Yum! Brands

Tesco in the US Tesco entered the United States grocery market in 2007 through the opening of a new chain of convenience stores, named Fresh & Easy, on the West Coast. The company established its U.S. headquarters in El Segundo, California, and the first store opened in Hemet, California in November 2007, with 100 more planned in the first year; a store opening every two-and-a-half days. Although the planned rate of expansion was not maintained, largely because of the recession, as of August 2011

Mc Donald’s By the end of 1960s, under the guidance of Ray Kroc, who was a salesman with onetime milk shaking capability, the Mc Donalds chain of fast food restaurants grew tremendously and there were more than 1000 across the United States of America. After its tremendous success in USA, it made a decision to go international and opened its first international franchise in British Columbia in 1967. Later that year, another was opened in Costa Rica .This was the point when the chain grew steadily

The protection of environment or saving natural resources can be considered to be a CSR initiative, as it protects the environment, which benefits the society as a whole, (Ferrell, et.al, 2014). The screenshot below shows that Yum! Brands (Owns brands like KFC, Pizza hut, and Taco Bell) have taken an initiative to conserve water by minimizing the wastage. The water is a natural resource, which needs to be conserved. By taking the initiative, the company is fulfilling CSR and at the same

YUM operates over 39,000 fast food locations under their 3 main brands: KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell. YUM has grown to be the world’s largest fast food company, based on the number of operating locations (Interfax, 2013). YUM maintains a competitive brand by strategically looking for opportunities outside of the US. YUM has continued to grow globally, with over 50% of its income coming from outside of the US (Company, n.d.). In 2015, YUM opened 2,365 new restaurants around the world and this year

recent 10-K. Their stock symbol on the NYSE is DRI Darden Restaurants based on company sales, market and the amount of company owned and managed restaurants, is the world's largest casual dining restaurant company who has a variety of dining brands to choose from. Their mission is to be “The best, now and for generations... and a place where people can achieve their dreams” (Darden 10K, 2012). According to their most recent 10-K report (2012), there are many key points for review. “Of

widely known pizza chains worldwide. It was founded in 1958 in Wichita, Kansas and is owned by Yum Brands Inc., based in Louisville, Kentucky. Since its establishment till today, Pizza Hut has more than 11,139 branches internationally, including in countries like China, Saudi Arabia and Malaysia. Since half a decade ago, Pizza Hut has built its name and reputation of being one of the most favorable pizza brands by the pizza lovers worldwide. This statistic, however, has been declining for the past seven

Chicken, is a chain of fast food restaurants based in Louisville, Kentucky, in the United States. KFC has been a brand and operating segment, termed a concept[1] of Yum! Brands since 1997 when that company was spun off from PepsiCo as

the chain.” (Yums' China, 2017) Although they have done well for themselves they struggled, as growth was steady but slow and their customer base was shrinking. “In November 2016 Yum China Holdings, Inc. became a licensee of Yum brands in Mainland China; they have exclusive rights to KFC.” (Yums' China, 2017) Yum controls approximately 7,300 restaurants and more than 400,000 employees in more than 1, 100 cities. YUMS generated over $8bln in sales in 2015. In 2016 the majority of Yum shares are

Yum! Australia is an exclusive company owned by foreign that works as a fast food restaurant chain; it is the licensee of the trademark and systems behind KFC and Pizza Hut. They are both fast food restaurateur but one specializing in fried chicken while another specializing in pasta and pizza. Yum Australia is a branch of Yum! Brands, which has more than 35000 stores in over 110 countries and has become as one of the largest restaurant group in the world. The first Australia’s KFC was opened in

The spinning off the restaurant divisions, in my opinion, is a success for PepsiCo. Although Yum! Brands has been a quite successful, thriving company with record setting growth and profitability, I would still support the decision today. PepsiCo had too many oars in the water with the beverage business, the snack business (Frito Lay) and the fast food restaurant business. It could not successfully manage all the diversity it had acquired. I commend the management team’s decision (led by, then