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Aussies flock to KFC amid lockdowns – The Australian Financial Review
The owner of the KFC and Taco Bell chains in Australia is ramping up investment in deliveries and digital as COVID-19-wary customers eschew eating in.
In contrast, KFC’s same-store sales in Australia rose 12.4 per cent more than double the 4.9 per cent growth in the previous first-half as consumers flocked to its drive-through venues or ordered online for home delivery. KFC’s same-store sales in Europe fell 4.2 per cent as COVID-19 restrictions weighed on traffic.
Chief executive Drew O’Malley, who took the helm in July after three years as Collins Foods’ chief operating officer, said the group was shifting its focus to delivery and digital as…
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