You get another point if you knew that Tri Con is based in Louisville Kentucky, and Long Johns/A&W was based in Lexington.
This means I get to do some more work making changes to a web site. We built the system that TriCon uses to purchase their office supplies, A lot of the franchisers use this system also. Now I get to add some more people to the list. At 05:08 PM 3/12/2002 -0800, you wrote: >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 > > ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
