Yum! Brands - Revision history

Sojourna: Clean-up; pass on style.

2026-03-05T04:09:57Z

Clean-up; pass on style.

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	'''{{wplink\|Yum! Brands}}''', formally '''Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc.''', was founded in 1977 as a subsidiary of {{wplink\|PepsiCo#Controversies\|PepsiCo, Inc.}} after acquiring [[KFC]], [[Pizza Hut]] and [[Taco Bell]]. PepsiCo left the restaurant business in January 1997, resulting in the creation of Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc. as the parent company of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell originally.

	~~On March 2002~~, ~~[https://tacobell.fandom.com/wiki/Yorkshire_Global_Restaurants Yorkshire Global Restaurants] announced a merger with~~ Tricon Global Restaurants ~~to form Yum! Brands~~, Inc. ~~being finalized on 08 May~~, ~~2002~~, acquiring ~~A&W~~ and ~~Long John Silver's chains~~. On January ~~2011~~, ~~Yum announced plans to remove Long John Silver's and A&W brands to better focus on~~ KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell~~, selling on September 2011 to A Great American Brand and LJS Partners LLC~~.		'''{{Wplink\|Yum! Brands}}''', formally '''Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc.''', was founded in 1977 as a subsidiary of {{Wplink\|PepsiCo\|PepsiCo, Inc.}} after acquiring [[KFC]], [[Pizza Hut]] and [[Taco Bell]]. PepsiCo left the restaurant business in January 1997, resulting in the creation of Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc. as the parent company of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell originally.

	Yum! is also the parent company of Habit Burger & Grill, Heartstyles, Tictuk Technologies, Kvantum, and Dragontail Systems, making it one of the largest fast food companies, with a revenue of $8.21 Billion on December 31, ~~2025<ref>~~{{~~Cite web \|date=2026-02-26 \|title=Yum Brands Revenue \|url=https://www.wallstreetzen.com/stocks/us/nyse/yum/revenue~~ \|~~url-status=live \|access-date=2026-02-26 \|website=Wallstreet Zen~~}}~~</ref>,~~ with ~~its most largest subsidiary being Taco Bell. <ref>{{Cite web \|first=Darius \|date=2013-09-17 \|title=~~Yum! Brands ~~Marketcap~~, ~~Net Worth~~, ~~Competitors~~, Revenue, 2025 \|url=https://www.companieshistory.com/yum-brands/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=2026-02-26 \|website=Companies History}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Betz \|first=Brandy \|date=2018-10-02 \|title=5 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Yum! ~~Brands \|url=https://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/04/19/5-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-yum-~~brands.~~aspx \|url-status=live \|access-date=2026-02-26 \|website=The Motley Fool}}</ref>~~		In March 2002, {{Wplink\|Yorkshire Global Restaurants}} announced a merger with Tricon Global Restaurants to form Yum! Brands, Inc. being finalized on 8 May 2002, acquiring A&W and Long John Silver's chains. In January 2011, Yum! announced plans to remove Long John Silver's and A&W brands to better focus on KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell, selling in September 2011 to A Great American Brand and LJS Partners LLC.

	==~~Consumer~~-~~impact summary~~==		Yum! is also the parent company of Habit Burger & Grill, Heartstyles, Tictuk Technologies, Kvantum, and Dragontail Systems, making it one of the largest fast-food companies, with a revenue of $8.21 Billion by 31 December 2025,<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Yum Brands Revenue \|url=https://www.wallstreetzen.com/stocks/us/nyse/yum/revenue \|website=Wallstreet Zen \|date=26 Feb 2026 \|access-date=4 Mar 2026 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260305034102/https://www.wallstreetzen.com/stocks/us/nyse/yum/revenue \|archive-date=5 Mar 2026}}</ref> with its largest subsidiary being Taco Bell.<ref>{{Cite web \|author=Darius \|title=Yum! Brands Marketcap, Net Worth, Competitors, Revenue, 2025 \|url=https://www.companieshistory.com/yum-brands/ \|website=Companies History \|date=6 Nov 2025 \|access-date=4 Mar 2026 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260305034643/https://www.companieshistory.com/yum-brands/ \|archive-date=5 Mar 2026}}</ref>

