A Financial Analysis of Yum! Brands‚ Inc Restaurants are‚ and will continue to be‚ an extremely profitable business. As a result‚ shareholders who have interest in brands such as McDonalds and Starbucks need not to worry about negative implications for the food giants compared to more risky industries. One company in particular‚ Yum! Brands (YUM)‚ is another brand investors should become familiar with. Consumers may recognize the more specific stores the company owns such as Taco Bell and Pizza
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Financial Analysis Report (FAR) YUM! Brands‚ Inc. The fast food and quick service restaurant industry consisted of about 945‚000 restaurants representing approximately $552 billion in annual sales. The industry is highly fragmented‚ with the top 50 companies holding about 25% of industry sales and is intensely competitive with respect to food quality‚ price‚ service‚ convenience‚ location and concept (Hoovers 2009). The major companies of the industry include McDonald’s‚ Burger King‚
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1. Introduction In the module strategic hospitality management an analysis of the company YUM! Brands‚ Inc. will be made. The second week of the module especially focuses on the internal analysis of YUM!. In order to understand the internal analysis process‚ books are red on the topic. This will be done in order to define the strengths and weaknesses‚ resources‚ capabilities and the development of competitive and strategic advantages. The lectures and workshops provided important information and
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faced by Yum! Brands Inc. is a lack of integration between the brands‚ which causes further operational and strategic issue for implementing the company’s current strategy of multibrand operations. This issues with multibranding have become increasingly acute with the international expansion‚ which is not possible unless the brands within Yum! learn to work together and to derive synergies from joint operations. Situation Analysis: The problem of integration is the heritage of the Yum!’s ex-parent
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Describe Pizza Hut and KFC’s investment strategy in Latin America. Latin America was appealing to Yum brands because of its close proximity to the United States‚ language and cultural similarities‚ and the North America free Trade Agreement eliminated tariffs on goods traded between the United States. Performing a country analysis was an important part of the strategic decision making process. Yum Brands had to accurately assesses the risks of doing business in other countries and regions in order to
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International Management & Negotiations Yum! Brands in China – A Success Story Table of Contents 1 Yum! Brands 1 2 Expansion in China 1 3 Yum! Brands vs McDonalds in China 2 4 Main Brands 3 4.1 KFC 3 4.2 Pizza Hut 4 4.3 Taco Bell 6 4.4 Local Brands 7 5 Success Factors 10 5.1 Management 10 5.2 Globalization vs Localisation 10 5.3 Life Style and Leisure Restaurants 11 5.4 Employment 11 5.5 Partnerships 11 5.6 Distribution Network 12 5.7 Expansion
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educated and will not support companies that are not ethically responsible. For example‚ KFE receive a lot of bad press from PETA because of its unnatural way its treats and grows its chickens. To this end‚ KFC has not been able to meet it growth objectives. 2. Using the Porter’s Five Forces Model‚ assess the strengths of each competitive force in the fast food industry. Porter’s Five Forces Model includes the following: in the center is competition‚ on the left are suppliers‚ on the right
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8) International business is business whose activity are carried out across national borders. In terms of Yum! Ease of doing business internationally‚ three different frameworks will be use which is PESTEL framework‚ to analyse Yum! Brands market decision in terms of environment; Porters Five force to help portray the Uniqueness of the market and Porters Diamond to demonstrate Yum! Brand mode of entry. The environment is what gives organization their means of survival‚ it create opportunity and
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Strategic Management: YUM! Brands/KFC Changes in KFC Global Positioning Over Past 5 Years: 2008: 2012: Countries to which KFC has expanded from 2008-2012: Turkey‚ Costa Rica‚ Guatemala‚ Kenya‚ Croatia‚ Nigeria‚ and Iraq. Source: “KFC.” Wikipedia: NP. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kfc> (Accessed 12 April 2012) For a number of years‚ KFC has based its brand strategy on the functional
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Chicken‚ a Yum! Brands company‚ I was asked to consult on the branding crisis plaguing the popular fast food chains in the United States market. The public identity of Kentucky Fried Chicken has been on shaky ground for the past five years. The inconsistent branding and products have caused market share values and annual revenues to consistently decrease. The primary constituent‚ the consuming public‚ has been left to decipher the mixed messages presented by the Kentucky Fried Chicken brand. Through
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