As a buyer of numerous goods and services, Yum! Brands partners with Unified Foodservice Purchasing Coop (UFPC) for purchases of its restaurant products and equipment. UFPC operates independently and is jointly governed by representatives of A&W All American Food, KFC, Long John Silver's, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell franchisee groups, along with Yum! Brands.

At Yum!, supplier diversity is smart business and to grow our pipeline of outstanding minority and women suppliers, we support several national minority and women's business organizations, including the National Minority Supplier Development Council, U.S. Pan Asian Chamber of Commerce and Women's Business Enterprise National Council. These groups, along with regional purchasing councils and minority chambers of commerce, are key resources for identifying diverse suppliers who can deliver high quality goods and services at competitive prices.

Our goal is to develop strategic relationships with minority and women-owned business enterprises (MWBEs). Through these efforts, we work to enhance the economic strengths of the communities we serve, including:

• Acquiring the high-quality products and services needed to operate the business;
• Actively and diligently securing qualified MWBEs for all possible company requirements;
• Providing essential links between diverse suppliers and corporate departments with purchasing needs;
• Implementing practices that insure each qualified MWBE supplier has an equal opportunity to compete and participate according to established policies and procedures