Yum! News 2010
September 03, 2010 Pizza Hut Named Most Trusted Food Service Brand in India by The Economic Times for the Sixth Year; KFC India Receives Recognition in Top Food Service Brands
June 28, 2010 Yum! Brands Recognized by Black Enterprise Magazine’s “40 Best Companies for Diversity” List for Sixth Consecutive Year
May 04, 2010 Yum! Brands Promotes Sam Su to Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Yum! China Division and Mark Chu to President and Chief Operating Officer, Reporting to Su; Su retains position as Vice–Chairman, Yum! Brands Board of Directors
April 19, 2010 Louisville Downtown Arena Officially Becomes KFC Yum! Center-Yum! Brands, LAA, Team Services Announce Long-Term Arena Naming Rights Agreement
April 09, 2010 Yum! Brands Recognized in Corporate Responsibility Officer Magazine’s “100 Best Corporate Citizens” List
March 24, 2010 Yum! Brands International Division Opens First Taco Bell in India; Yum! is Largest and Fastest Growing Restaurant Company in India and Building Taco Bell into Third Powerhouse Global Brand
March 17, 2010 PR Week Announced Yum! Brands’ World Hunger Relief Initiative to Raise Awareness, Volunteerism and Funds Wins Top Honor as “Cause–Related Campaign of the Year 2010”
January 29, 2010 World Food Programme Names Yum! Brands Partner of the Year for World Hunger Relief Effort to Help End Global Hunger
January 27, 2010 Muhammad Ali and Christina Aguilera Raise Funds for United Nations World Food Programme Relief Efforts in Haiti by Appearing in Global PSA
January 26, 2010 Yum! Brands Environmentally-Friendly KFC and Taco Bell Restaurant Features Solar Wall Renewable Energy Technology
January 14, 2010 Yum! Brands Directs $500,000 to Haiti Through Its World Hunger Relief Effort
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Yum! Brands Recognized in Corporate Responsibility Officer Magazine’s “100 Best Corporate Citizens” List
LOUISVILLE, KY, April 09, 2010 – Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM), the world’s largest restaurant company and parent of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, has been named one of the “100 Best Corporate Citizens” by Corporate Responsibility Officer magazine, for its ongoing commitment to corporate responsibility.
Corporate Responsibility Officer magazine reviewed the largest publicly traded companies in the U.S. to produce its eleventh annual list. The magazine selected the companies who are bringing their shareholders more value and making employees proud of their corporate social responsibility efforts. Corporate Responsibility Officer evaluated publicly accessible documents and selected leaders in seven categories including: environment; climate change; human rights; philanthropy; employee relations; finance; and governance, with environment and employee relations weighted the highest. According the publication’s website, CRO’s “100 Best Corporate Citizens” list is “recognized by PR Week as one of America’s top three most–important business rankings.”
“This recognition highlights our continued commitment to corporate responsibility,” said Karen Sherman, Senior Director, Corporate Social Responsibility, Yum! Brands. “We are very proud of our efforts and remain focused on even better results going forward.”
To access the Company’s Corporate Social Responsibility Report, please visit www.yum.com/responsibility.
Yum! Brands, Inc., based in Louisville, Ky., is the world’s largest restaurant company in terms of system restaurants with more than 37,000 restaurants in more than 110 countries and territories. The company is ranked #239 on the Fortune 500 List, with revenues of nearly $11 billion in 2009. Four of the company’s restaurant brands – KFC, Pizza Hut, Long John Silver’s and Taco Bell – are the global leaders of the chicken, quick–service seafood, pizza and Mexican–style food categories. A&W Restaurants is the longest running quick–service franchise chain in America. Outside the United States, Yum! Brands system opened more than four new restaurants each day of the year, making it a leader in international retail development.