popeye's reporting in a big way reporting customers are waiting for hours. is the biggest debut in a new market ever popeyings is bringing it to young china. it is climbing 2% today while young china shares were down by almost 4% upon t the goal here for popeyes is 1500 restaurants in china. should yum china be worried? >> extraordinary i think yum china has competition and we've seen this across the fast food space in china, and i do think that some of these iconic american brands are following the same path, and i think at one point with taco bell and kfc, and i won't use derogatory terms and they were the only game in town, and popeyes is clearly encroaching on their turf. i will say yum china has had growth after stumbling out of the blocks and any weakness here is going to be that will be systemic. >> it is time for the final trade and let's go around the horn steve grasso >> so aimous, and it is down 48% year to date and wait for it it's got a short interest of 42% and this is susceptible for higher avis budget. symbol is carr >> tim seymour >> the eme

we will talk with the man responsible for 15,000 restaurants around the country, including popeye and burger king. it is the ceo of restaurant brands international. powers next on balance of on bluebird television and radio. television and radio. ♪ david: welcome back to "balance of power" on bloomberg television and radio. restaurant brands international runs almost 15,000 restaurants nationwide and today announced plans for reopening those restaurants in a way that will keep customers and workers safe. we welcome the ceo of restaurant brands, jose cil. tell us what will be different as you open up the restaurants and what we saw before. afternoon, thanks for having me on. we have been open for business in north america and the u.s. and canada throughout the crisis. we have had our drive-through's, our deliveries, and our mobile order and curbside pickup as well as front counter takeout. we have had it opened since the beginning of the crisis. our teams have done an exceptional job of taking care of the team members as well as our guests through enhanced hygiene. now is different mun

we did the story about popeye's going into shanghai and the huge lines. u.s. companies are depending on china for growth so can that continue in parallel with ramped up u.s.-china relations, karen i think on the one hand it can i think that chinese consumers are going to want the popeye's of the world and on the other hand the trade war was a message for companies that they need to have alternatives in their supply chain to china, and so that wasn't fully implemented, and i think there are still companies that, you know, need to have alternative supply chains so they're doing that i don't know which of those two factors is bigger though >> coming up, shares of lulu lemon stretching higher. one wall street firm says this rally has legs and it may be downward facing dog. the chart master is here and he sees warning signsreng i bwin the beaten down space. we are back right after this break. and you should be mad at tech that makes things worse. but you're not mad, because you have e*trade, who's tech makes life easier by automatically adding technical patterns on

. >> restaurant brands, the parent company of burger king, tim hortons, popeye's, louisiana kitchen up 5%, roughly 2 million shares of after market valium. this is on headlines coming out, because pershing square's bill ahman has now taken his stake above a threshold amount to a total qsr. you may recall that he's been an owner of the stock for the past 8 years, he actually made some comments to our very own scott wapner just a few momenting ago, saying this is in no way an activist position, and they fully support management and the board at restaurant brands international. they tend to go into discussions. not an activist position but the reason why they made this is because they crossed a threshold amount from a regulatory perspective it's now roughly about a 9 1/2% stake in restaurant brands international. back over to you >> thank you, dom, guy adami i'll go to you, owner of popeyes, et cetera >> i wouldn't chase. >> no, i love -- >> yeah, but not a cheap stock and less cheap now with the move to the upside. you know i love popeyes, we did that taste test when we were all together

the expansion of popeyes into china.n after the outbreak decimated the country's restaurant sector. we hear from popeyes china ceo, next. this is bloomberg. ♪ shery: a record collapse in china's restaurant sector amid the pandemic is not slowing popeyes expansion. the nation will become the fast food chains second largest market in as little as two years to three years according to the companies china head. he outlined his expansion plan with the first store set to open this week. among the chinese consumers for the long haul. we are definitely bullish with the prospects of the chinese market for the restaurant industry. we do believe there's still a large space and still growth. the urbanization rate, growing middle-class, all of these are still there, and we believe there is enough market for a wide number of competitors. we also believe popeyes offers a that will cater well to chinese customers. >> your first store in shanghai, -- what is your expansion plan? how many stores are you willing to open for the next few ye

