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With electronic cigarette sales booming in the United States, Hawaii-based retailer and manufacturer embraces creative advertising approach and celebrity talent to target audience looking for alternative to cigarette smoking HONOLULU, May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Electronic cigarette sales have boomed here in the U.S. in recent years and many e-cigarette manufacturers are in a hurry to make an impression with a growing consumer base. In 2012, U.S. sales of e-cigs were between $300M...

Mark Wahlberg pledges support for new program and leads movement to encourage teens to graduate high school IRVINE, Calif., May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Taco Bell® Foundation for Teens(TM), in partnership with Get Schooled, today announced the launch of Graduate for Mas(TM), a program challenging teens to make a personal commitment to graduate high school. Actor and philanthropist Mark Wahlberg, who did not finish high school himself, also announced today his support of the...

Following a Delaware Online article regarding Taco Bell’s recent effort to offer healthier and more balanced menu options, Yumi Media offers their comments. Bohemia, NY (PRWEB) April 19, 2013 On April 19, 2013, Yumi Media, a food website devoted to delivering the latest and greatest in food news, recipes, and products to incorporate into your own healthy lifestyle, commented on a recent Delaware Online article highlighting the new changes to Taco Bell’s menu options to promote...

IRVINE, Calif., Feb. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Six teens were awarded a combined total of $55,000 in scholarships from the Taco Bell Foundation for Teens on Saturday as part of the 11(th) annual TACO BELL® Skills Challenge at NBA All-Star 2013 in Houston, TX. The Foundation partnered with NBA Cares and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Houston to pair six outstanding teens with NBA players who competed in the challenge to win educational scholarships for teens ranging from $5,000...

LOUISVILLE, Colo., Jan. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Envysion®, Inc., (www.envysion.com) the leading Managed Video as a Service (MVaaS) provider, today announced that Desert De Oro Foods has selected Envysion as its exclusive video provider and has commenced an aggressive deployment of Envysion Insight(TM)( ) to its 130+ restaurants. Desert De Oro, a Yum! Brands franchise operating Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, and KFC restaurants, will use Envysion to reduce risk, enhance loss prevention and...

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Nov. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A new payment system in place at 14 KFC/Taco Bell restaurants in the Los Angeles area gives new meaning to the phrase "dine and dash." Mobile payment platform provider Kuapay and Great American Chicken Corp (GACC), franchisee of 71 LA-area KFC locations, today announced the launch of the Kuapay system in 14-stores, making it fast and easy for diners to pay for purchases using a smartphone. The launch follows a 2-month pilot...

MCLEAN, Va., Oct. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- USA TODAY Charitable Foundation and Lift a Life Foundation announced today the launch of the "Lead2Feed-World Hunger Leadership Challenge" in cooperation with Yum! Brands Foundation to encourage middle and high school students to hone their leadership skills through projects that focus on solving hunger, locally or globally. Students will use principles from Yum! Brands Chairman and CEO David Novak's best-selling book, TAKING PEOPLE...

ATLANTA, Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Taco Bell Foundation for Teens today expands its "Graduate to Go Studios" mentorship program with the unveiling of a multi-media Studio at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta's Lawrenceville location. The site is one of four Studios built at Boys & Girls Clubs across the nation, and will include year-round film and music projects, as well as job shadowing opportunities for teens to experience firsthand how their work will...

CHICAGO, July 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Thanks to significant support from AT&T and Taco Bell Foundation for Teens' Graduate to Go initiative, Dreaming Tree Foundation and Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) are giving more than 200 youth a unique experience to create a feature film this summer that will benefit BGCA's youth education efforts. The feature film called "The Stream" - a coming-of-age family comedy set in 1981 - began filming July 16th in Philadelphia, PA with...

GREENWICH, Conn., June 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Chief Executive magazine today announced David Novak, CEO of Yum! Brands, the world's largest restaurant company with 37,000 KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell restaurants in 125 countries, has been named "2012 CEO of the Year," an honor bestowed upon an outstanding corporate leader, nominated and selected by a group of his or her peers. "Not only is David market- and customer-driven, but he displays a compelling vision with a...