Over the last few years, food insecurity and food waste have reached critical levels in Canada. One in four Canadians is unsure where their next meal will come from, with food banks recording over two million visits per month this year. At the same time, 4.6 per cent of all food produced in Canada per […]
Digital is the present and the future for quick-service restaurants, and many major chains are refocusing on smaller physical footprints to increase efficiencies and maximize that potential. Tim Hortons’ U.S. restaurants are getting smaller in an attempt to make the most out of a smaller space and speed up build times, said José Cil, CEO of […]
KFC Canada is the first quick-service restaurant in Canada to commit to making all of its packaging 100 per cent home compostable. In celebration of World Environment Day on June 5, KFC Canada has announced that all consumer-facing packaging will be fully home compostable by 2025. KFC will begin piloting its first home compostable bucket […]
Press Release KFC Canada announced that they are exploring eco-friendly alternatives for their world-famous buckets. The sustainability commitment will have KFC testing new innovative materials that are both consumer-friendly and a win for the environment, starting with a bamboo fibre poutine bucket in early 2020. “The KFC bucket is one of the most iconic symbols […]
Press Release Kentucky Fried Chicken becomes the first national U.S. QSR to introduce a plant-based chicken, in partnership with Beyond Meat. Beyond Fried Chicken will make its debut August 27 in a limited test. Atlantans will be the first to get a taste of KFC’s new Beyond Fried Chicken as part of an exclusive, one […]
Press Release KFC Canada today announced a series of new sustainability and environmental commitments aimed at curbing the company’s use of plastics in restaurants across the country. By October 2019, plastic straws and plastic bags will no longer be used or provided at any KFC restaurant locations across Canada. This effectively removes 50 million plastic […]
Press Release Yum! Brands Canada, comprising KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, has selected Wavemaker as its new company-wide media agency responsible for all planning and buying. The scope of Wavemaker’s work includes digital, programmatic, search, social, television, radio and out-of-home for all three brands. Yum! Brands Canada announced late in 2017 that it had […]
KFC Canada presents the Waffle Double Down Press release Canadians have been craving its return. It’s about time we gave them what they wanted. On March 26, KFC Canada is bringing back the international phenomenon, the Double Down – the bun-less, all-chicken sandwich. But this time with a brand-new twist: a waffle! That’s right, the Waffle […]
Franchise Management Inc. acquires El-Rancho Food Services Limited Press release KFC Canada has announced that Franchise Management Inc. (FMI), acquired Saskatchewan-based El-Rancho Food Services Limited (El-Rancho). The sale includes all of El-Rancho’s 21 KFC assets throughout Saskatchewan and Manitoba and brings FMI’s total Canadian KFC restaurants to 85. FMI also operates KFC restaurants in Newfoundland, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Quebec and Ontario. In addition to […]
Name change honours Canada’s 150th birthday Press release In honour of Canada’s 150th birthday, KFC Canada is changing its name to K’ehFC. K’ehFC has a rich, 62-year history in Canada, and the move pays homage to the company’s love and appreciation for all things Canadian during a year of national celebration and patriotism. K’ehFC, formerly known as KFC, will mark the official […]
