Results tagged “yum”

• The BBC has a great picture slide show of the “spouse market” in Zhongshan People's Park, where worried parents put their kids' resumes up in hopes of finding them their significant others. [BBC]
• Being the good neighbors that we are, Shanghai has donated 50,000 face masks to our Japanese “sister city,” Osaka. Did anyone even know Osaka was our sister city? [Xinhua]
• The USA Pavilion just got their fourth sponsor - YUM Brands (the guys behind Taco Bell and KFC). That means they're probably only $50-some million away from their fund raising goals now! [LA Times]

Though this article is a little old, from Reuters we learn that McDonald's is expanding its delivery service, which we first wrote about way back when. Apparently, demand for home delivery was strong but the restaurants could only meet orders within walking distance. But now, after spending the past year outsourcing its delivery operations and investing in 300 motorcycles across its 42 locations, McDonald's is in a better position to compete with rival Yum! restaurants KFC and Pizza Hut, which have been delivering to customers for years.

Taco Bell, we hardly knew ya. An article in this morning's Metro Express commuter paper reported that a Yum Enterprises spokesperson has confirmed the closing of Shanghai's two Taco Bell Grandes, at People's Square and in Gubei, as well as the chain's single Shenzhen location. Instead of pushing Americanized Mexican food in a tough market, the owners of KFC and Pizza Hut have chosen to concentrate on expanding their new Chinese "quick service" venture East Dawning (东方既白), which according to Dianping.com already has 10 locations sprinkled throughout greater Shanghai. The People's Square former Taco Bell Grande will become East Dawning's flagship location. According to TIME magazine: