Zacks.com submits: Even in the midst of an economic crisis, Yum! Brands Inc. ( YUM ), the operator of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell fast-food chains, remains largely unruffled by the slowdown and plans to accelerate its expansion in India with an investment plan of about $150 million. Louisville, Kentucky-based Yum!, which operates about 150 Pizza Hut and 65 KFC outlets in India, plans to increase...
By Andrew BoltTim Blair laughs that an intruder managed to sneak right into the heart of power in the United Nations: Red-faced United Nations officials on Monday admitted to a major security lapse after a UN guard helped Kentucky Fried Chicken’s “Colonel Sanders” gain access to restricted areas. The guard escorted the white-suited intruder past security [...]
A Col. Sanders impersonator, on a publicity stunt for KFC, gained entry to restricted areas of the U.N. and had a handshaking photo-op with the President of the U.N. General Assembly, Dr. Ali A. Treki of Libya: KFC president Roger Eaton had earlier written to U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, asking that the "Grilled Nation" of grilled chicken eaters be registered as the 193rd U.N. member...
An audacious actor dressed like Kentucky Fried Chicken founder Colonel Sanders sneaked into United Nations headquarters and shook hands with a senior official before finally being ejected.
Last Thursday, a man looking like and representing himself as Harland "Colonel" Sanders, founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken, managed to get himself escorted warmly into the restricted areas of the United Nations where he shook the hand of UN General Assembly president, Dr Ali A Treki of Libya, who was unaware that the Colonel has been dead since 1980 – if, in fact, he was aware of the...
At huge cost, the United Nations installed a sophisticated swipe-card security system at its headquarters in New York a couple of years back - and made the entrance points doubly secure by posting guards at them all. Who knew you could breach it just by turning up dressed like Harland "Colonel" Sanders, founder of the Kentucky Fried Chicken fast-food chain? Not only did a Col. Sanders impersonator...
A man impersonating the Kentucky Fried Chicken founder Colonel Sanders managed to dupe his way into the UN headquarters in New York and shake hands with a senior official.
A man impersonating the Kentucky Fried Chicken founder Colonel Sanders managed to dupe his way into the UN headquarters in New York and shake hands with a senior official.
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I'm quite used to going to gigs by myself, but this was one of those times where everyone seemed to know everyone else, and I felt a teensy bit out of place. First published on mINtSOUTH.com in June 2009 Words - Suzy Sims Editor - Rob Ball (c) mINtSOUTH.com THE REBS, JAZICA, ANDY HUNT, SAMUEL TINGMAN & RACHEL GUYER @ TALKING HEADS, SOUTHAMPTON 09/06/2009 I didn’t break my chair. Honest, I...
Leaving Shelbyville we struck back towards our friends in Raccoon Valley, near Heiskell, near Powell, near Knoxville, TN. En route we wanted to visit the Cumberland Falls, so planned to stop at Levi Jackson State Park, disappointingly, since it is such a good dance, Levi Jackson was only a State Governor, though there may be more to find out. The weather was cloudy and not very warm. The park is quite...
Chain restaurant operator Yum Brands Inc. says its fiscal third-quarter profit climbed 18 percent. The company that owns Taco Bell, KFC and Pizza Hut reported Tuesday that it earned $334 million, or 69 cents per share, for the period with help from a strong... Sponsored Topics: Yum Brands - Pizza Hut - Restaurant - Business - Pizza
Is KFC trying to make amends for the Double Down , its infamous sandwich made with chicken patties instead of bread? The chicken chain is taking a break from inventing indulgent new foods to fight hunger, starting next Tuesday. Over the next few weeks, KFC will temporarily close more than 15,000 locations during the lunch rush and convert them into "World Hunger Relief Kitchens." The kitchens...
Full Details of the BIBJ Millennial Playlist Hullabaloo are available here . Today's entry is #70: The Authority Song by Jimmy Eat World (2001) I've been rather lucky and visited many nooks and cranies our world has to offer. I was surprised in a Las Vegas coffee shop by a vociferous Spaniard. I've felt the singular joy of having my wife mistaken for a local who's lost her umbrella in Oslo. I've been...
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