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Fast Company's Matt Sigelman wrote about the value of apprenticeship in diversifying talent pipelines and highlighted Yum! Brands as a company embracing the idea. Sigelman wrote that the company's apprenticeship program helps team members advance into the company’s rapidly growing slate of tech roles. "The result is an initiative that the organization says is solving a key talent shortage while also enabling the company to make progress toward its equity mandates," he wrote.
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Forbes highlighted fun food-related merchandise for those shopping for holiday gifts and recommended KFC holiday apparel inspired by the “Secret Recipe of Joy” holiday bucket. It wrote: "Our favorite might be the special KFC gravy-inspired shirt fit for all family gatherings."
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KFC South Africa has teamed with award-winning illustrator Megan Bird on a limited edition KFC bucket for KFC’s Add Hope. Bird’s themes for the bucket includes exploration, learning, bravery, fun and creativity.
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To celebrate the launch of its new Stuffing Stacker Burger and Stuffing Tower Burger, KFC U.K. and Ireland is giving out free burgers at select drive-thrus that have been transformed into "Sleigh Thrus." It is giving Stuffing Stacker Burgers to the first fifty customers that drive through the Sleigh Thrus dressed as Santa Claus.
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Pizza Hut U.S. has released an exclusive new NBA 2K24 Starry Combo to coincide with the NBA in-season tournament. The new NBA 2K24 Starry Combo offers a choice of any Pizza Hut Melt and a 20-ounce bottle of Starry soda. In addition, fans who order the NBA 2K24 Starry Combo will receive a Locker Code for NBA 2K24 for exclusive apparel and MyPLAYER skill boosts.
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| How a shy paperboy became The Habit CMO |
Early in his career, The Habit Burger Grill's Chief Marketing Officer Jack Hinchliffe faced a crossroads: take a desired promotion on the sales team or follow his passion with a lateral move into marketing. In the latest edition of "How I Got Here," find out how staying true to himself and trusting his gut at that crucial moment paid off for Hinchliffe and discover other moments that shaped his career as a marketing executive.
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| Pizza Hut motivates entrepreneurs to believe in the possibilities |
Around the world, Pizza Hut is fueling entrepreneurship programs through its Equal Slice for Everyone social purpose framework. In partnership with Yum!’s Unlocking Opportunity Initiative, they’re changing the future for young adults in Canada, underrepresented communities in the United Kingdom and farmers in Indonesia. Watch to learn more about how the brand is making a difference in the places it calls home. |  | (For Yum! Eyes Only) |
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Starbucks wants to resume talks with Starbucks Workers United and a “set of representative stores in January.” It has set a goal of completing bargaining and the ratification of contracts in 2024. The company wrote a letter to Workers United President Lynne Fox and said it’s open to “ideas and rules of engagement on how bargaining could proceed.”
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Domino’s told investors at the company’s Investor Day presentation that both same-store sales and transactions on delivery orders are up so far in the fourth quarter. It has increased its expectations for store growth and annual sales growth and expects to generate at least another $7 billion in system sales over the next five years. Domino's also said it expects to add at least 1,100 locations per year over the next five years, adding 5,500 over that period.
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Chipotle announced a partnership with the digital platform Bridge to help support its suppliers with potential funding. Bridge is a digital “business loan marketplace” that gives small- and medium-sized businesses access to more than 75 lenders that can provide loans up to $50 million. The partnership gives Chipotle an opportunity to educate participating lenders about the standards it has for its suppliers.
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TODAY reported on the possibility that McDonald's might bring back the Snack Wrap. Last week, Joe Erlinger, president of McDonald’s USA, spoke about bringing back the McCrispy. "And will that allow us to eventually have a McCrispy Snack Wrap? Yes. But we’re still in the early days of doing that," he said.
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Jack in the Box is offering two Jumbo Jack Burgers for $5 for a limited time. The deal can be found under the Deals & Digital Exclusives tab on the Jack in the Box website and app.
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that eating and drinking places added 38,000 positions in November. Overall, staffing levels in the quick-service and fast-casual segments were 119,000 jobs (or 3%) above pre-pandemic levels, according to Bruce Grindy, chief economist at the National Restaurant Association.
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The UN Food & Agriculture Organization has published a global food systems’ road map in line with the Paris climate agreement and has outlined 10 priority areas that it said demand mobilized climate finance without a delay. Among its recommendations are reducing overconsumption of animal-based products in the rich world, curbing food waste and overuse of fertilizers and capturing carbon in soil.
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The Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate, a joint initiative led by the United States and the United Arab Emirates, now has a total of $17 billion to invest in agriculture and food systems innovation. The initiative has already funded projects, which include restoring degraded pastureland in Brazil, while new projects will address regenerative agriculture and other targets like food manufacturing and processing.
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A National Restaurant Association survey found that two-thirds of adults plan to eat out during the upcoming holidays, while 48% said they plan to order takeout or delivery. Millennials (75%) are more likely to use a restaurant over the holidays to avoid grocery stores during busy times compared to 65% of Gen Z and 57% of baby boomers.
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Mt. Joy is a Seattle-based food truck and brick and mortar chicken sandwich brand that focuses on using sustainable supply chain using regenerative agriculture. “There’s so many chicken sandwiches out there, but they’re all kinda the same…. We're applying these principles, not only to agriculture, but to the entire food supply chain," founder Robbie Cape said. Mt. Joy has raised $1.5 million in funding.
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The Wall Street Journal reported on how McDonald's is being affected by a new law in France that requires fast-food restaurants to serve dine-in orders in reusable containers. “We don’t want France to be the template because we strongly believe that this doesn’t work,” said Serge Thines, the company’s head of international government relations. “It’s very problematic,” he added. McDonald’s is up against proposed laws mandating reusables or banning single-use plastic packaging in a string of other countries including Portugal and Sweden, and has already had to comply with reusable cup measures in Germany and the Netherlands by offering reusable cup.
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Olo CEO Noah Glass believes that more digitization is the right strategy, but that companies building their own proprietary tech stack to get there is incorrect. A "homegrown" platform requires maintenance, or as Glass puts it, “You don’t just buy the car. You got to put gas in it." Glass said "losing out on the 300 integrated technology partners that plug into our platform, I think is also something that speaks to why the platform not only makes economic sense but makes innovation sense for a brand"
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