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Taco Bell/KFC

Feb 22, 2006 10:00PM PST

Kentucky Fried Tacos. The Chicken Hut. Kentucky Fried Root Beer.

KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, Long John Silvers, and A&W Great American Restaurants are all operated under Yum Brands (Stock: YUM). KFC, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut were previously operated under the name Tricon, and before that, they were owned by Pepsi and Frito Lay. Pepsi bought the restaurants to diversify their business and use the good businesses to counter the bad business, but later split it due to investor fears. When Tricon acquired A&W and LJS within the last several years, they changed to YUM brands.

The idea of putting more than one restaurant under the same roof makes perfect business sense. Families get a choice (pizza or chicken? chicken or tacos? hot dogs or fish?). YUM gets decreased expenses for maintaining one building instead of two, hiring one manager instead of two, shared staff, one cleaning crew, one property tax bill, delivery trucks make one stop instead of two... you see the advantages?

I had to do a thorough analysis of YUM brands in one of my senior college classes.

As far as the self-serve aspect goes... well, it's the future. Some people will resist, others will embrace. It's like any other tech product. I think it's a good idea, and I'm looking forward to seeing one around here in Indiana. (har har har)

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KenTaco Hut
Feb 23, 2006 3:02AM PST

To me, those (goofy) hybrid restaurants are known as KenTaco Hut.

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How about ...
Feb 23, 2006 4:33AM PST

Kentucky John & Silver W's?

-Terry

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Cool
Feb 23, 2006 9:09AM PST

I had no idea. I was operating on old info. Thanks!