Restaurant Brands snaps up US stores

Restaurant Brands snaps up US stores
Staff reporters
Fast-food operator Restaurant Brands has the go ahead to buy 70 Taco Bell and KFC stores in the United States.The listed company said in a statement to the NZX on Monday it had entered into an agreement to purchase 58 KFC stores, 11 “multi-brand” KFC and Taco Bell stores and a head office in Southern California.The deal will settle in September. In December, Restaurant Brands said it would buy the outlets for $73 million.It said the business generated annual turnover of US$95 million.The company operates KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell an...