Yum to cut owned restaurants sharply by end 2010

Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM) is a quick service restaurant company based on number of system units, with approximately 37,000 units in more than 120 countries and territories. The company operates the restaurant concepts of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell.

KFC has more than 18,000 restaurants in 115 countries across the globe. And in quite a few U.S. cities, KFC is teaming up with sister restaurants, A&W, All-American Food™, Long John Silver's, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut, selling products from the popular chains in one convenient location.