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...mainland outlet in Beijing in 1987, the fried-chicken chain has gone on to become the most recognized global brand among urban consumers in China, according to an ACNielsen survey in 1999. KFC says more than 2 million Chinese eat at its stores every day, and KFC's parent, Yum! Brands, which also owns Pizza Hut and Taco Bell fast-food restaurants, isn't stopping there. After flooding the country's largest urban areas with KFC outlets, the U.S. company is now on an expansion tear in the hinterlands, trying to reach smaller cities like Qiandaohu...
...People's Republic is proving to be the perfect antidote for sluggish growth in the company's principal American market, where the fast-food business is as saturated as deep-fryer fat. Yum has 5,500 KFC outlets in the U.S., and through most of 2003 those outlets that have been open for more than a year were reporting negative sales growth due to intense competition and consumers who are trying to cut down on fried foods. Among the company's Stateside woes, says Lehman Bros. analyst Mitchell Speiser, "service times are slow and the food isn't seen...
...China, where there are more than 900 KFC restaurants and at least one new branch opening every other day, the outlook is much sunnier. The mainland now constitutes about 15% of Yum's operating profits ($273 million in the third quarter of 2003) and accounts for approximately 40% of its international business, according to Speiser. And because China's population is about five times that of the U.S., the company figures this is just the corporate equivalent of an appetizer. "There should be tens of thousands of KFCs, Pizza Huts and Taco Bell Grandes here," says Sam Su, Yum...
...same time, KFC had something other than the novelty factor going for it?the main item on the menu was familiar to Chinese. "You don't have to be a genius to sell chicken in China," says Jim Bryant, who brought Subway sandwich shops to China. But Novak, the Yum CEO, says success wasn't quite that simple. Over the years, "we stayed in touch with consumers' needs," he says, adding that KFC did a better job of "staying relevant" in China than it did in the U.S. Though KFC still offers its mainstay "original recipe" fried chicken, the company...