized. In the pictures and videos…
Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Asif has found himself at the center of a fresh controversy after inaugurating what appeared to be a Pizza Hut outlet, only for the company to call it out as fraud. In videos doing the rounds on social media, Asif was seen inaugurating a Pizza Hut-branded outlet at the Sialkot Cantonment,…
Sapphire Foods-Devyani International Merger: Sapphire Foods India Limited and Devyani International Limited announced a major merger on Thursday, January 1, 2026, the first day of the new year. According to a stock exchange filing, the plan of arrangement for merger of Sapphire Foods with Devyani has been approved by the company’s board. The deal brings…
India’s KFC and Pizza Hut operators Sapphire Foods and Devyani International said on Thursday they will merge in a $934 million deal, creating a fast-food franchisee powerhouse in the world’s most populous country. The deal comes as India’s fast-food franchises grapple with higher costs, slowing same-store sales and margin pressure, while facing stiff competition from…