you may not know that name, but you certainly know popeye's, burger king, other restaurants around thery. thank you for being here with me. >> thank you, jim, for having me. >> reporter: we have dr. anthony fauci about to testify on the hill. he's going to say if the country opens too quickly, we face needless suffering. the president has said it's safe to reopen now. you've got 15,000 restaurants, a lot of employees to worry about and a lot of customers. is it safe to begin reopening now, in your view? >> well, jim, we've been open for business for the last nine, ten weeks here in north america as the country, u.s. and canada have started to shut down. we remained open as an essential service. all of our franchisees, all of our team members have been working really hard for the last several weeks ensuring that we can deliver through the drive-through, through our delivery business as well, through our mobile app and curbside pickup. all the different service modes that are off premise, if you will. we've been doing that for ten weeks and we've been doing it first and foremost focusing

china's clause in restaurant sector isn't slowing popeyes.the chain's second largest market in two years according to the company's china head. he outlined his plans for the first store set to open this week. loved trende a among chinese consumers for the long haul. we are definitely bullish for the prospect of the chinese market for the restaurant industry. i believe there is a large space and a foundation, the urbanization rate is growing, the middle class, all these foundations are still there. we believe there is enough market for a wide number of competitors. we also believe popeyes offers a unique taste profile of our products that will cater well to the palette of chinese consumers. >> your first store in shanghai open on the 15th. what is your expansion plan? how many stores are you want to open in the next few years and where will they be? >> the decision has been a long-term decision. the plan that was announced in july was 1500 restaurants by the next decade. the plan is still there. with the pandemic or without it, unprecedented.

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a popeyes that's burned down. you have fire engines under the escort of members of the national guard here for protection. they were not able to fight the fires overnight because of the protesters around the city. this is a city that has just been lifted from curfew. curfew went into place at 8:00 p.m. local time. 9:00 p.m. eastern time. it was lifted at 7:00 a.m. for all intents and purposes, there was no curfew. people were all over the place all night. fires were burning and fires continue to be burning. this is not the only city where this is happening. there are fires and protests and violence in cities across america. let me give you a taste of what those are where there were protests. protests in new york. in the 88th precinct. in brooklyn. protesters tossed rocks and bottles and eggs at police. 100 people were arrested there. in los angeles, protesters blocked highway 101. the lapd declared an unlawful assembly for all of downtown. they shut it down. in san jose, three dumpsters are fires and windows were

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than 200 meals for ems teams and the san francisco fire department lunch came from irving subs and popeye paradise in delhi. when calls it quote just the small token of my appreciation for the people working on the front lines and keeping our community safe. that is a look at sports. back to you catherine. >>thank you mark. coming up we've got details on medical students or helpi at kron 4 we've been honoring people doing good things in the community during the pandemic today we are honoring students from bernick academy of medical arts are stepping in to help for residential care facility for seniors, this isn't redwd city to try to help us stop the spread of the virus and is the staffing shortages there more than 20 vocational nurses and medical assistants students from campuses all over the state they've been helping to free up emergency medical workers so that they can focus on other areas of greater need and you can spotlight sunday making a difference in your community we've got a section on our web site called kron 4 heroes you can fill out a form and find that page on kron 4 dot c

