2000 Annual Report - Yum!
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2000 Annual Report - Yum!
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Management’s Discussion and Analysis<br />
Introduction<br />
TRICON Global Restaurants, Inc. and Subsidiaries (collectively<br />
referred to as “TRICON” or the “Company”) is<br />
comprised of the worldwide operations of KFC, Pizza Hut<br />
and Taco Bell (“the Concepts”) and is the world’s largest<br />
quick service restaurant (“QSR”) company based on the<br />
number of system units. Separately, each brand ranks in the<br />
top ten among QSR chains in U.S. system sales and units.<br />
Our 10,400 international units make us the second largest<br />
QSR company outside the U.S. TRICON became an independent,<br />
publicly owned company on October 6, 1997 (the<br />
“Spin-off Date”) via a tax free distribution of our Common<br />
Stock (the “Distribution” or “Spin-off”) to the shareholders<br />
of our former parent, PepsiCo, Inc. (“PepsiCo”).<br />
Throughout Management’s Discussion and Analysis<br />
(“MD&A”), we make reference to ongoing operating profit<br />
which represents our operating profit excluding the impact<br />
of facility actions net gain, unusual items and our accounting<br />
and human resources policy changes in 1999 (collectively, the<br />
“1999 accounting changes”). See Note 5 to the Consolidated<br />
Financial Statements for a detailed discussion of these exclusions.<br />
We use ongoing operating profit as a key performance<br />
measure of our results of operations for purposes of evaluating<br />
performance internally and as the base to forecast future performance.<br />
Ongoing operating profit is not a measure defined<br />
in accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. and<br />
should not be considered in isolation or as a substitution<br />
for measures of performance in accordance with accounting<br />
principles generally accepted in the U.S.<br />
In <strong>2000</strong>, our international business, Tricon Restaurants<br />
International (“TRI” or “International”) accounted for 35%<br />
of system sales, 29% of total revenues and 29% of ongoing<br />
operating profit excluding unallocated and corporate expenses<br />
and foreign exchange gains and losses. We anticipate that,<br />
despite the inherent risks and typically higher general and<br />
administrative expenses required by international operations,<br />
we will continue to invest in key international markets with<br />
substantial growth potential.<br />
26 TRICON GLOBAL RESTAURANTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES<br />
This MD&A should be read in conjunction with our<br />
Consolidated Financial Statements on pages 40–65 and the<br />
Cautionary Statements on page 39. All Note references<br />
herein refer to the Notes to the Consolidated Financial<br />
Statements on pages 44 –65. Tabular amounts are displayed<br />
in millions except per share and unit count amounts, or as<br />
otherwise specifically identified.<br />
Factors Affecting Comparability of <strong>2000</strong> Results to 1999<br />
Impact of AmeriServe Bankruptcy Reorganization Process<br />
See Note 21 for a complete discussion of the impact of<br />
the AmeriServe Food Distribution, Inc. (“AmeriServe”)<br />
bankruptcy reorganization process on the Company.<br />
Kraft Taco Shell Recall<br />
In the fourth quarter of <strong>2000</strong>, allegations were made by a<br />
public environmental advocacy group that testing of corn taco<br />
shells, sold by Kraft Foods, Inc. (“Kraft”) in grocery stores<br />
under a license to use the Taco Bell brand name, had indicated<br />
the presence of genetically modified (“GM”) corn which had<br />
only been approved by the applicable U.S. governmental<br />
agencies for animal consumption. In light of the allegations,<br />
Kraft recalled this product line. We are not aware of any evidence<br />
that suggests that the GM corn at issue presents any<br />
significant health risk to humans. Nonetheless, consistent<br />
with our overall quality assurance procedures, we have taken<br />
significant actions to ensure that our restaurant supply chain<br />
is free of products containing the GM corn in question, and<br />
we will continue to take whatever actions are prudent or<br />
appropriate in this regard.<br />
Although we are unable to estimate the amount, we believe<br />
that our Taco Bell restaurants have experienced a negative<br />
impact on sales following the allegations and the Kraft recall.<br />
We do not currently believe this sales impact will be sustained<br />
over the long term.<br />
Franchisee Financial Condition<br />
Like others in the QSR industry, from time to time, some of<br />
our franchise operators experience financial difficulties with<br />
respect to their franchise operations. At present, certain of<br />
our franchise operators, principally in the Taco Bell system,<br />
are facing varying degrees of financial problems, primarily as<br />
a result of declines in store sales in the Taco Bell system, which<br />
we believe have been exacerbated by the grocery product recalls<br />
of corn taco shells by Kraft in the fourth quarter of <strong>2000</strong>.