	*Food Safety Violations		==Consumer impact summary==
			{{Ph-C-CIS}}

	==Incidents==		==Incidents==
	This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{FULLPAGENAME}}\|{{PAGENAME}} category]].		This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{FULLPAGENAME}}\|{{PAGENAME}} category]].
	~~===Food Safety Violations===~~
	~~{{Main\|link to the main CR Wiki article}}~~

	In 2014, Yum! Brands, along with other fast food companies like McDonald's and Starbucks in China, discovered that their meat supplier, Shanghai Husi Food Co., supplied them with expired or rotten meat, as a result of this incident their revenue dropped by 10%.<ref>{{Cite web \|~~date~~=~~2015-07-15~~ \|title=KFC owner Yum sales take another hit in China \|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-33532449 \|url-status=live \|~~access~~-~~date~~=~~2026~~-02-~~24 \|website~~=~~BBC~~}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Economy \|first=Elizabeth ~~\|date=2014-07-31~~ \|title=Yum, Yum, Yum: Another Food Safety Scandal Rocks Multinationals in China \|url=https://www.cfr.org/articles/yum-yum-yum-another-food-safety-scandal-rocks-multinationals-china \|url-status=live \|~~access~~-~~date~~=~~2026~~-02-24 \|~~website~~=~~Council on Foreign Relations~~}}</ref> Yum! responded by issuing an apology to customers, offering rewards to whistleblowers for exposing safety violations, requiring managers review suppliers regularly<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Parsons \|first=Heidi ~~\|date=2014-08-01~~ \|title=Food Safety Fears Cause Consumers to Boycott Yum, McDonald's Restaurants in China \|url=https://www.food-safety.com/articles/2892-food-safety-fears-cause-consumers-to-boycott-yum-mcdonalds-restaurants-in-china \|url-status=live \|~~access~~-~~date~~=~~2026~~-02-24 \|~~website~~=~~Food Safety Magazine~~}}</ref> and severing ties with the supplier and the parent company, OSI Group, ~~worldwide~~.<ref>{{Cite web \|~~last~~=Goh \|~~first~~=Brenda \|last2=Carsten \|first2=Paul ~~\|date=2014-07-23~~ \|title=Yum cuts ties to owner of China meat plant after scandal \|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/world/yum-cuts-ties-to-owner-of-china-meat-plant-after-scandal-idUSKBN0FS2HH/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://~~web~~.~~archivep75mbjunhxc6x4j5mwjmomyxb573v42baldlqu56ruil2oiad.onion/web/20260227223631/https:~~//~~www.reuters.com/article/world/yum-cuts-ties-to-owner-of-china-meat-plant-after-scandal-idUSKBN0FS2HH/~~ \|archive-date=2026~~-02-27 \|access-date=2026-02-27 \|website=Reuters~~}}</ref>		===Food safety violations (''2014'')===
			In 2014, Yum! Brands, along with other fast food companies like McDonald's and Starbucks in China, discovered that their meat supplier, Shanghai Husi Food Co., supplied them with expired or rotten meat, as a result of this incident their revenue dropped by 10%.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=KFC owner Yum sales take another hit in China \|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-33532449 \|website=BBC \|date=15 Jul 2015 \|access-date=4 Mar 2026 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150718014704/https://www.bbc.com/news/business-33532449 \|archive-date=18 Jul 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Economy \|first=Elizabeth C. \|title=Yum, Yum, Yum: Another Food Safety Scandal Rocks Multinationals in China \|url=https://www.cfr.org/articles/yum-yum-yum-another-food-safety-scandal-rocks-multinationals-china \|website=Council on Foreign Relations \|date=31 Jul 2014 \|access-date=4 Mar 2026 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260305035552/https://www.cfr.org/articles/yum-yum-yum-another-food-safety-scandal-rocks-multinationals-china \|archive-date=5 Mar 2026}}</ref> Yum! responded by issuing an apology to customers, offering rewards to whistleblowers for exposing safety violations, requiring managers review suppliers regularly,<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Parsons \|first=Heidi \|title=Food Safety Fears Cause Consumers to Boycott Yum, McDonald's Restaurants in China \|url=https://www.food-safety.com/articles/2892-food-safety-fears-cause-consumers-to-boycott-yum-mcdonalds-restaurants-in-china \|website=Food Safety Magazine \|date=1 Aug 2014 \|access-date=4 Mar 2026 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207093211/https://www.food-safety.com/articles/2892-food-safety-fears-cause-consumers-to-boycott-yum-mcdonalds-restaurants-in-china \|archive-date=7 Dec 2021}}</ref> and severing ties with the supplier and the parent company, OSI Group, world-wide.<ref>{{Cite web \|last1=Goh \|first1=Brenda \|last2=Carsten \|first2=Paul \|title=Yum cuts ties to owner of China meat plant after scandal \|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/world/yum-cuts-ties-to-owner-of-china-meat-plant-after-scandal-idUSKBN0FS2HH/ \|website=Reuters \|date=23 Jul 2014 \|access-date=4 Mar 2026 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/QXPLj \|archive-date=5 Mar 2026}}</ref>