it's the parent company of burger king, tim hort tons and popeyes.ose sill, ceo, of restaurant brands you've either started reopening in the asia pacific region or mostly stayed open with a different format even in the u.s. and canada at this point. is that about right? are you 85, 90% reopened for takeout? >> good morning, joe we're closer to 95 plus% open in the u.s. and across our brands as well as in canada we're 85% open with tim hortons. in asia, we're closer to 80% europe, we still have countries shut down and in complete lockdown although it's starting to open up we're seeing spain, france, u.k., italy, markets completely shut down beginning to open up there's been tremendous pent up demand there are images as you've seen with long cues at the drive throughs in europe we're seeing the beginning of the opening of the dining rooms here in the u.s. >> jose, it's obvious, i guess, that it's a microcosm what you're saying of what we're looking at as a country. not all of your areas are the same it's not a monolith in the united states. some areas

in delivery along with the chicken sandwich and we're seeing essentially all of our business at popeye'sm ancillaries to beverages to bone in chicken as well as the sandwich and boneless chicken growing and i'm really proud of the work that our teams are doing to be able to deliver that safely and consistently acrosind chicken phenomenon we saw before the pandemic jose, what about burger king why negative you've outlined a number of steps that popeye's has taken to do delivery and pick up and i assume you've been doing that at burger king as well so why aren't you seeing that return to growth as states have reopened >> we have about 20% of our restaurants the dining rooms opening up at this point in the u.s. and so burger king is beginning to see momentum in the dine in business i think the team at burger king has done an exceptional job but the delivery business has been growing. we've launched our own app as well with delivery in december and now one out of every five transactions is coming through our own app. we call it the label delivery. so we've seen a lot of our service modes dri

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they license to burger king, tim horton's doughnuts and popeye's chicken.ng pizza in your basement, you will want to go out and get some nice comfort food. what i like is -- charles: we got to leave it there. the market did rally as you were speaking. we will share the credit this time. thank you very much. liz, not a bad session as we hand it over to you. liz: well, string it together, charles, with yesterday and the day before, and we have a little bit of a gem on our hands we are witnessing. thank you. thank you so much, charles. we do at this hour have what appears to be an all-out war brewing between the white house and silicon valley's tech titans. yes, indeed, they are on the verge of erupting as we wait for president trump's executive order on social media. at issue at the very moment is the interpretation whether it's free speech or censorship. of course, it all comes through with the communications decency act which gives companies like twitter and facebook, not to mention google, et cetera, and other pla

we have seen, by the way, a v-shaped recovery in popeye's, that fried chicken brand., you will be too, there was 32% increase in sales in popeye's in the first three months of this year. compare that to three% down for burger king and 10% down for tim heart sons. why are people buying so much fried chicken all of sudden? stuart: it is comfort food, susan. susan: why not burgers and french fries, isn't that comfort food? stuart: don't get me, fish and chips is still my limit. what have we got here? look at this, look closely at this, that is a restaurant using mannequins to fill out the half-empty dining room. what is the story behind this one, ash? ashley: this is the inn at little washington, in washington, virginia. no ordinary restaurant. it is a michelin three-star restaurant. to get a table here it is very coveted. so rather than leave them open, the owners of the restaurant said let's put in the mannequins. very well-dressed i might add. three-piece suits, ties, hats, dresses for the lady if the company is a little lifeless. tasting menu, tasting menu is 24bucks

we have 10,000 restaurants under the burger king, popeye's and tim horton's flag here in the u.s.nce the beginning our business has been kind of deemed an essential service so we've been open for drive-through, delivery, take-out. we have done a bunch of innovation throughout with our technology, mobile order pay, pickup as well, curbside pickup. we've been open for business. our teams are doing extraordinary job, doing it safely, responsibly throughout. we're in the process of reopening in many states. we have 15% of our dining rooms open. we have applied social distancing and everyone has ppe masks and gloves as well. neil: right. >> adding acrylic screens to the front counter. we're taking measures and steps to make sure people feel confident and comfortable they can come in to enjoy a meal safely in our restaurants and enjoy good food and beverages that we serve. neil: maybe people gotten used to just drive-through, picking up and going, and there isn't going to be the demand you think, if you plan for sit-down service. i'm sure it depend on the restaurant and the location but

