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KFC India has launched a Korean Dunked range, coating chicken in a gochujang sauce with toasted sesame and umami notes. The flavour is available across more than 1,400 restaurants nationwide. Five existing favourites get the treatment: the Zinger Burger, boneless strips, wings, leg pieces and Hot & Crispy Chicken. It expands the chain's flavoured Dunked lineup.
India's antitrust regulator, the CCI, has cleared the combination of Sapphire Foods India and Devyani International, which would bring KFC and Pizza Hut franchise operations under one structure. Devyani confirmed the clearance in an exchange filing and said it is awaiting the detailed order. Other statutory steps remain before the merger takes effect.
India's Competition Commission has cleared the merger of Sapphire Foods India into Devyani International. Devyani runs KFC and Pizza Hut franchises in India and is the exclusive Costa Coffee franchisee there. Sapphire runs over 700 outlets under KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell brands across India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives. The tie-up could improve coordination and support expansion.
McDonald's India's north and east business has raised its investment plan to about $80 million over the next two-and-a-half years. The money will fund outlet growth and digital upgrades to keep pace with customer demand. Profitability is still expected to face pressure from surging food and packaging inflation, as competition from Devyani's KFC and Burger King intensifies.
Devyani International posted a net profit of Rs 3.46 crore in the September quarter, against a loss of 23.9 crore a year earlier. Revenue rose 10.36 per cent to Rs 1,519.42 crore, while EBITDA grew nearly 18 per cent to Rs 229 crore. It runs KFC, Pizza Hut and Costa Coffee, and added 70 net stores, reaching 2,325 globally.
Sapphire Foods, which runs KFC and Pizza Hut, added 15 KFC outlets in Q2 FY27, reaching 1,086 restaurants. Restaurant sales rose 20 percent to Rs 885.3 crore. KFC revenue grew 26 percent, its fastest in 16 quarters, helped by value offers, while Pizza Hut rose 7 percent. Adjusted EBITDA climbed 39 percent to Rs 62.4 crore.
KFC is replacing Pepsi with Coca-Cola beverages after roughly four decades, with its U.S. restaurants switching across the system by spring 2027. The company announced the move on Thursday as part of a menu overhaul and turnaround effort. Parent Yum Brands is also pushing harder into beverage sales across its chains.
HyFun Foods, founded in Ahmedabad by Haresh Karamchandani in 2015, makes frozen French fries and potato products for foodservice and retail. Its customers reportedly include global chains such as KFC and Subway, and it reported revenue above Rs 1,500 crore in FY25. The business began as a potato and onion trader in Mehsana in 1962.
