Yum China

Yum China Holdings, Inc. (Chinese: 百胜中国; pinyin: Bǎishèng Zhōngguó) is a Chinese-American Fortune 500[4] fast-food restaurant company incorporated in the United States with operational headquarters in Shanghai, China.[5][6][7][8] With US$6.8 billion of revenue in 2016 and over 7,600 restaurants, it is one of the largest restaurant companies in China. It was spun off from Yum! Brands in 2016, becoming an independent, publicly traded company on November 1, 2016. It operates 8,484 restaurants in over 1,100 cities located in every province and autonomous region in Mainland China. It has a workforce of 450,000 employees.[9][10]

Yum China Holdings, Inc.
TypePublic
NYSE: YUMC
Russell 1000 Component
ISINUS98850P1093
IndustryRestaurants
PredecessorYum! Brands 
FoundedNovember 1, 2016 (2016-11-01)
Headquarters
Shanghai, China
Number of locations
8,484 (2018)
Area served
China
Little Sheep: Canada, Japan, Indonesia, United States
Key people
Joey Wat, CEO
Revenue US$8.415 billion (2018)[1]
US$941 million (2018)[1]
US$708 million (2018)[1]
Total assets US$$4.61 billion (2018)[1]
Total equity US$2.873 billion (2018)[1]
Number of employees
450,000[2] (2018)
DivisionsEast Dawning
Little Sheep
Websitewww.yumchina.com/en
Footnotes / references
[3]
Yum China
Traditional Chinese百勝中國控股有限公司
Simplified Chinese百胜中国控股有限公司

History

Initial foray into China

Spinoff

On October 25, 2015, Yum! Brands announced that it intended to separate into two independent, publicly traded companies by spinning off Yum China;[11] it took effect 1 November 2016.[12]

Brands

Yum China has several subsidiary brands including KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, COFFii & JOY a coffee bar launched in 2018, Huang Ji Huang a casual dining franchise, East Dawning a Jiangnan cuisine fast food franchise and Little Sheep.

Little Sheep, with locations in Canada, Indonesia, Japan, and the United States. There are twenty-nine locations in nine US states, mostly in California, nine locations in Canada provinces, seventeen in Japan, and one in Jakarta, Indonesia.[13]

Corporate affairs

The headquarters is in the Yum China Building (Chinese: 百胜中国大厦; pinyin: Bǎishèng Zhōngguó Dàshà) in Xuhui District.[14]

References

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