Taco Bell® was acquired by PepsiCo in 1978. In October of 1997, PepsiCo spun off KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell®, thereby forming Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc., the world’s largest restaurant company. In May of 2002, Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc. changed its name to Yum! Brands, Inc., after acquiring Long John Silver's and A&W All-American Food Restaurants. !
KFC Case Analysis Case Study: Kentucky Fried Chicken and the Global Fast-Food Industry Relevant Case Facts - History * Early Life of Colonel Sanders * Sander’s First Franchise in 1952 * New Management/culture for Kentucky Fried Chicken after KFC sale for $2M * Acquisition of KFC by Pepsico/Tricon Global * Heublein Makes Changes in 1970 * 1980’s Profit and Expansion From $105 to 7.2 Billion in 50 years * 1952, Col. Sanders started franchising his recipe door to door financed by his $105.00 SS Check * 1964, Col Sanders had more than 600 franchised outlets in the US and Canada. * 1964, Sold his interest in his company for $2 million to a group of investors. * 1966, KFC went public * 1969, Listed on the NYSE * 1971, KFC was acquired by Heublein Inc . for $285 million . * 1982, Heublein & KFC Inc .
He opened his second store in Macomb, Illinois. He later opened several more stores and developed a prototype before franchising began in 1993. In January 2007, Liautaud sold a thirty-three percent stock to Weston Presidio, a San Francisco-based private equity firm. He retained sixty-seven percent ownership of the company. In 2010, When the Industrial Workers of the World attempted to unionize ten Minneapolis Jimmy John’s locations, the New York Times called effort “one of the few efforts to organize fast-food workers in American Industry”.
McDonald’s started investing in Chipotle in February of 1998, and supported them financially for seven years.1 This financial backing enabled Chipotle to expand nationally and become large enough to offer stock. In 2006, Chipotle and McDonald’s went their separate ways in order to focus more on each company’s core activities. Currently Chipotle operates 956 restaurants in 35 states in the United States, the District of Columbia, and Canada.2 The company is expected to open up between 120 and 130 new restaurants in the upcoming year. Clearly, the history of Chipotle’s business demonstrates a success rare in the fast casual food business. (Appendix A) 1 2 (Investor Relations, Chipotle Mexican Grill) Ibid.
Chick-fil-a's history extends back to 1946, when Truett Cathy opened his first restaurant, which was called the Dwarf Grill in Atlanta Georgia. It was not until 1963 that Truett invented the first original chicken sandwich. Four years later, in 1967, the first Chick-fil-a Dwarf House was opened in the Greenbriar mall in Atlanta. After that it wasn't until 1986 that the first "free standing" Chick-fil-a was opened in Atlanta. As of 2012 Chick-fil-a has a total of 1,600 restaurant locations, making them the second largest fast food restaurant chain in the U.S. (Chick-fil-a, 2012).
Also, Frito-Lays has eight of the top ten selling snack chips. However, the industry is extremely competitive with over 650 new snack chip products introduced each year. Less than one percent of new products generate more than $25 million in sales in the first year. 2. What specific challenges and risks does Frito-Lay face in marketing Sun Chips and what are their implications?
Table of Contents Company Overview…………………………….……………………...3 Financial Statements…………………………………….……………4 Summary of Financial Statements………………………………8 Ratio Calculations…………………………………………………….10 Comparison of Ratios………………………………………...……..11 Discussion of Key Statistics……………………………………….12 Forecast…………………………………………………………………...13 Other Pertinent Information……………………………………..14 Recommendation……………………………………………………..15 Reference Page…………………………………..…………………….16 Company Overview: Publix Super Markets, Inc. is an American supermarket chain. It is the largest and fastest growing employee owned supermarket chain in the United States. Publix is a privately held company with operating stores in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama and Tennessee. Publix was founded by George W. Jenkins in 1930 in Winter Haven, Florida. It has since grown into a Fortune 500 company with more than 1,000 stores.
Competition also exists in the fast-casual restaurant segment, primarily on taste, quality and the freshness of the menu items and the ambience and condition of each restaurant. And what is the performance of Chipotle and fast-casual segment in the whole industry? According to the recently released Technomic report of the top 500 largest U.S. restaurant chains, fast casual concepts hold seven out of the top 10 positions, with Five Guys leading the way. In total, the top 10 fastest-growing chains' sales accounted for $7.8 billion, an 18 percent increase over
During the year of 2012, cash used for investing activities of Wendy’s totaled $189 million, increased $131 million from 2011. The two largest investing activities appeared in Wendy’s statement of cash flow are capital expenditures and acquisitions. Cash capital expenditures of Wendy’s in 2012 totaling $197.6 million, including $71.9 million for reimaged and new Image Activation restaurants, $13.5 million for new restaurants, $28.0 million for point-of-sale equipment, $23.2 million for the construction of a new building at its corporate headquarters and $61.0 million for various capital projects. In 2012, Wendy’s acquired 56 franchised restaurants. The purchase price was $38.1 million in cash.
Burger King and Taco Bell started in the 1950s, and Wendy's opened in 1969. Some chains, like Carl's Jr., KFC and Jack in the Box, existed before the Speedee Service System, but modified their cooking techniques after. McDonald's, which started it all, is now the world's largest fast-food chain. According to the National Restaurant Association, in 2005, sales of