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66-542: A continuous presence in the country ever since. It remains one of 30 countries outside of the United States to have Long John Silver's outlets. Early restaurants also featured separate entrance and exit doors, a corridor -like waiting line area, deep fryers with food heaters that were transparent so customers could view the food to be served, and wrought iron 'sword' door handles. These buildings had dock-like walkways, lined with pilings and thick ropes. Long John Silver's
99-612: A few KFC locations in China supplied chicken found to contain "excess levels of chemical residue". Yum! had lost 6% of sales from publicity in China as of January 25, 2013. The company opened its first restaurant in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia , in May 2013. For Mongolia, KFC was the first western fast food to open its doors in the country. The company is planning to open 15 more restaurants in Ulaanbaatar in
132-492: A nutrition and health policy watchdog group, named Long John Silver's "Big Catch" meal the worst restaurant meal in America, noting that it contained 33 grams of trans fat, 19 grams of saturated fat, 1,320 calories, and almost 3,700 milligrams of sodium. The company announced that it had eliminated trans fats from its menu by January 2014. In March 2015, James O'Reilly, who had previously worked for KFC (another Yum! Brands holding),
165-470: A result, Yorkshire Global Restaurants was formed. In 2000, Yorkshire Global Restaurants agreed to test multi-branded locations with Louisville, Kentucky -based Tricon Global , owner of the KFC , Pizza Hut , and Taco Bell chains. The parent company of Long John Silver's and A&W, Yorkshire was acquired by Tricon Global and Tricon was renamed Yum! Brands, Inc in May 2002. By January 2011, Yum! announced it
198-531: Is an American multinational fast food corporation listed on the Fortune 1000 . Yum! operates the brands KFC , Pizza Hut , Taco Bell , and Habit Burger & Grill , except in China, where the brands are operated by a separate company, Yum China . Yum! previously also owned Long John Silver's and A&W Restaurants . The company was created as a subsidiary of PepsiCo in 1997. Based in Louisville, Kentucky , Yum!
231-491: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Long John Silver%27s Long John Silver's , formerly known as Long John Silver's Seafood Shoppes and sometimes abbreviated as LJS , is an American chain of fast-food restaurants that specializes in seafood . The brand's name is derived from the character of the same name from Robert Louis Stevenson 's novel Treasure Island . In November 2022, Long John Silver's
264-595: Is one of the world's largest fast food restaurant companies in terms of system units. In 2016, Yum! had 43,617 restaurants, including 2,859 that were company-owned and 40,758 that were franchised, in 135 nations and territories worldwide. The company's history began in 1977, when PepsiCo entered the restaurant business by acquiring Pizza Hut from co-founders Dan and Frank Carney . A year later, PepsiCo purchased Taco Bell from founder Glen Bell . In July 1986, R. J. Reynolds sold KFC to PepsiCo to pay off debt from its recent purchase of Nabisco . In 1990, Hot 'n Now
297-580: The United Kingdom in 2004. Long John Silver's operated in Philippines at SM City Manila for a time but shut down in 2019 due to declining sales and low demand. It is planning on returning as part of the chain's Asian expansion. Long John Silver's was in Saudi Arabia for some time. However, similar to restaurants like Dairy Queen , Taco Bell and Red Lobster , it was not popular and shut down in
330-511: The 1970s, but did not last long there. It returned in 2003 with one restaurant opening in Peterborough, Ontario , only to close down in 2006. Singapore has remained as Long John Silver's most dominant international market. The first Long John Silver's restaurant opened in Indonesia in May 2023 and plans to open up further outlets in the country. Indonesia is also the first country to have
363-507: The AGM in May 2016, Robert D. Walter became non-executive chairman. At the end of 2019 Greg Creed retired as CEO and the current COO (David Gibbs) was Creed's replacement. Since 2006, Yum! Brands has served as the corporate sponsor of the Kentucky Derby . On October 20, 2015, Yum! Brands, Inc., announced that it intended to separate into two independent, publicly traded companies. Yum China
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#1732872864118396-632: The Chinese Ministry of Commerce, to determine whether or not the transaction would result in a monopolistic positioning of Yum! in the country's restaurant industry. The Ministry approved the deal in November 2011, according to Little Sheep representatives. In 2012, a KFC opened in Ramallah and became the first American fast food restaurant to operate in the West Bank ; a Pizza Hut was also planned. In 2013,
429-555: The New England style of Long John Silver's early chain restaurants. That original location is now a styling salon. Earlier restaurants were known for their Cape Cod style buildings, blue roofs with square cupolas , wood benches/tables, lobster pots , and ship's wheels . Later, more nautically themed decorations were added such as seats made to look like nautical flags . The restaurant chain arrived in Singapore in 1983 and has had
462-605: The Tricon-Yorkshire multibranding test consisted of 83 KFC/A&Ws, six KFC/Long John Silver's and three Taco Bell/Long John Silver's and was considered successful by the companies. In 2001, KFC started test restaurants in Austin, Texas, called "Wing Works", a chicken wing line sold with one of a few flavored sauces. KFC also hired a consultant to develop a breakfast menu. In March 2002, Yorkshire announced it would merge with Tricon Global Restaurants to form Yum! Brands. The merger
