Todd, You're quite right about BK just being a "chip" :-)
It's owned by Diageo (NYSE:DEO) which was a merger of Grand Metropolitan and Guinness (the brewer). They're almost exclusively an alcoholic-beverage company now - Seagram, Smirnoff, etc. (Hey Eri*K*a, they make Captain Morgan!) Burger King was owned by Pillsbury. Diageo acquired Pillsbury, they spun it off to General Mills. They are now working on spinning off Burger King into a separate business by 2003. In fact, BK is seeking new franchises again, after years of basing their growth on increased sales at existing units. -Ben > -----Original Message----- > From: Todd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 5:35 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Fast Food mish-mash > > > Buger King is owned by another corporation that has little to > do with food. > The current owners aquired it when it was tossed in to a > buyout as a poison > pill to discourage them from buying the other companies they > were really > after. > > Kind of odd to think that Burger King would be a company just > traded about > like that. Turns out they are small time compared to their > parent company. > > Todd > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Braver, Ben" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 8:08 PM > Subject: OT: Fast Food mish-mash > > > > ok kids, pop quiz: > > > > do you really know where your fast food profits go? > > > > you get a point if you knew that Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, and > Kentucky Fried > > Chicken are all owned by the same company, Tri Con Global. > > another point if you knew that Tri Con bought the 3 chains > when they were > > spun off by PepsiCo. > > > > another point if you know that this haute cuisine > conglomerate is now > buying > > the Long John Silver's and A&W Root Beer chains. > > > > yet another point if you know their new corporate name - Yum! Inc. > (matches > > their ticker symbol). > > > > The whole point is "co-branding" - 2 brands under the same > roof, e.g. Taco > > Bell and Long John Silver's, so if the parents and the kids > want different > > food there can still be family peace. This is also faster > and cheaper > than > > searching for another site and going through the permit > approvals process. > > > > Gee, between YUM, McDonalds, and Burger King, there aren't > many other > > players anymore. > > > > (BTW extra credit if you knew that McDonalds owns Boston Market.) > > > > -Ben > > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
