Industry decline affects peers like Starbucks and Yum China.

The entities involved

• Starbucks →

  American multinational coffee company

  • Starbucks gift cards were used as alleged voter registration incentives, leading to a cease-and-desist from Kris Kobach in Leavenworth County.Mon 15:27
  • Starbucks is introducing new products to celebrate National Coffee Day.Mon 14:18
• Yum China →

  Chinese fast-food restaurant chain

  • Pizza Hut operations were sold to a private equity firm, and Mainland China operations were sold to Yum China Holdings.Mon 04:48
  • The company sold the Mainland China operations of Pizza Hut in a separate transaction for an aggregate of $2.7 billion. Chris Turner was appointed CEO of Yum! Brands.Mon 04:17

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