			==Products==
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	==See also==		==See also==

	*[[Restaurant Brands International\|Restaurant Brand International]]		*[[Restaurant Brands International\|Restaurant Brand International]]
	*[[McDonald's]]		*[[McDonald's]]
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	==References==		==References==
	{{~~reflist~~}}		{{Reflist}}

	[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]		[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]
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Sojourna at 00:44, 5 March 2026

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SquidthePlummer: RBI

2026-03-03T22:29:17Z

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	*[[Restaurant Brand International]]		*[[Restaurant Brands International\|Restaurant Brand International]]
	*[[McDonald's]]		*[[McDonald's]]
	*[[Wendy's]]		*[[Wendy's]]

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SinexTitan: finally! meh

2026-02-27T22:42:52Z

finally! meh

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			'''{{wplink\|Yum! Brands}}''', formally '''Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc.''', was founded in 1977 as a subsidiary of {{wplink\|PepsiCo#Controversies\|PepsiCo, Inc.}} after acquiring [[KFC]], [[Pizza Hut]] and [[Taco Bell]]. PepsiCo left the restaurant business in January 1997, resulting in the creation of Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc. as the parent company of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell originally.

	On March 2002, [https://tacobell.fandom.com/wiki/Yorkshire_Global_Restaurants Yorkshire Global Restaurants] announced a merger with Tricon Global Restaurants to form Yum! Brands, Inc. being finalized on 08 May, 2002, acquiring A&W and Long John Silver's chains. On January 2011, Yum announced plans to remove Long John Silver's and A&W brands to better focus on KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell, selling on September 2011 to A Great American Brand and LJS Partners LLC.		On March 2002, [https://tacobell.fandom.com/wiki/Yorkshire_Global_Restaurants Yorkshire Global Restaurants] announced a merger with Tricon Global Restaurants to form Yum! Brands, Inc. being finalized on 08 May, 2002, acquiring A&W and Long John Silver's chains. On January 2011, Yum announced plans to remove Long John Silver's and A&W brands to better focus on KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell, selling on September 2011 to A Great American Brand and LJS Partners LLC.

