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2020 Q4 Form 10-K Financial Statement

#000104106121000012 Filed on February 22, 2021

Income Statement

Concept	2020 Q4	2020	2019 Q4
Revenue	$1.743B	$5.652B	$1.694B
YoY Change	2.89%	0.98%	8.73%
Cost Of Revenue	$925.0M	$1.506B	$868.0M
YoY Change	6.57%	21.94%	7.03%
Gross Profit	$818.0M	$4.146B	$826.0M
YoY Change	-0.97%	-4.95%	10.58%
Gross Profit Margin	46.93%	73.35%	48.76%
Selling, General & Admin	$336.0M	$1.028B	$300.0M
YoY Change	12.0%	12.1%	16.28%
% of Gross Profit	41.08%	24.79%	36.32%
Research & Development
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Depreciation & Amortization	$46.00M	$146.0M	$28.00M
YoY Change	64.29%	30.36%	-17.65%
% of Gross Profit	5.62%	3.52%	3.39%
Operating Expenses	$352.0M	$4.149B	$299.0M
YoY Change	17.73%	13.14%	17.25%
Operating Profit	$482.0M	$1.503B	$546.0M
YoY Change	-11.72%	-22.12%	-26.32%
Interest Expense	-$109.0M	-$451.0M	-$149.0M
YoY Change	-26.85%	-18.3%	-50.0%
% of Operating Profit	-22.61%	-30.01%	-27.29%
Other Income/Expense, Net	-$4.000M	-$12.00M	$0.00
YoY Change		200.0%	-100.0%
Pretax Income	$352.0M	$1.020B	$397.0M
YoY Change	-11.34%	-25.71%	-9.57%
Income Tax	$20.00M	$116.0M	-$91.00M
% Of Pretax Income	5.68%	11.37%	-22.92%
Net Earnings	$332.0M	$904.0M	$488.0M
YoY Change	-31.97%	-30.14%	46.11%
Net Earnings / Revenue	19.05%	15.99%	28.81%
Basic Earnings Per Share	$1.10	$2.99	$1.61
Diluted Earnings Per Share	$1.08	$2.94	$1.58
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding		302.0M shares	302.5M shares
Diluted Shares Outstanding		307.0M shares

Balance Sheet

Concept	2020 Q4	2020	2019 Q4
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments	$730.0M	$730.0M	$605.0M
YoY Change	20.66%	20.66%	107.19%
Cash & Equivalents	$730.0M	$730.0M	$605.0M
Short-Term Investments
Other Short-Term Assets	$390.0M	$390.0M	$299.0M
YoY Change	30.43%	30.43%	-5.97%
Inventory
Prepaid Expenses
Receivables	$534.0M	$534.0M	$584.0M
Other Receivables	$35.00M	$35.00M	$39.00M
Total Short-Term Assets	$1.689B	$1.689B	$1.527B
YoY Change	10.61%	10.61%	26.51%
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment	$1.235B	$2.086B	$1.170B
YoY Change	5.56%	15.12%	-5.42%
Goodwill	$597.0M		$530.0M
YoY Change	12.64%		0.95%
Intangibles	$343.0M		$244.0M
YoY Change	40.57%		0.83%
Long-Term Investments	$0.00	$0.00	$137.0M
YoY Change	-100.0%	-100.0%	-35.98%
Other Assets	$1.435B	$1.137B	$1.313B
YoY Change	9.29%	15.9%	81.35%
Total Long-Term Assets	$4.163B	$4.163B	$3.704B
YoY Change	12.39%	12.39%	26.72%
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets	$1.689B	$1.689B	$1.527B
Total Long-Term Assets	$4.163B	$4.163B	$3.704B
Total Assets	$5.852B	$5.852B	$5.231B
YoY Change	11.87%	11.87%	26.66%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable	$1.092B	$215.0M	$173.0M
YoY Change	531.21%	24.28%	-14.36%
Accrued Expenses	$97.00M	$518.0M	$67.00M
YoY Change	44.78%	34.2%
Deferred Revenue
YoY Change
Short-Term Debt	$453.0M	$0.00	$431.0M
YoY Change	5.1%	-100.0%	34.27%
Long-Term Debt Due	$463.0M	$453.0M	$441.0M
YoY Change	4.99%	6.09%	33.23%
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$1.675B	$1.675B	$1.541B
YoY Change	8.7%	8.7%	18.45%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt	$10.27B	$10.27B	$10.13B
YoY Change	1.39%	1.39%	3.9%
Other Long-Term Liabilities	$1.796B	$1.796B	$1.575B
YoY Change	14.03%	14.03%	56.87%
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$1.796B	$12.07B	$1.575B
YoY Change	14.03%	3.09%	56.87%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$1.675B	$1.675B	$1.541B
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$1.796B	$12.07B	$1.575B
Total Liabilities	$13.74B	$13.74B	$13.25B
YoY Change	3.74%	3.74%	9.88%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings	-$7.480B		-$7.628B
YoY Change	-1.94%		0.47%
Common Stock	$0.00		$0.00
YoY Change
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)
YoY Change
Treasury Stock Shares
Shareholders Equity	-$7.891B	-$7.891B	-$8.016B
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity	$5.852B	$5.852B	$5.231B
YoY Change	11.87%	11.87%	26.66%

Cashflow Statement

Concept	2020 Q4	2020	2019 Q4
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	$332.0M	$904.0M	$488.0M
YoY Change	-31.97%	-30.14%	46.11%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization	$46.00M	$146.0M	$28.00M
