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Yum! Brands to open its 40,000th franchise outlet in India

Yum! brand — which operates fast-food chains like KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut — will invest $10 billion along with its franchise partners in emerging markets by 2020, as it pushes a China-like, expansion-driven growth model in India.

Calling Yum! Brands an emerging market powerhouse, David Novak, chairman and CEO of the $13-billion Louisville, Kentucky-based restaurant group, said India will start to significantly contribute to the company’s overall sales by 2015 when it reaches 1,000 stores and a billion dollars in revenue.
Yum! Brands, the world’s leading Restaurant Company, announced the opening of its 40,000th restaurant, a flagship KFC store in Goa, India, to spotlight the Company’s emerging market leadership and growth. By 2015, India is expected to have $1 Billion in system sales, which includes company and franchise restaurants. By then, the restaurant company will have over 1,000 KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco    Bell outlets in more than 100 cities.

Yum! Brand is the worldwide leader in emerging markets with a two-to-one advantage over the nearest competition. The Company is also a leader in international development opening more than five new restaurants per day outside the U.S. with plans to open a record 1,450 new restaurants in emerging markets this year. Emerging markets represent tremendous growth potential for the Company.

Niren Chaudhary, President, Yum! Restaurants India said, “Our growth in the country can be attributed to a successful brand building strategy focused on providing exceptional customer service, deep penetration across Tier I and Tier II cities, localized menu offerings and a skilled yet diverse workforce. As we grow our business, we also invest in the local communities with an aim to make a positive impact in the lives of millions of people. Our India business has been making incredible progress, laying the foundation for similar emerging markets where the consuming class is likely to double in five years. We maintain a positive outlook on the Indian market and look forward to reaching the 1,000(th) restaurant milestone by 2015.”

The new flagship KFC store is located in Goa, which is in India’s western coastal region. The store is based on a theme of ‘Soul, Spirit and Heart.’ It takes inspiration from the core brand essence wherein SOUL, stands for KFC’s commitment of great taste and quality reinstating its promise of Always Prepared Fresh, World Famous Secret Recipe, Great Tasting Non-Veg and 100% Vegetarian Products; SPIRIT is all about the pleasure of sharing with friends and family and having a great time-out; and lastly, HEART reiterates its belief of giving back to the community in which it operates. Spread across 4100 sq. feet, the store can serve over 130 people.

KFC is the fastest growing quick-service restaurant brand in India, tripling in size over the last five years to 296 restaurants. Pizza Hut has been named the number one most trusted food service brand for seven years in a row. Through its brand proposition of ‘Pizzas and much more’ in India, it is currently present across 181 affordable casual dining restaurants and 132 Home Delivery locations. Taco Bell, Yum! Brands’ third international brand and the global leader in the Mexican-style food category entered India in 2010 in Bangalore and have four restaurants located in the city currently.

With ‘Growth with a Big Heart’ at the center of everything, Yum! India strongly believes in giving back to the communities in which it works and lives, making a positive difference in the lives of all its customers, associates, franchisees and their families. Yum! India has embraced the global World Hunger Relief initiative and also created a program that employs specially-abled (hearing and speech impaired) employees.

Launched in 2007, the Yum! Brands World Hunger Relief initiative spans more than 130 countries and territories across 40,000 KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell restaurants engaging with 1.5 million associates to raise awareness, volunteerism and funds for the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and other hunger relief agencies. Over the years, World Hunger Relief has raised over $150 million helping to provide more than 600 million meals to hungry women and children across the world. Additionally, as part of its employment program, Yum! Restaurants India has 20 specially-able KFC stores where hearing and speech impaired people account for about 67 percent of the total staff. The program began in 2008 and has been running successfully for over five years. By 2015, Yum! India plans to have 1,000 specially-abled employees running 50 such stores.

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