	Yum ~~Brands~~ is also the parent company of Habit Burger & Grill, Heartstyles, Tictuk Technologies, Kvantum, and Dragontail Systems, making it one of the largest fast food companies, with a revenue of $8.21 Billion on December 31, 2025<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2026-02-26 \|title=Yum Brands Revenue \|url=https://www.wallstreetzen.com/stocks/us/nyse/yum/revenue \|url-status=live \|access-date=2026-02-26 \|website=Wallstreet Zen}}</ref>, with its most largest subsidiary being Taco Bell. <ref>{{Cite web \|first=Darius \|date=2013-09-17 \|title=Yum! Brands Marketcap, Net Worth, Competitors, Revenue, 2025 \|url=https://www.companieshistory.com/yum-brands/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=2026-02-26 \|website=Companies History}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Betz \|first=Brandy \|date=2018-10-02 \|title=5 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Yum! Brands \|url=https://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/04/19/5-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-yum-brands.aspx \|url-status=live \|access-date=2026-02-26 \|website=The Motley Fool}}</ref>		Yum! is also the parent company of Habit Burger & Grill, Heartstyles, Tictuk Technologies, Kvantum, and Dragontail Systems, making it one of the largest fast food companies, with a revenue of $8.21 Billion on December 31, 2025<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2026-02-26 \|title=Yum Brands Revenue \|url=https://www.wallstreetzen.com/stocks/us/nyse/yum/revenue \|url-status=live \|access-date=2026-02-26 \|website=Wallstreet Zen}}</ref>, with its most largest subsidiary being Taco Bell. <ref>{{Cite web \|first=Darius \|date=2013-09-17 \|title=Yum! Brands Marketcap, Net Worth, Competitors, Revenue, 2025 \|url=https://www.companieshistory.com/yum-brands/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=2026-02-26 \|website=Companies History}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Betz \|first=Brandy \|date=2018-10-02 \|title=5 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Yum! Brands \|url=https://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/04/19/5-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-yum-brands.aspx \|url-status=live \|access-date=2026-02-26 \|website=The Motley Fool}}</ref>

	==Consumer-impact summary==		==Consumer-impact summary==

SinexTitan: Undo revision 40152 by SinexTitan (talk) shit

2026-02-27T22:41:49Z

Undo revision 40152 by SinexTitan (talk) shit

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	}}~~*~~{{wplink\|Yum! Brands}}~~~~, formally ~~~~Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc.~~*~~, was founded in 1977 as a subsidiary of {{wplink\|PepsiCo#Controversies\|PepsiCo, Inc.}} after acquiring [[KFC]], [[Pizza Hut]] and [[Taco Bell]]. PepsiCo left the restaurant business in January 1997, resulting in the creation of Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc. as the parent company of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell originally.		}}{{wplink\|Yum! Brands}}, formally Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc., was founded in 1977 as a subsidiary of {{wplink\|PepsiCo#Controversies\|PepsiCo, Inc.}} after acquiring [[KFC]], [[Pizza Hut]] and [[Taco Bell]]. PepsiCo left the restaurant business in January 1997, resulting in the creation of Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc. as the parent company of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell originally.

	On March 2002, [https://tacobell.fandom.com/wiki/Yorkshire_Global_Restaurants Yorkshire Global Restaurants] announced a merger with Tricon Global Restaurants to form Yum! Brands, Inc. being finalized on 08 May, 2002, acquiring A&W and Long John Silver's chains. On January 2011, Yum announced plans to remove Long John Silver's and A&W brands to better focus on KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell, selling on September 2011 to A Great American Brand and LJS Partners LLC.		On March 2002, [https://tacobell.fandom.com/wiki/Yorkshire_Global_Restaurants Yorkshire Global Restaurants] announced a merger with Tricon Global Restaurants to form Yum! Brands, Inc. being finalized on 08 May, 2002, acquiring A&W and Long John Silver's chains. On January 2011, Yum announced plans to remove Long John Silver's and A&W brands to better focus on KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell, selling on September 2011 to A Great American Brand and LJS Partners LLC.