across north america we had about 10,000 restaurants with burger king, tim horton's and popeyes openough the pandemic >> we really led the way and now we're seeing, we have about 1200 or so restaurants that have become the process of reopening the dining rooms we opened the ppe, we have masks and gloves and it's hard to say what the outlook is. we're really optimistic and excited. our team members are incredible and proud of the work we're doing, and we'll do as we reopen the restaurants and dining rooms. >> thanks for joining us we were debating the nuances of the ppp program, i know you had taken a loan, you returned it because of the pressure and the label of you being a billionaire and whether that was needed did you have a clash with secretary mnuchin and did he have a different tone toward this issue than the president did at all? >> not at all. >> i think the president understood that they needed to have different categories that even though i'm a privately held company and a self-propry tore, i still have the same issues and i wanted to put 40,000 employees back to work, i di

refills at a local fast food joint could be a thing of the past thanks to the coronavirus burger king popeye's importance are zeroing in on areas that are vulnerable to infection and that includes the so to refill stations where people can refill their cups as many times as they want. also staff at fast food joints will be sanitizing tables and chairs after each us live from new york, i'm jane king back to you robin all right, thank you jane marty. >>well coming up next on kron 00:04am morning news, a group of researchers at ucsf working now to find out how covid-19 could affect women who are pregnant we'll have that story coming up before we get to that though let's take a live look outside toll plaza at the bay bridge and the sun is out and looks like we have a good morning, welcome back researchers at ucsf are looking for pregnant women to take part in the study they're working to find out how covid-19 could affect expectant moms, heather huddleston is one of the 6 investigators at ucsf we're working on this research. they say that they plan to study 10,000 pregnant women across the country

is leading challenge supply disruptions, upgrading their technology and expanding tim horton's and popeyeskitchens and recently reopening markets in china. jim, i see opportunities ahead >> you're right. the guy was on, he acquitted himself well chipotle, i said when it was, i don't know, 300, it would go to g, it would go to 1,000, and it went to it today all i'm going to do is say it's going higher that's the one to be in. >>> greg in georgia, greg. >> caller: booyah, jim, thanks for taking my call they announced a transformational rewire. it drives positive cash flow and ignites me a younger consumer. they have ample liquidity for 2020 with today apartments la's lackf entertainment options, should we hop on after today's big move? >> you know, that's a big move today. i think it could have another good day, but i'm not a big fan because of the demographic of who rides it it's just too old. i know that that's -- hey, listen, it's okay, i can say t right? i have the ability to say it because i went to one and everyone looked like me. all right. good dealer. sell in may and go not. [ buzze

we have burger king, popeye's, and tim horton's. these restaurants are owned by small businesses.nchisees from coast to coast that work day in, day out. we have team members in the restaurants day in, day out. we've been in the restaurants working as an essential service beginning in the crisis in march. we have had our drive-throughs open and delivery open but we still have had tremendous impact on our business. so we're really looking forward to the process of reopening the economy, reopening the country. we already have about 1000 locations around the country that have started opening the dining rooms with reduced capacity. we added ppe. we added safe and social distancing in the restaurants to insure that people can come in. we have acrylic screens in the front counter. we have of course thats and gloves for employees to make sure everyone feels safe, our guests and team members. i want to thank the president, mr. president, and your administration. i think you have acted quickly and swiftly and with good measure. the cares act and ppp had a tremendous impact on our businesses

food chains are opening inside, including restaurant brands international which owns burger king, popeye's and tim horton's. dine-in is now open at some locations. >> we'll see demand rising and we think it will be measured and we want it done responsibly and safely. >> reporter: they're spacing tables, shuttering -- employees must wash their hands an change gloves at least every half hour. >> we've heightened hand washing and sanization on a more frequent basis. >> preparing for the next phase of fast food, a whopper of an undertaking. of course, all the restaurants we spoke with say their employees are wears masks and gloves and doing regular temperature checks. mcdonald's has made it clear that owners can decide when they are ready and when their teams are ready to reopen once local officials give the okay. it's not going to be some big national thing where they all have to open at once. they need to do it when they feel comfortable. craig. >> all right. joe fryer for us there in california, thanks so much. let's bring in the doctor on duty for this friday, dr. jennifer pena, a former w

