The Latest Breaking News from YUMC

Yum China plans to add 1,800 stores this year. Up to 80% will be KFC or Pizza Hut chains. The restaurateur plans a $3 billion buyback.

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Yum China Holdings Inc (NYSE:YUMC) has launched quick-service restaurant brand KFC's first Green Pioneer Stores in Hangzhou and Beijing. The move is part of Yum China's climate strategy toward reaching net-zero value chain greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050. Green Pioneer Stores utilize advanced low-carbon technologies in construction and daily operations and reduce…

Yum China Holdings Inc (NYSE:YUMC) Board of Directors has increased the company's share repurchase authorization by $1 billion to about $2.4 billion. The increase brings the total remaining authorization to approximately $1.4 billion. The company repurchased about 24 million shares of common stock for $971 million from 2017 to March 16, 2022. "From…

Yum China Holdings Inc (NYSE:YUMC) said its first-quarter fiscal 2022 operations are significantly impacted by the highly transmissible Omicron variant causing outbreaks across China, including economically important regions of Guangdong, Shanghai, Shandong, and Jilin. The company noted quarter-to-date case counts for 2022 have surpassed that of the full year 2021.  Yum China's same-store…