	Yum! is also the parent company of Habit Burger & Grill, Heartstyles, Tictuk Technologies, Kvantum, and Dragontail Systems, making it one of the largest fast food companies, with a revenue of $8.21 Billion on December 31, 2025<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2026-02-26 \|title=Yum Brands Revenue \|url=https://www.wallstreetzen.com/stocks/us/nyse/yum/revenue \|url-status=live \|access-date=2026-02-26 \|website=Wallstreet Zen}}</ref>, with its most largest subsidiary being Taco Bell. <ref>{{Cite web \|first=Darius \|date=2013-09-17 \|title=Yum! Brands Marketcap, Net Worth, Competitors, Revenue, 2025 \|url=https://www.companieshistory.com/yum-brands/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=2026-02-26 \|website=Companies History}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Betz \|first=Brandy \|date=2018-10-02 \|title=5 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Yum! Brands \|url=https://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/04/19/5-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-yum-brands.aspx \|url-status=live \|access-date=2026-02-26 \|website=The Motley Fool}}</ref>		Yum Brands is also the parent company of Habit Burger & Grill, Heartstyles, Tictuk Technologies, Kvantum, and Dragontail Systems, making it one of the largest fast food companies, with a revenue of $8.21 Billion on December 31, 2025<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2026-02-26 \|title=Yum Brands Revenue \|url=https://www.wallstreetzen.com/stocks/us/nyse/yum/revenue \|url-status=live \|access-date=2026-02-26 \|website=Wallstreet Zen}}</ref>, with its most largest subsidiary being Taco Bell. <ref>{{Cite web \|first=Darius \|date=2013-09-17 \|title=Yum! Brands Marketcap, Net Worth, Competitors, Revenue, 2025 \|url=https://www.companieshistory.com/yum-brands/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=2026-02-26 \|website=Companies History}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Betz \|first=Brandy \|date=2018-10-02 \|title=5 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Yum! Brands \|url=https://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/04/19/5-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-yum-brands.aspx \|url-status=live \|access-date=2026-02-26 \|website=The Motley Fool}}</ref>

	==Consumer-impact summary==		==Consumer-impact summary==

SinexTitan: meh

2026-02-27T22:41:28Z

meh

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	}}{{wplink\|Yum! Brands}}, formally Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc., was founded in 1977 as a subsidiary of {{wplink\|PepsiCo#Controversies\|PepsiCo, Inc.}} after acquiring [[KFC]], [[Pizza Hut]] and [[Taco Bell]]. PepsiCo left the restaurant business in January 1997, resulting in the creation of Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc. as the parent company of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell originally.		}}*{{wplink\|Yum! Brands}}, formally Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc.*, was founded in 1977 as a subsidiary of {{wplink\|PepsiCo#Controversies\|PepsiCo, Inc.}} after acquiring [[KFC]], [[Pizza Hut]] and [[Taco Bell]]. PepsiCo left the restaurant business in January 1997, resulting in the creation of Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc. as the parent company of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell originally.

	On March 2002, [https://tacobell.fandom.com/wiki/Yorkshire_Global_Restaurants Yorkshire Global Restaurants] announced a merger with Tricon Global Restaurants to form Yum! Brands, Inc. being finalized on 08 May, 2002, acquiring A&W and Long John Silver's chains. On January 2011, Yum announced plans to remove Long John Silver's and A&W brands to better focus on KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell, selling on September 2011 to A Great American Brand and LJS Partners LLC.		On March 2002, [https://tacobell.fandom.com/wiki/Yorkshire_Global_Restaurants Yorkshire Global Restaurants] announced a merger with Tricon Global Restaurants to form Yum! Brands, Inc. being finalized on 08 May, 2002, acquiring A&W and Long John Silver's chains. On January 2011, Yum announced plans to remove Long John Silver's and A&W brands to better focus on KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell, selling on September 2011 to A Great American Brand and LJS Partners LLC.