YoY Change	64.29%	30.36%	-17.65%
Cash From Operating Activities	$452.0M	$1.305B	$432.0M
YoY Change	4.63%	-0.76%	13.68%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures	-$61.00M	$160.0M	-$87.00M
YoY Change	-29.89%	-18.37%	0.0%
Acquisitions		$408.0M
YoY Change
Other Investing Activities	-$5.000M	-$8.000M	$53.00M
YoY Change	-109.43%	-500.0%	-82.96%
Cash From Investing Activities	-$66.00M	-$335.0M	-$34.00M
YoY Change	94.12%	280.68%	-115.18%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid
YoY Change
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net		$239.0M
YoY Change		-70.67%
Debt Paid & Issued, Net		$1.517B
YoY Change		358.31%
Cash From Financing Activities	-762.0M	-$738.0M	-498.0M
YoY Change	53.01%	-21.32%	8.5%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities	452.0M	$1.305B	432.0M
Cash From Investing Activities	-66.00M	-$335.0M	-34.00M
Cash From Financing Activities	-762.0M	-$738.0M	-498.0M
Net Change In Cash	-376.0M	$256.0M	-100.0M
YoY Change	276.0%	-12.93%	-168.97%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities	$452.0M	$1.305B	$432.0M
Capital Expenditures	-$61.00M	$160.0M	-$87.00M
Free Cash Flow	$513.0M	$1.145B	$519.0M
YoY Change	-1.16%	2.32%	11.13%

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CY2020	us-gaap	Nature Of Operations NatureOfOperations	Description of Business<div style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Yum! Brands, Inc. and its Subsidiaries (collectively referred to herein as the “Company,” “YUM,” “we,” “us” or “our”) franchise or operate a system of over 50,000 restaurants in more than 150 countries and territories primarily under the concepts of KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and The Habit Burger Grill (collectively, the "Concepts"). The Company’s KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell brands are global leaders of the chicken, pizza and Mexican-style food categories. The Habit Burger Grill, a concept we acquired on March 18, 2020, is a fast-casual restaurant concept specializing in made-to-order chargrilled burgers, sandwiches and more. At December 31, 2020, 98% of our restaurants were owned and operated by franchisees. </span></div><div style="text-align:justify"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Through our widely-recognized Concepts, we develop, operate or franchise a system of both traditional and non-traditional restaurants. The terms "franchise" or "franchisee" within these Consolidated Financial Statements are meant to describe third parties that operate units under either franchise or license agreements. Our traditional restaurants feature dine-in, carryout and, in some instances, drive-thru service. Non-traditional units include express units and kiosks which have a more limited menu and operate in non-traditional locations like malls, airports, gasoline service stations, train stations, subways, convenience stores, stadiums, amusement parks and colleges, where a full-scale traditional outlet would not be practical or efficient. As of December 31, 2020, over 35,000 of our restaurants are also currently offering delivery. We also operate or franchise multibrand units, where two or more of our Concepts are operated in a single unit.</span></div><div style="text-align:justify"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">As of December 31, 2020, YUM consisted of four operating segments: </span></div><div style="text-align:justify"><span><br/></span></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">•</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:14.5pt">The KFC Division which includes our worldwide operations of the KFC concept</span></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">•</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:14.5pt">The Pizza Hut Division which includes our worldwide operations of the Pizza Hut concept</span></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">•</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:14.5pt">The Taco Bell Division which includes our worldwide operations of the Taco Bell concept</span></div>•The Habit Burger Grill Division which includes our worldwide operations of the Habit Burger Grill concept