495-833: The chain as of its Asian expansion. The chain opened up at the LynnMall in New Zealand . Long John Silver's operated in Malaysia for some time, but shut down due to declining sales and being downplayed by competitors and rivals such as KFC and local seafood restaurants. However, as of the chain's Asian expansion, it is planning on returning. It opened a location in Putrajaya in February 2024. Long John Silver's operated in Taiwan for some time but shut down by 2009. A location opened at Walsall in
528-784: The country. Long John Silver's existed in Thailand for some time but shut down by 2020. It is planning on returning as part of the chain's Asian expansion. Long John Silver's shut down in United Arab Emirates due to bad sales. The chain also formerly had outlets in Vietnam , Cambodia , China , Australia , South Korea , Qatar , Oman , Bahrain , Hong Kong , Kuwait and Japan . It will also soon come to Myanmar , Brunei and Laos . Current Former Planned Yum! Brands Yum! Brands, Inc. (sometimes called simply Yum! ), formerly Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc. ,
561-556: The decade leading up to the company's announcement, major growth had relied on international expansion. With little presence outside North America, the two chains no longer fit in the company's long-term growth plans. The foreign expansion—particularly that of Taco Bell, KFC and Pizza Hut—was cited in the firm's January 18, 2011, announcement of its intention to dispose of the A&;W and Long John Silver's chains. Both of those chains also suffered from poor sales, and had fewer locations compared to
594-610: The next 5 years, including the country's first drive-thru service. Yum! Brands also opened Taco Bell and Pizza Hut restaurants in newer Target stores. Yum! Brands opened its 40,000th store in Calangute, Goa , India in October 2013. In 2013, its KFC subsidiary opened a fast casual version, KFC eleven, test location in Louisville on Bardstown Road. The sole KFC Eleven was closed in April 2015. In
627-501: The other chains in the Yum! Brands portfolio. In September 2011, Yum! announced they had found buyers for the A&W and Long John Silver's chains. A Great American Brand bought A&W, and Long John Silver's was sold to LJS Partners LLC. In May 2011, Yum! agreed to purchase Chinese hot pot chain Little Sheep for HK$ 4.56 billion. The deal spent more than 4 months in antitrust review by
660-412: The privately owned EG Group's KFC UK and Ireland businesses will come under Yum's KFC UK and Ireland management. The current CEO of Yum! Brands is David Gibbs . Former CEOs include Greg Creed and David C. Novak . Novak became CEO of predecessor firm Tricon Global on January 1, 2000, and chairman of the board on January 1, 2001. Greg Creed replaced Novak in his role as CEO on January 1, 2015. At
693-500: The summer of 2014, Yum!'s Taco Bell subsidiary launched its U.S. Taco Co and Urban Tap Room fast-casual taco concept restaurant in Huntington Beach, California, to take on fast casual restaurants like Chipotle and Panera . In the first quarter of 2015, Third Point Management and Corvex Management separately acquired an unspecified stake in the company. A second Chix unit opened in May 2015 with additional menu items. Super Chix
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#1732872864118726-495: The third quarter of 2013, Yum! Brands had to book an impairment of the goodwill resulting from the takeover of Little Sheep in 2011 in the amount of $ 222 million, which reduced profits for 2013. In 2014, Yum! launched a number of additional restaurant test concepts, Super Chix, U.S. Taco Co. and Banh Shop. Yum! opened Super Chix in Central Arlington, Texas, a restaurant similar in format to Chick-fil-A , on April 9, 2014. In
759-551: Was acquired by Four Oaks Partners, a group of investors led by Bob Jenkins, himself a Long John Silver's franchisee and president of Charter Foods. Long John Silver's was founded in 1969 by Jim Patterson in Lexington, Kentucky . The original location, on 301 Southland Drive, was previously the Cape Codder seafood carry-out restaurant. The original Cape Codder concrete block building was redesigned by architect Druce Henn, who created
792-472: Was acquired by Jerrico in 1988. Jerrico was taken private in 1989 through a highly leveraged management buyout, and one year later, the other restaurant concepts were divested to focus on Long John Silver's. After struggling for the next several years under its heavy debt load, Jerrico Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in June 1998. In September 1999, A&W announced to acquire the chain out of bankruptcy. As
825-423: Was acquired in 2003 from Pasta Bravo, Inc. of Aliso Viejo, California for $ 5 million to pair with Pizza Hut. In 2003, Yum! launched WingStreet as a hybrid combo unit with an existing Pizza Hut franchise. In 2007 and 2008, a thousand WingStreet stores a year were opened. On October 19, 2009, Company president Scott Bergren publicized WingStreet's national launch. An East Dawning test cafeteria-style restaurant
858-640: Was acquired via Taco Bell from William Van Domelen, but the company was sold in 1996. In 1992, PepsiCo acquired California Pizza Kitchen . In 1993, it acquired Chevys Fresh Mex , D'Angelo Grilled Sandwiches , and the American division of Canadian chain East Side Mario's . These chains were later sold when PepsiCo exited the restaurant business and spun off KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell (see next paragraph). In 1997, PepsiCo sold PepsiCo Food Systems restaurant-supply unit to Ameriserve Food Distribution Inc. Yum!
