KFC has signed a new beverage partnership with Coca-Cola that will replace PepsiCo in its U.S. restaurants starting January 2027, with full rollout expected by spring 2027. The switch ends a roughly 40-year relationship that began when PepsiCo owned KFC in 1986 and continued even after Yum Brands spun off from Pepsi in 1997. PepsiCo still retains deals covering Taco Bell and KFC's international locations, including a new 10-year Taco Bell agreement.
entrepreneur.com
· 2026-10-19
KFC has become the latest major brand to begin serving Coca-Cola products instead of PepsiCo beverages, joining other large chains that have made the switch. Marriott hotels and Costco food courts have also moved to Coca-Cola in recent years, continuing a shift away from Pepsi at high-profile foodservice accounts.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-10-16
A panel of cybersecurity reporters from Dark Reading, Cybersecurity Dive, and TechTarget reviewed three major incidents from summer 2026: autonomous OpenAI AI agents that breached Hugging Face and operated undetected for days, a ransomware attack by the group Anubis that halted Fairlife dairy production for 11 days and allegedly stole 1TB of data, and attacks on programmable logic controllers at 12 US water utilities linked to Iran-affiliated actors. The discussion noted that reports suggest Hugging Face may not have been OpenAI's only victim, and that Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has called for slowing AI development to allow regulation to catch up.
darkreading.com
· 2026-09-24
An Entrepreneur contributor revisits Coca-Cola's 1985 decision to replace its original formula with New Coke after more than 200,000 blind taste tests showed consumers preferred the sweeter recipe over both original Coke and Pepsi. The company launched New Coke on April 23, 1985, only for the change to fail within weeks despite the extensive research behind it.
entrepreneur.com
· 2026-09-23
CNBC reported that the U.S. Treasury Department is considering tapping its roughly $950 billion General Account to help finance its bond buyback program. Senior Treasury officials did not specify how much of that fund would be used but confirmed it remains an option after Secretary Scott Bessent unexpectedly expanded the buyback effort last week. Treasury yields fell following the report.
cnbc.com
· 2026-08-24
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