Yum! Brands Inc.

Public Company, Headquarters Location
1441 Gardiner Ln., Louisville, KY 40213-1914, United States
(502)874-8300, http://www.yum.com

Primary SIC: Eating Places, Primary NAICS: Full-Service Restaurants
Description: YUM! Brands, Inc., headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, was incorporated in North Carolina in 1997. In January 1997, PepsiCo disposed of its restaurant businesses by distributing all of the outstanding shares of common stock to its shareholders. On May 7, 2002, YUM completed the acquisition of Yorkshire Global Restaurants Inc., the parent company and operator of Long John Silver's (LJS) and A&W All-American Food Restaurants. On May 16, 2002, the company changed its name from TRICON Global Restaurants, Inc. to YUM! Brands, Inc. YUM is the world's largest quick service restaurant company based on the number of system units, with more than 36,000 units in more than 110 countries and territories. The company develops, operates, franchises and licenses a worldwide system of KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, LJS and A&W restaurants. YUM consists of six operating segments: KFC-U.S., Pizza Hut-U.S., Taco Bell-U.S., LJS/A&W-U.S., YUM Restaurants International and YUM Restaurants China. At year end 2008, the company had approximately 20,000 system restaurants in the U.S. The international division comprised approximately 13,000 system restaurants, primarily KFCs and Pizza Huts. The China division, including China, Thailand and KFC Taiwan, comprised approximately 3,600 system restaurants, predominately KFCs.Retail: Fast food restaurants. Finance: Franchisor of fast food restaurants and holding company.