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SHANGHAI (Reuters) - With a possible U.S. recession looming, Colonel Sanders is turning to China to fill the breach, offering a menu of fried dough and preserved egg porridge alongside the chicken that turned KFC into an American icon. Beset by falling sales at home, Yum! Brands Inc, owner of the Kentucky Fried Chicken and Pizza Hut brands, is mounting an expansion drive in China that could make the country its biggest source of profit within a decade. But like many foreign firms in China, from mobile phone makers to clothing designers, the U.S. fast food giant has discovered it...

·11250 Waples Mill Road ·   Fairfax, Virginia 22030    ·800-392-8683   Outrage Of The Week: "Safest for everybody?" Pizza Hut punishes employee for defending himself   Friday, April 04, 2008   “The incident wasn’t something quick and simple. ... It was a long ordeal…my life was, without a doubt, in danger.” On the night of March 27, 2008, Pizza Hut deliveryman James Spiers of Des Moines, Iowa was delivering pizzas--just as he had many times before over the past 10 years.  He walked into an apartment complex thinking he was making another routine delivery, but found himself in a battle for his life: ...

A pizza delivery driver who shot an alleged armed robber in Des Moines last week said he's receiving support from the community. James Spiers III fired multiple shots at a man who allegedly put a gun to his head after Spiers delivered a pizza to an apartment complex. The suspect, Kenneth Jimmerson, was arrested after he called for help. Jimmerson, who suffered at least three gunshot wounds, is charged with first-degree robbery. His finance, Melanie Stout, who police believe called in the pizza order, is charged with conspiracy. Spiers, who works for Pizza Hut, has a valid handgun permit. He...

A Pizza Hut deliverer fired shots at an armed robber who threatened his life, wounding him and leading to the criminal’s capture by police. What kind of reward did James Spiers get for his self-defense? Unemployment: A Des Moines pizza driver who was suspended from his job after he shot an armed robber said today he has been overwhelmed by support from people who cheered what happened. “But no one had contacted me directly about a job offer,” said James William Spiers III, 38, who was sent home by Pizza Hut managers after he fired multiple shots at a man...

An Iowa state senator has vowed to stop buying Pizza Hut products if the chain fires a Des Moines delivery man who shot a teen who tried to rob him last week.

You've read the book, now eat the pizza. Since 1985, that's been the gist of Pizza Hut's Book It, an incentive program used by 50,000 schools nationwide to reward young readers with free pizzas. The program is now under attack by child-development experts who say it promotes bad eating habits and turns teachers into corporate promoters. Book It, which reaches about 22 million children a year, "epitomizes everything that's wrong with corporate-sponsored programs in school," said Susan Linn, a Harvard psychologist and co-founder of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood. "In the name of education, it promotes junk food consumption...

Two pizza delivery chains refused to send drivers to a public housing community Thursday afternoon, shocking and angering members of the AIDS/HIV Services Group and the president of the local NAACP. Kathy Baker, ASG’s executive director, said that when Domino’s and Papa John’s were called to deliver to an HIV testing event at Westhaven public housing community, the businesses responded that they don’t deliver to Hardy Drive. “I find it quite inappropriate. Whether it’s intended or not, it results in socioeconomic and racial discrimination,” Baker said. “We order pizzas from them all the time and it never occurred to me...

Ronald Honeycutt didn't hesitate. The Pizza Hut driver had just finished dropping off a delivery when a man holding a gun approached him. Honeycutt wasn't about to become another robbery statistic. He grabbed the 9 mm handgun he always carries in his belt and shot the man more than 10 times, killing him. Honeycutt faced no criminal charges, because prosecutors decided that he acted in self-defense. But the 39-year-old did lose his job: Carrying a gun violated Pizza Hut's no-weapons rule. "It's not fair," says Honeycutt of Carmel, Ind., who has found another pizza-delivery job and continues to carry a...

Colorado peace-niks have found a new hero. The featured speaker this weekend will be Abdul Henderson, the Marine who appeared in Michael Moore's movie Fahrenheit 9/11, saying that he would not return to Iraq if ordered to do so.

