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Global commodity costs to increase pg. 36 · Lobster: affordable luxury pg. 38 · Pricing `sweet spots' pg. 43
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AUGUST 20, 2012 A PENTON MEDIA PUBLICATION
NRN's annual census
of the top foodservice
players goes global
BY ALAN J. LIDDLE
When you open your next res-
taurant, would you like it to be
the only source of retail food-
service for 500,000 people or
17,241?
If you answered 500,000, you
may have a future operating or
franchising restaurants in “emerg-
ing” overseas markets, as Yum!
Brands Inc. refers to international
communities experiencing growth
in per-capita spending in investor
and analyst presentations about
its KFC
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