date:Apr 19, 2013
According to the Louisville, Kentucky-based fast food giant, its same-store sales in March declined an estimated 13 per cent in China.
This included an estimated decline of 16 per cent at KFC and four per cent growth at Pizza Hut in the country.
Within the past week, publicity associated with avian flu in China has had a significant, negative impact on KFC sales, the world's largest restaurant company by number of outlets said in a filing to US Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday.