date:Jan 29, 2013
the Chinese growth potential in perspective, Yum! currently has about 4,500 restaurants in China, with total revenue of $5.6 billion, or about $1.24 million per unit. In the U.S., Yum! has approximately 18,000 restaurants in the U.S, with total revenue of $3.8 billion, or just about $211,000 each.
As the middle class has emerged in China, demand for more convenient dining options has skyrocketed, similar to the growth of fast food in the 1960s-80s in the U.S. Just on a population basis, wit