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Yum! Brands, Inc.

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Yum! Brands is the largest fast food conglomerate in the world. It serves highest number of locations. Yum! Brands is available in more than 100 countries and in more than 34,000 locations worldwide. Yum! Brands provides chicken, tacos and pizza to you. The stores that are owned by Yum! Brands are KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken, the chicken fryer), Pizza Hut (the top pizza joint), Taco Bell (the top Mexican quick service performer), Long John Silver (seafood chain) and A&W stands of beer and burger. They operate these outlets themselves, license it to others and offer franchise.

Services

With the combination of its different brands KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, Long John Silver's brands and A&W, Yum! brands provides you with chicken, pizza, Mexican-style food and quick-service seafood.

Chicken

KFC KFC is a chicken restaurant chain available in different places of the world. You get completely prepared delicious food for your family. The prices are affordable and so the crowd is always there in those outlets. KFC has some trademarked recipes and products like Original Recipe, Extra Crispy, Colonel’s Crispy, Honey BBQ Wings. You can get fresh chicken sandwiches in KFC.

It was started by Colonel Harland Sanders in 1952. Now it has its presence in 102 countries and the number of outlets are more than 14,000.

Pizza

Pizza Hut, Inc. You can have Pan Pizza from Pizza Hut. There are other pizza types like “N crispy pizza, Stuffed Crust Pizza, Hand tossed Style pizza are available in Pizza Hut. T is present in more than 92 countries and the number of such restaurants are more than 5,100 at the moment. Pizza Hut was started in 1958, by two college students from Wichita, Kansas.

Mexican Quick Service

Taco Bell Corp. Taco Bell is one of the best Mexican style quick service restaurants. It is a chain which is available in 5,600 places for more than 35 million consumers. In taco Bell, you can get tacos, burritos, Border Bowls, signature Quesadillas, nachos and other items. It was started by Glen Bell in 1952.

Quick Service Food

A&W Restaurants, Inc. From old times A&W restaurants are serving the customers with great tasty food. It is a quick service restaurant chain. When a customer walks in, he can get root bear served in a signature frosty mug along with hot dogs and pure-beef hamburgers. A&W restaurants are available in 13 countries with 600 outlets in numbers. It was started by Roy Allen in 1919.

Quick Service Sea Food

Long John Silver's, Inc. Long John Silver’s is a quick service sea food chain. Customers can get batter-dipped fish, shrimp, chicken, hushpuppies and other items in it. Now, there are 1,100 Long John Silver’s restaurants are available for customers worldwide. It was started in 1969.

History

All the different brands under Yum! Brands were started by different people indifferent times. They started as small stores or shops in the local market. Slowly they began their progress and became major players in the food industry. PepsiCo, Inc. acquired them in different times. In 1977 PepsiCo acquired Pizza Hut, in 1986 KFC and in 1978, Taco Bell restaurants. Then in 1997, these three chains were transferred to a new formation named as Tricon Global Restaurants Inc. This new company again acquired Long John Silver's and A&W Restaurants in a move to strengthen its presence and spread the business worldwide. The Tricon Global Restaurants Inc. changed its name to Yum! Brands later on.

Financials

In 2002, Yum!'s global sale was more than USD$9 billion. In 2005, it reported revenues of $9.34 billion.

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