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CY2019	us-gaap	Fiscal Period FiscalPeriod	<div style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Fiscal Year.</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> YUM's fiscal year begins on January 1 and ends December 31 of each year, with each quarter comprised of three months. The majority of our U.S. subsidiaries and certain international subsidiaries operate on a weekly periodic calendar where the first three quarters of each fiscal year consists of 12 weeks and the fourth quarter consists of 16 weeks in fiscal years with 52 weeks and 17 weeks in fiscal years with 53 weeks. Our Habit Burger Grill subsidiaries, which we acquired on March 18, 2020, operate on a weekly periodic calendar where each quarter consists of 13 weeks, except in fiscal years with 53 weeks when the fourth quarter consists of 14 weeks. Our remaining international subsidiaries operate on a monthly calendar similar to that on which YUM operates. </span></div><div style="text-align:justify"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Fiscal year 2019 included 53 weeks for our U.S. businesses and for our international subsidiaries that reported on a period calendar. The 53rd</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:6.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;position:relative;top:-3.5pt;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">week added $66 million to Total revenues, $24 million to Operating Profit and $17 million to Net Income in our 2019 Consolidated Statement of Income.</span></div><div style="text-align:justify"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Our next fiscal year scheduled to include a 53rd week is 2024.</span></div>
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CY2020	us-gaap	Prior Period Reclassification Adjustment Description PriorPeriodReclassificationAdjustmentDescription	<span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Reclassifications. </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">We have reclassified certain items in the Consolidated Financial Statements for prior periods to be comparable with the classification for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020. These reclassifications had no effect on previously reported Net Income.</span>
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CY2020	us-gaap	Prior Period Reclassification Adjustment PriorPeriodReclassificationAdjustment	0	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Advertising Expense AdvertisingExpense	68000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Advertising Expense AdvertisingExpense	73000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Advertising Expense AdvertisingExpense	96000000	USD
CY2020	yum	Number Of Consecutive Years Used As Primary Indicator Of Potential Impairment Of Restaurant Assets NumberOfConsecutiveYearsUsedAsPrimaryIndicatorOfPotentialImpairmentOfRestaurantAssets	2	Years
CY2020	us-gaap	Guarantees Indemnifications And Warranties Policies GuaranteesIndemnificationsAndWarrantiesPolicies	<span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Guarantees.</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> We recognize, at inception of a guarantee, a liability for the fair value of certain obligations undertaken. Additionally, effective January 1, 2020, we adopted ASU No. 2016-13 which required that we also recognize as a liability the expected credit losses over the life of such guarantees. As a result of the adoption of ASU No. 2016-13, we recorded a cumulative adjustment to Accumulated deficit of $8 million to establish such expected credit loss liability for our outstanding guarantees. </span>The majority of our guarantees are issued as a result of assigning our interest in obligations under operating leases as a condition to the refranchising of certain Company restaurants. We recognize a liability for such lease guarantees upon refranchising and upon subsequent renewals of such leases when we remain secondarily liable. The related expense and any subsequent changes are included in Refranchising (gain) loss. Any expense and subsequent changes in the guarantees for other franchise support guarantees not associated with a refranchising transaction are included in Franchise and property expenses.
