Yum! Brandsreason 03 of 4it can hold its price and keep the customerderived 2026-09-08accession 0001041061-26-000160
Taco Bell's sustained high-single-digit same-store sales growth combined with positive unit growth demonstrates pricing power and menu innovation resonance that can offset weakness elsewhere in the portfolio, providing a growth engine post-Pizza Hut divestiture.
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It held on this filing. No finding was written because nothing in it bore on the reason — the sentences it was read against are below.
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“We intend to drive long-term growth through consistent same-store sales growth and new unit development across all of our Concepts”
“Franchise same-store sales growth of 7% and 8% for the quarter and year to date, respectively, and unit growth [drove Taco Bell revenue increases]”
“The quarterly and year to date increases in Operating Profit were driven by same store sales growth, the impact of restaurants acquired from franchisees and unit growth”