Top Services Companies To Invest In Right Now

Top Services Companies To Invest In Right Now: Yum! Brands Inc.(YUM)

YUM! Brands, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a quick service restaurant company in the United States and internationally. It develops, operates, franchises, and licenses a system of restaurants, which prepare, package, and sell various food items, as well as operates Chinese casual dining concept restaurants. The company?s restaurants specialize in chicken, pizza, and Mexican-style food categories. It operates approximately 37,000 restaurants in 110 countries and territories under the KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell brands, as well as approximately 450 casual dining concept restaurants in China. The company was formerly known as TRICON Global Restaurants, Inc. and changed its name to YUM! Brands, Inc. in May 2002. YUM! Brands, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Johanna Bennett]

  But look ahead at 2015, Kalinowski and Kidd's top picks are Yum Brands (YUM) and Papa John's International (PZZA).

  Papa John's has risen 25% during the past 12 months. Today, the shares rose 2.3% to $57.12.

• [By WWW.DAILYFINANCE.COM]

  David Duprey/AP As people express distaste for food they think is overly processed, fast food chains like McDonald's (MCD) are trying to shed their reputation for serving reheated meals that are loaded with chemicals. That includes rethinking the use of artificial preservatives and other ingredients customers find objectionable. "This demand for fresh and real is on the rise," said Greg Creed, CEO of Yum Brands (YUM), which owns Taco Bell, KFC and Pizza Hut. During the presentation for analysts and investors last month, Creed said the company needs to be more transparent about ingredients and use fewer preservatives. Recasting fast-food as "fresh" and "real" will be tricky, in l! arge part because it's so universally regarded as cheap and greasy. Another problem is that terms like "fresh," ''real" and "healthy" have nebulous meanings, making it hard for companies to pin down how to approach transformation. Would You Like Brominated Vegetable Oil With That?

• [By James E. Brumley]

  The country's chefs have spoken, and sorry Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) and McDonald's Corporation (NYSE:MCD) - you're likely to lose even more relevance and marketability in 2015. Meanwhile, good news for Giggles N Hugs Inc. (OTCMKTS:GIGL) - the coming years restaurant trends look like they're going to play right into your hand.

• [By Sean O'Reilly]

  A big trend that we're seeing with restaurants; Yum! Brands  (NYSE: YUM  ) did this with Taco Bell, obviously, with their breakfast menu. They wanted to get more traffic in the mornings because that was their dip period. McDonald's had obviously ruled breakfast in the fast food area for a long time.

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