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CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Notes And Loans Receivable Gross Current NotesAndLoansReceivableGrossCurrent	656000000	USD
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CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Accounts Notes And Loans Receivable Net Current AccountsNotesAndLoansReceivableNetCurrent	584000000	USD
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CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Notes And Loans Receivable Net Noncurrent NotesAndLoansReceivableNetNoncurrent	72000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Financing Receivable Allowance For Credit Losses FinancingReceivableAllowanceForCreditLosses	5000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Notes And Loans Receivable Net Noncurrent NotesAndLoansReceivableNetNoncurrent	68000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Financing Receivable Allowance For Credit Losses FinancingReceivableAllowanceForCreditLosses	1000000	USD
CY2020	yum	Goodwill Written Off Related To Sale Of Business Unit Years From Acquisition GoodwillWrittenOffRelatedToSaleOfBusinessUnitYearsFromAcquisition	2	Years
CY2020	yum	Fair Value Goodwill Written Off Related To Sale Of Business Unit Minimum Years Refranchised FairValueGoodwillWrittenOffRelatedToSaleOfBusinessUnitMinimumYearsRefranchised	2	Years
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CY2020Q1	us-gaap	Business Combination Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired And Liabilities Assumed Other Noncurrent Assets BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedOtherNoncurrentAssets	28000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Common Stock No Par Value CommonStockNoParValue	0
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CY2020Q1	us-gaap	Business Combination Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired And Liabilities Assumed Property Plant And Equipment BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedPropertyPlantAndEquipment	111000000	USD
CY2020Q1	us-gaap	Business Combination Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired And Liabilities Assumed Assets BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedAssets	442000000	USD
CY2020Q1	us-gaap	Business Combination Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired And Liabilities Assumed Current Liabilities BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedCurrentLiabilities	69000000	USD
CY2020Q1	us-gaap	Business Combination Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired And Liabilities Assumed Capital Lease Obligation BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedCapitalLeaseObligation	170000000	USD
CY2020Q1	us-gaap	Business Combination Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired And Liabilities Assumed Noncurrent Liabilities Other BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedNoncurrentLiabilitiesOther	1000000	USD
CY2020Q1	us-gaap	Business Combination Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired And Liabilities Assumed Liabilities BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedLiabilities	240000000	USD
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CY2020Q1	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Businesses Net Of Cash Acquired PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired	408000000	USD
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CY2020	us-gaap	Business Combination Provisional Information Initial Accounting Incomplete Adjustment Intangibles BusinessCombinationProvisionalInformationInitialAccountingIncompleteAdjustmentIntangibles	2000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Business Acquisition Purchase Price Allocation Goodwill Expected Tax Deductible Amount BusinessAcquisitionPurchasePriceAllocationGoodwillExpectedTaxDeductibleAmount	200000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	904000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	1294000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	1542000000	USD
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CY2019	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Shares Outstanding Basic WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic	306000000	shares
CY2018	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Shares Outstanding Basic WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic	322000000	shares
CY2020	us-gaap	Incremental Common Shares Attributable To Share Based Payment Arrangements IncrementalCommonSharesAttributableToShareBasedPaymentArrangements	5000000	shares
CY2019	us-gaap	Incremental Common Shares Attributable To Share Based Payment Arrangements IncrementalCommonSharesAttributableToShareBasedPaymentArrangements	7000000	shares
CY2018	us-gaap	Incremental Common Shares Attributable To Share Based Payment Arrangements IncrementalCommonSharesAttributableToShareBasedPaymentArrangements	7000000	shares
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CY2019	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Diluted Shares Outstanding WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding	313000000	shares
CY2018	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Diluted Shares Outstanding WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding	329000000	shares
CY2020	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Basic EarningsPerShareBasic	2.99
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CY2018	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Basic EarningsPerShareBasic	4.80
CY2020	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Diluted EarningsPerShareDiluted	2.94
CY2019	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Diluted EarningsPerShareDiluted	4.14
CY2018	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Diluted EarningsPerShareDiluted	4.69
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CY2019	us-gaap	Antidilutive Securities Excluded From Computation Of Earnings Per Share Amount AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount	2000000.0	shares
CY2018	us-gaap	Antidilutive Securities Excluded From Computation Of Earnings Per Share Amount AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount	2000000.0	shares
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CY2019	yum	Proceeds From Divestiture Of Businesses Including Noncash Consideration ProceedsFromDivestitureOfBusinessesIncludingNoncashConsideration	110000000	USD
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CY2020	us-gaap	Noncash Or Part Noncash Divestiture Amount Of Consideration Received1 NoncashOrPartNoncashDivestitureAmountOfConsiderationReceived1	31000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Noncash Or Part Noncash Divestiture Amount Of Consideration Received1 NoncashOrPartNoncashDivestitureAmountOfConsiderationReceived1	6000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Gain Loss On Disposition Of Assets1 GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets1	34000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Gain Loss On Disposition Of Assets1 GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets1	37000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Gain Loss On Disposition Of Assets1 GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets1	540000000	USD
CY2020Q2	yum	Charitable Contribution Authorized Spend CharitableContributionAuthorizedSpend	100000000	USD
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CY2019	us-gaap	Revenues Revenues	5597000000	USD
