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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Executive summary The aim of this report is to identify and to analyse all the relevant information on Yum brands business strategy. With the hospitality market becoming increasingly competitive‚ it’s important that as a business has a business’s strategy set. The main aims normally revolve around making lots of profits‚ growing and expanding‚ and most importantly‚ being different from others. These goals must be achieved for business success in any tough market industry. To accomplish the aim
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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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are customers‚ on the top is substitute products and finally on the bottom is entry barriers. I will begin from the middle and discuss competition: First movers have gained significantly in the competition segment and it mainly is because of brand recognition and loyalty. There are so many fast food chains‚ often located in the same plaza so competition is very fierce. To this end‚ fast food chains are constantly offering promotions‚
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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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KFC KFC Brand KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) is fast food chain‚ well known for its chicken recipes. It belongs to Yum! Brands which is the one and only fast food group‚ that is known worldwide for its strong association with brands like KFC‚ Pizza Hut‚Taco Bell (TEX-MEX)‚ Long John Silver and A&W . KFC’s story goes back to 1930‚ when Colonel Sanders invented the secret chicken recipe cooked with 11 different herbs and spices. With its success‚ Colonel Sanders is known throughout the country and
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