891-494: Was acquiring Kvantum Inc., an artificial intelligence-based consumer insights and marketing technology company. In September 2021, Yum! completed the acquisition of Australian kitchen order management and delivery technology company Dragontail Systems for US$ 69.1 million in cash. In December 2023 the company announced it will acquire 218 restaurants from its largest franchisee EG Group in the UK and Ireland. After completion in 2024, all of
924-889: Was appointed as the CEO. He stated that he expected the chain to maintain its 1,132 stores, refocus its marketing following negative press about the fat and sodium content of the menu, and looked to the possibility of future expansion. On May 22, 2018, Long John Silver's announced the acquisition of 76 franchised restaurants, primarily owned and renovated by ServUS, located primarily in Indiana. On October 19, 2019, Warren W. Rosenthal, former president of Jerrico and developer of 1,350 Long John Silver's restaurants, died, aged 96. On January 18, 2021, Long John Silver's announced Blain Shortreed to take over as CEO. The chain has hundreds of restaurants in over 35 states. Long John Silver's expanded to Canada in
957-724: Was created in 1997 as Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc. from PepsiCo 's fast food division as the parent corporation of the KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell restaurant companies. The decision was announced in January and the spin off was effected on October 6. Tricon selected Louisville, also the site of KFC's headquarters, as its corporate headquarters. Taco Bell and Pizza Hut continued to be headquartered in Irvine, California and Dallas , Texas, respectively. In 2000, Tricon Global tested multi-branded locations with Yorkshire Global Restaurants . By March 2002,
990-609: Was finalized on May 8, 2002, and the name change became effective on May 22, 2002. On June 6, 2002, Yum! executed a two-for-one stock split . Shortly afterwards, due to Yum!'s lifetime contract with Pepsi, Long John Silver's and A&W Restaurants (which previously served Coca-Cola products) began switching to Pepsi products, with A&W Restaurants retaining A&W Root Beer from a separate deal with Dr Pepper/Seven Up (now Keurig Dr Pepper ). In 2002, Yum! began testing co-branding locations pairing Pizza Hut with Pasta Bravo , Back Yard Burgers , and A&W. The Pasta Bravo concept
1023-523: Was opened in Shanghai in 2004. After initially failing, Yum! Brands chose the KFC business model (KFC is the most successful Western chain in China) and found greater success. As of September 30, 2007, eight East Dawning restaurants were in operation. In January 2011, Yum! announced its intentions to dispose of its Long John Silver's and A&W brands to focus on its core brands of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell. For
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1056-510: Was seeking a buyer for its Long John Silver's and A&W All-American Restaurants divisions, citing poor sales and a desire to shift its focus to international expansion. In September 2011, Yum! announced the impending sale of Long John Silver's to LJS Partners – a group consisting of franchisees and other private investors. In July 2013, the Center for Science in the Public Interest,
1089-776: Was sold to founder Nick Ouimet and an investment group in August 2015. In 2017, Yum! announced plans to open 10 Pizza Hut restaurants in Ethiopia , after signing a franchise with the country's Belayab Foods and Franchise PLC. In January 2020, Yum! announced they were acquiring Irvine, California-based Habit Burger & Grill , for $ 375 million; the transaction was completed on March 18, 2020. In 2020 and 2021, Yum! acquired several technology companies. In March 2020, it acquired Heartstyles, an omnichannel training company. In March 2021, it acquired Tictuk Technologies, an Israeli omnichannel ordering and marketing solutions provider, and announced it
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