	Yum ~~Brands~~ is also the parent company of Habit Burger & Grill, Heartstyles, Tictuk Technologies, Kvantum, and Dragontail Systems, making it one of the largest fast food companies, with a revenue of $8.21 Billion on December 31, 2025<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2026-02-26 \|title=Yum Brands Revenue \|url=https://www.wallstreetzen.com/stocks/us/nyse/yum/revenue \|url-status=live \|access-date=2026-02-26 \|website=Wallstreet Zen}}</ref>, with its most largest subsidiary being Taco Bell. <ref>{{Cite web \|first=Darius \|date=2013-09-17 \|title=Yum! Brands Marketcap, Net Worth, Competitors, Revenue, 2025 \|url=https://www.companieshistory.com/yum-brands/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=2026-02-26 \|website=Companies History}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Betz \|first=Brandy \|date=2018-10-02 \|title=5 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Yum! Brands \|url=https://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/04/19/5-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-yum-brands.aspx \|url-status=live \|access-date=2026-02-26 \|website=The Motley Fool}}</ref>		Yum! is also the parent company of Habit Burger & Grill, Heartstyles, Tictuk Technologies, Kvantum, and Dragontail Systems, making it one of the largest fast food companies, with a revenue of $8.21 Billion on December 31, 2025<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2026-02-26 \|title=Yum Brands Revenue \|url=https://www.wallstreetzen.com/stocks/us/nyse/yum/revenue \|url-status=live \|access-date=2026-02-26 \|website=Wallstreet Zen}}</ref>, with its most largest subsidiary being Taco Bell. <ref>{{Cite web \|first=Darius \|date=2013-09-17 \|title=Yum! Brands Marketcap, Net Worth, Competitors, Revenue, 2025 \|url=https://www.companieshistory.com/yum-brands/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=2026-02-26 \|website=Companies History}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Betz \|first=Brandy \|date=2018-10-02 \|title=5 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Yum! Brands \|url=https://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/04/19/5-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-yum-brands.aspx \|url-status=live \|access-date=2026-02-26 \|website=The Motley Fool}}</ref>

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SinexTitan: cleanup

2026-02-27T22:40:12Z

cleanup

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	}}~~[[wikipedia:Yum!_Brands~~\|Yum! ~~Brand]]~~, formally Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc., was founded in 1977 as a subsidiary ~~to [[wikipedia:~~PepsiCo#~~Distribution_to_children~~\|PepsiCo, Inc.]] after acquiring [[KFC]], [[Pizza Hut]], and [[Taco Bell]]. PepsiCo ~~Inc~~ left the restaurant business in January 1997, resulting in the creation of Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc as parent company of KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell originally.		}}{{wplink\|Yum! Brands}}, formally Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc., was founded in 1977 as a subsidiary of {{wplink\|PepsiCo#Controversies\|PepsiCo, Inc.}} after acquiring [[KFC]], [[Pizza Hut]] and [[Taco Bell]]. PepsiCo left the restaurant business in January 1997, resulting in the creation of Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc. as the parent company of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell originally.

	On March 2002, [https://tacobell.fandom.com/wiki/Yorkshire_Global_Restaurants Yorkshire Global Restaurants] announced a merger with Tricon Global Restaurants to form Yum! Brands, being finalized on ~~may 8~~, 2002, acquiring A&W and Long John Silver's chains. On January 2011, Yum announced plans to remove Long John Silver's and A&W brands to better focus on KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell, selling on September to A Great American Brand and LJS Partners LLC.		On March 2002, [https://tacobell.fandom.com/wiki/Yorkshire_Global_Restaurants Yorkshire Global Restaurants] announced a merger with Tricon Global Restaurants to form Yum! Brands, Inc. being finalized on 08 May, 2002, acquiring A&W and Long John Silver's chains. On January 2011, Yum announced plans to remove Long John Silver's and A&W brands to better focus on KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell, selling on September 2011 to A Great American Brand and LJS Partners LLC.

