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QSRs will benefit from India’s consumption growth,but health trends, competition and high capex keep investors cautious, say experts. Product innovation, operating leverage, and GST 2.0 benefits are the key drivers for margin expansion, they say.

Sapphire Foods shares rise 9% as report says company may merge into Devyani International

Yum! Brands, the American owner of popular food chains KFC and Pizza Hut, is in talks to facilitate the merger of its two franchisee partners in India, Devyani International and Sapphire Foods, The Economic Times reported.

Once a Pizza Hut worker earning Rs 5,000, this founder now runs a café chain with 50 outlets

Shiju Pappen said during his initial days in Delhi he was earning Rs 5,000-6,000 per month for almost a year straight and struggling to make ends meet.

KFC, Pizza Hut operator Sapphire Foods' stock surges 12% to new high on large trade

Sapphire Foods shares jumped over 12 percent, reaching a record high, fueled by heavy trading volumes and a significant transaction involving 8.5 lakh shares at Rs 355 per share.

Pizza Hut India operator misses Q1 profit estimates on weak demand, surging costs

The Yum Brands franchisee's consolidated net profit fell 68% to 85.2 million rupees ($1.02 million) for the quarter ended June 30. Analysts, on average, had expected a profit of 173.9 million rupees, according to LSEG data.

Pizza Hut India operator Sapphire misses Q4 profit view on slow demand

The Yum Brands YUM.N franchisee's consolidated net profit fell 98% to 23.9 million Indian rupees ($286,271.4) for the quarter ended March 31, marking its fourth straight quarterly profit fall

Pizza Hut, KFC want to take a bite of the AI pie, here's how

The AI wave is set to hit popular fast food chains like KFC, Pizza Hut. Yum Brands has big plans of integrating AI across its operations.

Pizza Hut ties up with 100-year-old restaurant to sell snake pizza

Pythons and water snakes are the popular varieties of snakes used to make this pizza.

‘KFC, Pizza Hut to pay packaging fee': Consumer court rules on Zomato customer's plea

'It is the duty of the seller to ensure that the food is in a deliverable condition and the seller cannot ask the consumers to bear the expenses,' the petitioner, a law student and Zomato customer said.

Sapphire Foods India: Better store sales growth adds to re-rating prospects

We remain bullish on the long-term growth prospects of the company, given the relative under-penetration of both the brands (KFC and Pizza Hut) in India.

Devyani International gains as Edelweiss Securities says growth levers in place

Edelweiss Securities has upgraded its rating the KFC and Pizza Hut operator to 'buy’ from ‘hold’ with a target price of Rs 233

How Sapphire Foods is operating in Sri Lanka’s challenging environment

Sri Lanka has been going through its worst financial crisis and citizens of the island nation are struggling to secure common supplies such as fuel, food products and medicine.

Sapphire Foods looks to operate 2,000 restaurants: Group CEO Sanjay Purohit

The company that runs KFC and Pizza Hut in India may take on two more brands as is gears up to be a restaurant operator platform.

Pizza Hut today offers better value than competitors: Sanjay Purohit, Group CEO, Sapphire Foods

Pizza Hut competes with Domino’s Pizza, whose master franchisee is Jubilant FoodWorks.

Ideas For Profit | Devyani International: Why Long-Term Investors Should Add This Stock To Their Portfolio

One of the fastest growing QSRs in India, Devyani International is reaping the benefits of restructuring of business model, leading to the company posting a profit in FY22 after a long gap. Should you invest? Watch the video to find out

Sapphire Foods India: Performance improvement to continue to drive re-rating

SFIL has aggressive store expansion plans and can scale up margins significantly as borne out by its Q3. This is seen as a key re-rating trigger

Ideas For Profit | Why Sapphire Foods has all the right ingredients for a good long-term investment

Sapphire Foods had a decent listing on the bourses last week. MC Pro expects to see improvement in margins and expects SFL to turn profitable in FY23. Here's why investors with a long-term view should add SFL shares to their portfolio​.

Pizza Hut plans aggressive expansion in India

The QSR launched its 500th store in India today and is eyeing a larger presence in the tier II and III towns of the country.

Exclusive | KFC, Pizza Hut & Costa Coffee Operator Devyani International May Launch IPO On 4th August; 3rd QSR Listing Post Burger King & Barbeque Nation

The listing plans of Devyani International were first reported by Moneycontrol on February 19, 2021. The firm, which is likely to list on 16th August, 2021 is an arm of diversified conglomerate RJ Corp, the largest bottler for Pepsi Co in India and it also counts Yum! Brands, the second-largest QSR (quick-service restaurant) company in the world, and Singapore’s Temasek as investors.

Consumer demand for dine-in services may not recover until second half of FY22: Care Ratings

The overall market size of the food services industry is expected to have declined by 40-50 percent in FY21 due to the global outbreak of COVID-19 and subsequent imposition of restrictions in the country.

What made people in Saudi Arabia call for a boycott of Pizza Hut altogether

Earlier the company was criticized in Israel after an ad that allegedly mocked Palestinian activists who were carrying hunger strikes inside prisons

KFC - yes that KFC - is selling its own smartphones in China

KFC made the announcement about the partnership with Huawei in a post on its Weibo account on Friday. An accompanying video on KFC's Weibo account highlighted how far both brands had come since their humble beginnings when they first opened for business in 1987.

Pizza Hut logs 6% growth in system sales in Q1; KFC 2%

KFC, also from Yum Brands, has reported a growth of two per cent in system sales during the January-March period.

Pizza Hut plans to double outlets to over 700 by 2022

Pizza Hut considers India to be one of its most important markets and plans to double its store count to over 700 in the next five years, riding the wave of growing popularity of western fast-food in the country, a senior company executive said.