The DUmmies are in an uproar of despair. Their erstwhile hero, Michael Moore, has appeared on the Jay Leno show and appears to have deserted them, especially on the vote fraud issue since Jabba the Shmuck accepts the fact that Bush (GASP! SHOCK!) actually won the election. There are several DUmmie conspiracy theories on this Dummie THREAD titled, “Anyone else disappointed by Michael Moore on Leno tonight?” as to why Moore appears to have betrayed them but my own theory is that the Evil Republicans threatened to cut off his pizza supply if he didn’t change his ways. The DUmmie...

Yum! Brands, the parent company of Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, KFC, A&W and Long John Silver’s, has stopped advertising on the ABC Network show Desperate Housewives. The move comes after the company’s headquarters were flooded with e-mails and phone calls from concerned customers. Jonathan Blum, senior vice president of public affairs for Yum! Brands, announced the decision in a letter dated November 17, 2004, to Bill Johnson, president of the American Decency Association (ADA). As posted on ADA’s Web site, the letter reads: I wanted to inform you that Yum! Brands will not be advertising in Desperate Housewives going forward....

Burger King, Pizza Hut Open Doors at Balad Air Base By Staff Sgt. Ryan Hansen, USAFSpecial to American Forces Press Service BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq, Oct. 22, 2004 -- Airmen here finally can have it their way, with the opening of Burger King and Pizza Hut restaurants Oct. 10. Airmen from the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing wait in line during the grand opening of Burger King and Pizza Hut restaurants run by the Army and Air Force Exchange Service at Balad Air Base, Iraq, Oct. 10. Photo courtesy of AAFES(Click photo for screen-resolution image); high-resolution image available. Lines started...

BRUSHFIRE ALERT: "Screw Pizza Hut" ******************** "Screw Pizza Hut" June 1, 2004 “Ronald B. Honeycutt, 38, who has a permit to carry a concealed weapon, says he's been delivering pizzas for 20 years and has always packed heat on the job,” reports WorldNetDaily.com (http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38726) today. At around 11 p.m. on May 17th, just after he had made a delivery in a high-crime neighborhood in Indianapolis, a dirtball confronted Honeycutt with a loaded 9 mm handgun. At that point, Honeycutt pulled out his own 9 mm from the back of his pants and fired 15 times, hitting the would-be robber at...

This is a WorldNetDaily printer-friendly version of the article which follows. To view this item online, visit http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38726 Tuesday, June 1, 2004 WEAPONS OF CHOICE Pizza man saved by gun, but fired for packin' heat Prosecutors call it 'clear case of self-defense,' yet national chain prohibits carrying firearms Posted: June 1, 2004 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com A pizza deliveryman won't face charges for fatally shooting a would-be robber several times when he was approached in a high-crime area, but his employer, Pizza Hut, has fired him for violating a company policy against carrying firearms. Ronald B. Honeycutt, 38,...

A few days ago, I spoke by telephone with Pizza Hut Chief People Officer (CPO) Joe Bosch. He was returning a call I had made to an executive of Yum, the company of which Pizza Hut is a subsidiary or operating unit. We discussed the recent firing of deliveryman Ronald Honeycutt. I told him that I was concerned about the message this firing would send, and that I was seriously reconsidering whether to continue patronizing Pizza Hut. He told me that in their experience, they feel the best approach for their drivers, if/when accosted, is simply to hand over their...

Because of a copywright complaint, Indymedia stuff can't be posted, but the link is here: Pizza Man fired for shooting robberThe short of it is a pizza delivery man was fired from his job and may be up on charges for shooting a killing an armed robber. Pizza Hut says his carrying a weapon while working 'violated company policy'.

(INDIANAPOLIS, May 18th, 2004, 3:30 p.m.) -- A pizza delivery driver who fatally shot a man he said brandished a gun and tried to rob him was fired from his job and could face criminal charges. Ronald B. Honeycutt shot Jerome Brown, 20, who was pronounced dead a short time after the late Monday shooting. "I'm just satisfied it was him and not me," said Honeycutt, 38, of Carmel. Honeycutt said he was returning to his van after making a delivery at an apartment on the city's far east side when he heard someone say "Hey, my guy" and turned...