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CY2019	us-gaap	Deferred Revenue Revenue Recognized1 DeferredRevenueRevenueRecognized1	70000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Deferred Revenue Additions DeferredRevenueAdditions	93000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenue	441000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Deferred Revenue Revenue Recognized1 DeferredRevenueRevenueRecognized1	76000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Deferred Revenue Additions DeferredRevenueAdditions	53000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenue	415000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenue	415000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Interest Paid Net InterestPaidNet	480000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Interest Paid Net InterestPaidNet	497000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Interest Paid Net InterestPaidNet	455000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Income Taxes Paid IncomeTaxesPaid	328000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Income Taxes Paid IncomeTaxesPaid	283000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Income Taxes Paid IncomeTaxesPaid	279000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Capital Lease Obligations Incurred CapitalLeaseObligationsIncurred	4000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Capital Lease Obligations Incurred CapitalLeaseObligationsIncurred	14000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Capital Lease Obligations Incurred CapitalLeaseObligationsIncurred	4000000	USD
CY2020	yum	Capitalleaseandotherdebtobligationstransferredthroughrefranchising Capitalleaseandotherdebtobligationstransferredthroughrefranchising	-1000000	USD
CY2019	yum	Capitalleaseandotherdebtobligationstransferredthroughrefranchising Capitalleaseandotherdebtobligationstransferredthroughrefranchising	-1000000	USD
CY2018	yum	Capitalleaseandotherdebtobligationstransferredthroughrefranchising Capitalleaseandotherdebtobligationstransferredthroughrefranchising	-24000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Noncash Or Part Noncash Divestiture Amount Of Consideration Received1 NoncashOrPartNoncashDivestitureAmountOfConsiderationReceived1	31000000	USD
CY2019	yum	Foreign Currency Transaction Gain Loss And Other Income Expense Before Tax ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossAndOtherIncomeExpenseBeforeTax	-1000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Noncash Or Part Noncash Divestiture Amount Of Consideration Received1 NoncashOrPartNoncashDivestitureAmountOfConsiderationReceived1	6000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Noncash Or Part Noncash Divestiture Amount Of Consideration Received1 NoncashOrPartNoncashDivestitureAmountOfConsiderationReceived1	0	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Cash And Cash Equivalents At Carrying Value CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue	730000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Cash And Cash Equivalents At Carrying Value CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue	605000000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Cash And Cash Equivalents At Carrying Value CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue	292000000	USD
CY2020Q4	yum	Cash Cash Equivalentsand Restricted Cashaspresentedinthe Consolidated Statementof Cash Flows CashCashEquivalentsandRestrictedCashaspresentedintheConsolidatedStatementofCashFlows	1024000000	USD
CY2019Q4	yum	Cash Cash Equivalentsand Restricted Cashaspresentedinthe Consolidated Statementof Cash Flows CashCashEquivalentsandRestrictedCashaspresentedintheConsolidatedStatementofCashFlows	768000000	USD
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CY2020	us-gaap	Asset Impairment Charges AssetImpairmentCharges	172000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Asset Impairment Charges AssetImpairmentCharges	5000000	USD
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CY2018	us-gaap	Other Operating Income Expense Net OtherOperatingIncomeExpenseNet	-7000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Income Taxes Receivable IncomeTaxesReceivable	35000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Income Taxes Receivable IncomeTaxesReceivable	39000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Restricted Cash And Cash Equivalents At Carrying Value RestrictedCashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue	258000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Restricted Cash And Cash Equivalents At Carrying Value RestrictedCashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue	138000000	USD
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CY2020Q4	yum	Prepaid Expenses And Other Current Assets PrepaidExpensesAndOtherCurrentAssets	125000000	USD
CY2019Q4	yum	Prepaid Expenses And Other Current Assets PrepaidExpensesAndOtherCurrentAssets	136000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Prepaid Expense And Other Assets Current PrepaidExpenseAndOtherAssetsCurrent	425000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Prepaid Expense And Other Assets Current PrepaidExpenseAndOtherAssetsCurrent	338000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Operating Lease Right Of Use Asset OperatingLeaseRightOfUseAsset	642000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Property Plant And Equipment Gross PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross	2465000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Property Plant And Equipment Gross PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross	2306000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Accumulated Depreciation Depletion And Amortization Property Plant And Equipment AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment	1230000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Accumulated Depreciation Depletion And Amortization Property Plant And Equipment AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment	1136000000	USD
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CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Property Plant And Equipment Net PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet	1170000000	USD
CY2020	yum	Depreciation And Amortization Expense Related To Property Plant And Equipment DepreciationAndAmortizationExpenseRelatedToPropertyPlantAndEquipment	132000000	USD
CY2019	yum	Depreciation And Amortization Expense Related To Property Plant And Equipment DepreciationAndAmortizationExpenseRelatedToPropertyPlantAndEquipment	114000000	USD
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CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Operating Lease Right Of Use Asset OperatingLeaseRightOfUseAsset	851000000	USD
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CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Other Assets Miscellaneous Noncurrent OtherAssetsMiscellaneousNoncurrent	360000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Other Assets Noncurrent OtherAssetsNoncurrent	1435000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Other Assets Noncurrent OtherAssetsNoncurrent	1313000000	USD
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CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Goodwill Goodwill	525000000	USD
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CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Goodwill Goodwill	530000000	USD