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cabinet meeting to begin, let us bring in the ceo of restaurant brands, the parent of burger king, popeye's chicken, tim horton. let me just apologize in advance because we will hop to the president as soon as he begins that cabinet meeting, jose, but you are live at one of your burger kings in miami, florida. thank you for joining us. your restaurants which number some 10,000, you guys sell a lot of meat and chicken. give us your reaction to the news that $19 billion will go to the ranchers and agricultural farmers there, but not exactly to that middle area, the meat plants that supply your restaurants. >> liz, good afternoon. thanks for having me. we have a very strong partnership with many of our meat and pork and poultry producers as well as raw material suppliers. we obviously think the support the government is providing is important for the ranchers. we work closely with our partners and suppliers and we feel good about our situation. it's been a tough couple months since the beginning of covid-19 and it's had an impact on supply chains but we are well positioned and given our relati

jose sill is the ceo of restaurant brands, international , the parent company of burger king, popeyese of my favorites and he's at that meeting and joins us right now from miami. jose good morning to you. >> good morning, steve thanks for having me. steve: you know, you're in a unique situation when it comes to the restaurant industry because a lot of your locations for a variety of reasons were deemed essential, so they remained open. that's good for you, but at the same time, there are other things facing your industry that you have been greatly impacted by, right? >> yeah, absolutely. we were since the beginning of the crisis, steve, our restaurants because of the drive-thru capabilities and delivery capabilities were deemed an essential service, and our franchisees and restaurant teams did an amazing job at burger king, pop eyes and tim ho rtons over the last couple of months to continue to serve americans and feed americans. i think despite that benefit of being deemed an essential service it was still quite difficult given the fact that our dining rooms were closed that's about

you got a popeye's there. firefighters are out here.hey couldn't be out here until everybody went home. you'll notice the firefighters under the escort of the national guard. national guard members are all over the place here. they had a running battle basically all night with protesters. there was supposed to be a curfew at 8:00 p.m. local time, 9:00 p.m. eastern. ten minutes before that curfew, there was an announcement. the national guard members and the state police put their gas masks on, announced that everybody would be arrested. they started moving backward and fired tear gas canisters. that was supposed to disperse the crowds and it didn't happen. the crowds basically followed the police and the national guard through the city, went to another police station and put that under siege. put a set -- a post office on fire. there was a great deal of damage throughout the course of the city. so the attempt to have a curfew from 8:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. largely failed in minneapolis with a lot more violence. earlier this morning as we c

it's brands include burger king, popeyes, and tim hortons. good to catch up with you. business paycheck protection program but president trump talked about therapies and a tax cut. what did you leave the meeting thinking? jose: thanks for having me. it was an impactful meeting from our perspective. when we went in there was a number of us from the restaurant as well, independents as others that run bigger chains , and our focus and my focus was to be able to share with president trump and the administration the challenges our franchisees that are small business owners, the challenges they have faced over the last days through the height of the pandemic. appreciative of the work the white house and the folks on capitol hill did to quickly move to be able to get the cares act and ppp in place. one of the things that was important for us was to be able to see an extension of the deadlines to use those funds for payroll for another 24 weeks because we think it will be critical in order to allow restaurants to have the time to work through the reopening plans and then hire