	Yum Brands is the parent company of ~~KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell,~~ Habit Burger & Grill, Heartstyles, Tictuk Technologies, Kvantum, and Dragontail Systems, making it one of the largest fast food companies, with a revenue of $8.21 Billion on December 31, 2025<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2026-02-26 \|title=Yum Brands Revenue \|url=https://www.wallstreetzen.com/stocks/us/nyse/yum/revenue \|url-status=live \|access-date=2026-02-26 \|website=Wallstreet Zen}}</ref>, with its most largest subsidiary being Taco Bell. <ref>{{Cite web \|first=Darius \|date=2013-09-17 \|title=Yum! Brands Marketcap, Net Worth, Competitors, Revenue, 2025 \|url=https://www.companieshistory.com/yum-brands/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=2026-02-26 \|website=Companies History}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Betz \|first=Brandy \|date=2018-10-02 \|title=5 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Yum! Brands \|url=https://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/04/19/5-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-yum-brands.aspx \|url-status=live \|access-date=2026-02-26 \|website=The Motley Fool}}</ref>		Yum Brands is also the parent company of Habit Burger & Grill, Heartstyles, Tictuk Technologies, Kvantum, and Dragontail Systems, making it one of the largest fast food companies, with a revenue of $8.21 Billion on December 31, 2025<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2026-02-26 \|title=Yum Brands Revenue \|url=https://www.wallstreetzen.com/stocks/us/nyse/yum/revenue \|url-status=live \|access-date=2026-02-26 \|website=Wallstreet Zen}}</ref>, with its most largest subsidiary being Taco Bell. <ref>{{Cite web \|first=Darius \|date=2013-09-17 \|title=Yum! Brands Marketcap, Net Worth, Competitors, Revenue, 2025 \|url=https://www.companieshistory.com/yum-brands/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=2026-02-26 \|website=Companies History}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Betz \|first=Brandy \|date=2018-10-02 \|title=5 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Yum! Brands \|url=https://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/04/19/5-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-yum-brands.aspx \|url-status=live \|access-date=2026-02-26 \|website=The Motley Fool}}</ref>

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	In 2014, Yum Brands, along with other fast food companies like McDonald's and Starbucks in China, discovered that their meat supplier, Shanghai Husi Food Co., supplied them with expired or rotten meat, as a result of this incident their revenue dropped by 10%.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2015-07-15 \|title=KFC owner Yum sales take another hit in China \|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-33532449 \|url-status=live \|access-date=2026-02-24 \|website=BBC}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Economy \|first=Elizabeth \|date=2014-07-31 \|title=Yum, Yum, Yum: Another Food Safety Scandal Rocks Multinationals in China \|url=https://www.cfr.org/articles/yum-yum-yum-another-food-safety-scandal-rocks-multinationals-china \|url-status=live \|access-date=2026-02-24 \|website=Council on Foreign Relations}}</ref> Yum ~~Brands~~ responded by issuing an apology to customers, offering rewards to whistleblowers for exposing safety violations, ~~and~~ requiring managers review suppliers regularly.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Parsons \|first=Heidi \|date=2014-08-01 \|title=Food Safety Fears Cause Consumers to Boycott Yum, McDonald's Restaurants in China \|url=https://www.food-safety.com/articles/2892-food-safety-fears-cause-consumers-to-boycott-yum-mcdonalds-restaurants-in-china \|url-status=live \|access-date=2026-02-24 \|website=Food Safety Magazine}}</ref>		In 2014, Yum! Brands, along with other fast food companies like McDonald's and Starbucks in China, discovered that their meat supplier, Shanghai Husi Food Co., supplied them with expired or rotten meat, as a result of this incident their revenue dropped by 10%.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2015-07-15 \|title=KFC owner Yum sales take another hit in China \|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-33532449 \|url-status=live \|access-date=2026-02-24 \|website=BBC}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Economy \|first=Elizabeth \|date=2014-07-31 \|title=Yum, Yum, Yum: Another Food Safety Scandal Rocks Multinationals in China \|url=https://www.cfr.org/articles/yum-yum-yum-another-food-safety-scandal-rocks-multinationals-china \|url-status=live \|access-date=2026-02-24 \|website=Council on Foreign Relations}}</ref> Yum! responded by issuing an apology to customers, offering rewards to whistleblowers for exposing safety violations, requiring managers review suppliers regularly<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Parsons \|first=Heidi \|date=2014-08-01 \|title=Food Safety Fears Cause Consumers to Boycott Yum, McDonald's Restaurants in China \|url=https://www.food-safety.com/articles/2892-food-safety-fears-cause-consumers-to-boycott-yum-mcdonalds-restaurants-in-china \|url-status=live \|access-date=2026-02-24 \|website=Food Safety Magazine}}</ref> and severing ties with the supplier and the parent company, OSI Group, worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Goh \|first=Brenda \|last2=Carsten \|first2=Paul \|date=2014-07-23 \|title=Yum cuts ties to owner of China meat plant after scandal \|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/world/yum-cuts-ties-to-owner-of-china-meat-plant-after-scandal-idUSKBN0FS2HH/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archivep75mbjunhxc6x4j5mwjmomyxb573v42baldlqu56ruil2oiad.onion/web/20260227223631/https://www.reuters.com/article/world/yum-cuts-ties-to-owner-of-china-meat-plant-after-scandal-idUSKBN0FS2HH/ \|archive-date=2026-02-27 \|access-date=2026-02-27 \|website=Reuters}}</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==

