Yum! Brands Inc.

Bedrijfsprofiel

Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM) is a quick service restaurant company based on number of system units, with approximately 37,000 units in more than 120 countries and territories.

The Company through its three concepts of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell (the Concepts), develops, operates, franchises and licenses a worldwide system of restaurants, which prepare, package and sell a menu of priced food items.

Units are operated by a Concept or by independent franchisees or licensees under the terms of franchise or license agreements.

In addition, YUM owns non-controlling interests in Chinese entities who operate in a manner similar to KFC franchisees, as well as a non-controlling interest in Little Sheep Group Limited (Little Sheep).

It operates in five segments: YUM Restaurants China, YUM Restaurants International, Taco Bell U.S., KFC U.S. and Pizza Hut U.S.

In December 2011, it sold the Long John Silver's and A&W All-American Food Restaurants brands. On February 1, 2012, it acquired Little Sheep.

Publicly traded

NYSE:YUM

Subsidiaries and Factory Locations

KFC

KFC has more than 18,000 restaurants in 115 countries across the globe. And in quite a few U.S. cities, KFC is teaming up with sister restaurants, A&W, All-American Food™, Long John Silver's, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut, selling products from the popular chains in one convenient location.

Taco Bell

Taco Bell is the leading Mexican-inspired quick service restaurant (QSR) brand in the United States.

Product Types offered by this company

- QSR Ketens / Restaurants

Nieuws over dit bedrijf

november 18, 2013

Pizza Hut to test a pizza with potato topping in India

India Times reports that Pizza Hut is to introduce a potato topping at an outlet in the city Vadodara after extensive market research.

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oktober 23, 2013

Yum to Invest $10 Billion in Emerging Markets Push

Yum! Brands Inc. (YUM), the owner of the KFC and Taco Bell fast-food chains, and its partners will spend $10 billion over the next seven years adding restaurants in emerging markets to tap increasing demand for eating out.

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maart 18, 2013

McDonald's on defensive in Russian fastfood fight

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juni 19, 2012

Burger King to add 1000 restaurants in China

Burger King Worldwide Holdings Inc. said on Friday it plans to open 1,000 of its namesake restaurants in China over the next five to seven years under a newly-formed joint venture.

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