INDIANAPOLIS -- Police said a Pizza Hut delivery man fatally shot a man who tried to rob him Monday night. It happened in the 3600 block of Long Wharf Drive around 11 p.m. Police said Ronald Honeycutt, 38, of Carmel, was delivering pizza to an apartment complex when Jerome Brown, 20, of Indianapolis, attempted to rob him. Honeycutt was able to take the Brown's gun away from him and fired 15 rounds from his own gun, striking Brown several times, according to police. The victim was taken to a local hospital where he later died, RTV6 reproted.

Univision Assailed for 'Homosexual Cure' Show April 7, 2004 Gfn.com News A Spanish language family talk show, Casos de Familia, has been assailed for a program that featured so-called "reparative therapy," which told viewers homosexuality could be "cured" with religion. During a March 25 program, hostess Judith Grace also suggested that gay people are homosexual because they were abused or raped as children, reports the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. "Would it be that all [homosexuals] have been abused, hence their sexual preference?" asked Grace during the March telecast. She then followed up the question by issuing the...

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. -- It's a story Independence police can't help cracking a smile about. A father and son, they say, could be the dumbest criminals they've ever come across. Independence police say the father and son team need to find an alternative way to make a living, because as criminals, they're just not gonna make it, KCTV5's Amy Anderson reported on "KCTV5 News at 5 p.m." Police said the father and son used a drill to try and rob a Pizza Hut delivery business off Truman Road. "It was all I could do to keep from laughing out loud," said...

Lebanon has charged a Yemeni national with carrying out "terrorist acts" and masterminding a string of bomb attacks against American fast food outlets. Judicial sources in Beirut said Muammar Awwama, suspected of ties to Usama bin Ladin's al-Qaida network, would be tried by a military court on charges that also include membership of "terrorist cells", attempted murder and attempts to blow up US-style restaurants. The charges carry the death penalty. Awwama, also known as Ibn al-Shahid, was arrested earlier in October by Palestinian Fatah fighters in the southern Ain al-Hilweh camp and handed over to Lebanese authorities. Security sources identified...

The number of Western chicken, pizza and burrito restaurants dotting city streets is set to grow as Yum! Brands Inc. pushes to increase the Russian presence of the restaurants whose trademark it holds, including household name eateries like KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell. Yum! is one of the world's largest global franchising networks; the 34,000 restaurants operating under its brands made $22 billion in 2002. By sales it is surpassed only by McDonald's. Twenty percent of these 34,000 are owned by Yum! itself while the others are franchises it licenses other firms to run. Steve Varsano, head of European...

Basra: Fastfood giants Pizza Hut and Burger King have set up their first franchises inside war-torn Iraq, even as many aid convoys waited on the borders for the war to officially end. The arrival of the two restaurants - sited inside giant trailers on a British military base near Basra - won a rapturous welcome from soldiers, whose limited range of rations lost their appeal many weeks ago. But some officers were less keen on the new arrivals, which are due to start selling food tomorrow. "I would prefer we got decent showers and toilets sorted out first," muttered one...

<p>CHESAPEAKE, Va. -- Thirteen members of a family are suing the operator of a Pizza Hut for $2 million, alleging they were refused service because they are black.</p> <p>Colonial Foods LLC maintains that employees tried to explain to the family that they couldn't be served because the restaurant had run out of cheese and couldn't make any more pizzas.</p> <p>"It was a cheese issue, not a race issue," said Tim McConville, an attorney for the company.</p>

<p>CHESAPEAKE, Va. (AP) --  Thirteen members of a family are suing the operator of a Pizza Hut for $2 million, alleging they were refused service because they are black.</p> <p>Colonial Foods LLC maintains that employees tried to explain to the family that they couldn't be served because the restaurant had run out of cheese and couldn't make any more pizzas.</p>