for 7:17 the parent company of burger king, popeyes and tim horton's restaurant revealed they are reopening safety plan. tables and chairs will be sanitized after each use. they will be labeled as they are available to say that or not. self-serve soda fountains have been turned off, condiments will be kept behind the front counter. cashiers will be protected with acrylic shields and the staff members will have to wear face masks and gloves. >>>; 17, the fact that, the morning commute is beginning to come back. >> it is beginning to come back. absolutely. as i look at my list, i do see things out there although it is not crowded. we've had crashes especially in the earlier morning hours. they tend to be more serious. you can see traffic is moving along okay on a daily. but there are a lot of people out there. a lot of people going to their essential jobs. this is a look at the south bay commute, 101. in the east bay commute, you don't see a lot of slowing, earlier we had issues in walnut creek. highway four looks eck, to see the ultimate pass looks like, we do see some slow traffic on the ul

burger king, popeyes, tim hortons. these restaurants are owned by small businesses. we have franchisees from coast to coast that workday in, day out. we have team members in restaurants day in, day out. we have restaurants working as an essential service since the beginning of the crisis in march. we have had drive-through's open , but it has had a tremendous impact on our business, so we are looking forward to the process of reopening the country. we already have about 1000 locations around the country that have started to open dining rooms with reduced capacity. we have ppe, we have social distancing to ensure people can come in. we have acrylic screens on the front counter. we have masks and gloves for employees to make sure everyone feels safe. i just wanted to thank the president and your administration, i think you acted quickly, swiftly, and with good measure with the cares act and the ppp, a tremendous impact on our businesses. there is a lot we think it can do to make a good program even better. one of the things we have talked about as we are chatting is th

other fast-food chains are opening inside including burger kings, popeye's and tim horton's dine-in availablewe think we'll see demand rising we think it will be measured and we want it done responsibly. >> they are taking similar steps, spacing out tables, shuttering soda machines employees must wash their hands and change gloves at least every half hour. >> we heightened hand washing, and disinfecting restaurants. >> preparing fast foods a whopper of an undertaking. joe fryer, nbc news. >> so worth it, craig. i've been hitting the drive-through a few times with my kids. so we'll be happy to go inside when we can. let's get a boost. a double one coming up this is in honor of hoda getting the morning off. every day is a costume party when you're a little girl under lockdown we know that even better if your dad has a sense of humor this dynamic duo puts on different costumes every day to take out the trash one of the few times they are w. why not do it in style dressed up as your favorite characters, break up the boredom by the way, neighbors love it. a little side show every day that's some s

popeyes offering 3 to 5-piece dinner, chicken wars are still going on.cans are still eating and loving that. maria: they sure are, cheryl, thank you. u.s.-china tensions reaching a boiling point. the trump administration is planning to cancel visas for thousands of chinese graduate student who is have ties with universities that are associated with the chinese military. according to new york times this morning beijing approved measures earlier today that could undermine hong kong's freedom and western ideals making it fully part of china. the state department making it clear yesterday that the territory is no longer autonomous from china even going so far to say that china is modeling hong kong after itself. joining me right now state department spokesperson morgan ortagis, thank you so much for being here. >> thanks for having me, maria. maria: this is pretty serious stuff, morgan. let's talk about implications and hong kong and what the president is saying when hong kong is no longer autonomous, what are the implications of that statement, morgan? >> t

a restaurant brands international which operates 15,000 burger king, popeyes and tim horton restaurantsacross north america says it's ready to welcome customers out to map in and joining us fox business exclusive is restaurant brands international ceo josÉ cil, josÉ, good to see you, thank you so much for joining us and this is a question being asked all around the country, yes, we want to open but can we do it safely, what makes you so confident that you're ready and you can keeps employees and customers safe? >> well, good morning, thanks for having me again. great to see you. we have been open for business the last 60 days here in north america. our drive-thrus, delivery business, curbside pickup, mobile order and takeout as well hags been -- has been open and frank -- franchisees have been working with social distancing, ppp and high -- hygiene and safety measures and we have been doing this quite some time and we confident, obviously safety and well-being of our team members and guests is number one priority and we feel confident and we want to give comfort all the guests around no