More Than 148 Million Meals Provided to United Nations World Food
Programme and Other Hunger Relief Agencies
LOUISVILLE, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Yum! Brands’ (NYSE: YUM) 2013 World Hunger Relief efforts featuring
World Food Programme (WFP) Ambassador Against Hunger, Multi-Grammy Award
winner and international superstar Christina Aguilera, created
unprecedented awareness and engagement and raised a record-breaking $37
million in overall cash and food donations for WFP and other hunger
relief agencies.
World Hunger Relief is the world’s largest private sector hunger relief
effort, spanning more than 130 countries and territories, 40,000 KFC,
Pizza Hut and Taco Bell restaurants and more than 1.5 million employees
and franchise associates.
“It is unacceptable that nearly 1 billion people around the world are
going to bed hungry every night,” said David Novak, Chairman and CEO,
Yum! Brands, Inc. “We believe that it is our privilege and
responsibility to do everything we can to make a difference in fighting
world hunger to save lives.”
“I’m inspired and proud of our employees, franchisees and their families
who have raised record-breaking funds and food donations and volunteered
in their local communities toward hunger relief,” said Novak. “With the
help of our global spokesperson Christina Aguilera lending her voice, we
were able to raise more awareness than ever about this critical issue.”
Every U.S. dollar raised goes directly toward WFP’s operations to fight
hunger worldwide, mostly to disaster relief, such as Typhoon Haiyan in
the Philippines and school meals programs. Just one U.S. dollar provides
meals to four hungry children at school.
“We are grateful for Yum! Brands’ ongoing commitment to working with us
to achieve a world with zero hunger,” said WFP’s Executive Director
Ertharin Cousin. “World Hunger Relief campaign funds will help WFP
provide nutritious food to the world’s most hungry people. We greatly
appreciate this support.”
Since World Hunger Relief launched in 2007, the effort has resulted in
more than $185 million in cash and food donations for WFP and other
hunger relief organizations and is helping to provide 740 million meals
and save the lives of millions of people in remote corners of the world.
For more information and to see how the campaign is activated around the
world, visit www.hungertohope.com.
Yum! Brands
Yum! Brands, Inc., based in Louisville, Kentucky, has over 40,000
restaurants in more than 130 countries and territories. Yum! is ranked
#201 on the Fortune 500 with revenues of over $13 billion in 2012 and in
2013 was named among the top 100 Corporate Citizens by Corporate
Responsibility Magazine. The Company’s restaurant brands - KFC, Pizza
Hut and Taco Bell - are the global leaders of the chicken, pizza and
Mexican-style food categories. Outside the United States, the Yum!
Brands system opened over five new restaurants each day of the year,
making it a leader in international retail development.
Yum! Brands, Inc.
Virginia Ferguson, 502-874-8200
Source: Yum! Brands, Inc.