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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001041061-25-000016"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "YUM"
cik: "0001041061"
company_name: "YUM BRANDS INC"
filed_at: "2025-03-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-25T12:35:08.018414+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Taco Bell projects Q1 2025 US same-store sales growth of 8%; sets 2030 targets including $3M AUV and 3,000 int'l stores

## Summary
- 2024 operating profit reached $1B for first time; restaurant margins >24% in company-owned stores.
- Q1 2025 US same-store sales projected +8% YoY; full-year 2025 margin target 24-25% and 100 net-new international units.
- 2030 targets: US AUV $3.0M (from $2.2M), company restaurant margins 25-26%, 3,000 international stores (from 1,150 in 2024).
- Digital sales reached $6B in 2024 (+32% YoY); plan for 100% digital-enabled transactions by 2030.
- International expansion plans include entering 9 new countries (France, Greece, South Africa) and accelerating in UK, Spain, Australia, India.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001041061-25-000016
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: YUM
- cik: 0001041061
- company_name: YUM BRANDS INC
- filed_at: 2025-03-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041061/000104106125000016/0001041061-25-000016-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041061/000104106125000016/yum-20250304.htm

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