Yum Profit Rises as Chinese Customers Return to KFC
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Chinese consumers are loving KFC fried chicken again.
Yum! Brands Inc., owner of the KFC and Taco Bell restaurant chains, said yesterday that first-quarter profit rose 18 percent as sales rebounded in China. Sales at stores open at least 12 months jumped 9 percent in the Asian nation after falling for five straight quarters.