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	In 2014, Yum Brands, along with other fast food companies like McDonald's and Starbucks, discovered that their meat supplier, Shanghai Husi Food Co., supplied them with expired or rotten meat, as a result of this incident their revenue dropped by 10%.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2015-07-15 \|title=KFC owner Yum sales take another hit in China \|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-33532449 \|url-status=live \|access-date=2026-02-24 \|website=BBC}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Economy \|first=Elizabeth \|date=2014-07-31 \|title=Yum, Yum, Yum: Another Food Safety Scandal Rocks Multinationals in China \|url=https://www.cfr.org/articles/yum-yum-yum-another-food-safety-scandal-rocks-multinationals-china \|url-status=live \|access-date=2026-02-24 \|website=Council on Foreign Relations}}</ref> Yum Brands responded by issuing an apology to customers, offering rewards to whistleblowers for exposing safety violations, and requiring managers review suppliers regularly.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Parsons \|first=Heidi \|date=2014-08-01 \|title=Food Safety Fears Cause Consumers to Boycott Yum, McDonald's Restaurants in China \|url=https://www.food-safety.com/articles/2892-food-safety-fears-cause-consumers-to-boycott-yum-mcdonalds-restaurants-in-china \|url-status=live \|access-date=2026-02-24 \|website=Food Safety Magazine}}</ref>		In 2014, Yum Brands, along with other fast food companies like McDonald's and Starbucks in China, discovered that their meat supplier, Shanghai Husi Food Co., supplied them with expired or rotten meat, as a result of this incident their revenue dropped by 10%.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2015-07-15 \|title=KFC owner Yum sales take another hit in China \|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-33532449 \|url-status=live \|access-date=2026-02-24 \|website=BBC}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Economy \|first=Elizabeth \|date=2014-07-31 \|title=Yum, Yum, Yum: Another Food Safety Scandal Rocks Multinationals in China \|url=https://www.cfr.org/articles/yum-yum-yum-another-food-safety-scandal-rocks-multinationals-china \|url-status=live \|access-date=2026-02-24 \|website=Council on Foreign Relations}}</ref> Yum Brands responded by issuing an apology to customers, offering rewards to whistleblowers for exposing safety violations, and requiring managers review suppliers regularly.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Parsons \|first=Heidi \|date=2014-08-01 \|title=Food Safety Fears Cause Consumers to Boycott Yum, McDonald's Restaurants in China \|url=https://www.food-safety.com/articles/2892-food-safety-fears-cause-consumers-to-boycott-yum-mcdonalds-restaurants-in-china \|url-status=live \|access-date=2026-02-24 \|website=Food Safety Magazine}}</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==