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CY2020	yum	Goodwill Acquired And Impaired During Period GoodwillAcquiredAndImpairedDuringPeriod	62000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Goodwill Goodwill	597000000	USD
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CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Accumulated Amortization FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization	311000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Gross FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross	487000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Accumulated Amortization FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization	274000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Amortization Of Intangible Assets AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets	63000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Amortization Of Intangible Assets AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets	52000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Amortization Of Intangible Assets AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets	37000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Amortization Expense Next Twelve Months FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAmortizationExpenseNextTwelveMonths	70000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Amortization Expense Year Two FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAmortizationExpenseYearTwo	52000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Amortization Expense Year Three FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAmortizationExpenseYearThree	41000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Amortization Expense Year Four FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAmortizationExpenseYearFour	24000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Amortization Expense Year Five FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAmortizationExpenseYearFive	15000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Long Term Debt And Capital Lease Obligations Current LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligationsCurrent	463000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Long Term Debt And Capital Lease Obligations Current LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligationsCurrent	437000000	USD
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CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Other Short Term Borrowings OtherShortTermBorrowings	4000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Long Term Debt Current LongTermDebtCurrent	463000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Long Term Debt Current LongTermDebtCurrent	441000000	USD
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CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Finance Costs Current Net DeferredFinanceCostsCurrentNet	10000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Short Term Borrowings ShortTermBorrowings	453000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Short Term Borrowings ShortTermBorrowings	431000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Capital Lease Obligations Noncurrent CapitalLeaseObligationsNoncurrent	72000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Capital Lease Obligations Noncurrent CapitalLeaseObligationsNoncurrent	77000000	USD
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CY2019Q4	yum	Longtermdebtandcapitallessobligationsexcludingcurrentmaturitiesanddebtissuancecosts Longtermdebtandcapitallessobligationsexcludingcurrentmaturitiesanddebtissuancecosts	10648000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Finance Costs Noncurrent Net DeferredFinanceCostsNoncurrentNet	78000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Finance Costs Noncurrent Net DeferredFinanceCostsNoncurrentNet	80000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Long Term Debt And Capital Lease Obligations Current LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligationsCurrent	463000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Long Term Debt And Capital Lease Obligations Current LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligationsCurrent	437000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Long Term Debt And Capital Lease Obligations LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations	10272000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Long Term Debt And Capital Lease Obligations LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations	10131000000	USD
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CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Capital Lease Obligations CapitalLeaseObligations	72000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Debt Instrument Unamortized Discount Premium And Debt Issuance Costs Net DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscountPremiumAndDebtIssuanceCostsNet	88000000	USD
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CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Long Term Debt Maturities Repayments Of Principal In Year Three LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInYearThree	1626000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Long Term Debt Maturities Repayments Of Principal In Year Four LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInYearFour	36000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Long Term Debt Maturities Repayments Of Principal In Year Five LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInYearFive	2452000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Long Term Debt Maturities Repayments Of Principal After Year Five LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalAfterYearFive	5748000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Debt Instrument Carrying Amount DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount	10741000000	USD
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CY2019	us-gaap	Interest Expense Debt InterestExpenseDebt	519000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Interest Expense Debt InterestExpenseDebt	496000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Operating Lease Cost OperatingLeaseCost	137000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Operating Lease Cost OperatingLeaseCost	115000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Finance Lease Right Of Use Asset Amortization FinanceLeaseRightOfUseAssetAmortization	5000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Finance Lease Right Of Use Asset Amortization FinanceLeaseRightOfUseAssetAmortization	3000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Finance Lease Interest Expense FinanceLeaseInterestExpense	3000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Finance Lease Interest Expense FinanceLeaseInterestExpense	3000000	USD
CY2020	yum	Finance Lease Cost FinanceLeaseCost	8000000	USD
CY2019	yum	Finance Lease Cost FinanceLeaseCost	6000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Sublease Income SubleaseIncome	60000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Sublease Income SubleaseIncome	69000000	USD
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CY2019	us-gaap	Operating Lease Payments OperatingLeasePayments	104000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Finance Lease Interest Payment On Liability FinanceLeaseInterestPaymentOnLiability	3000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Finance Lease Interest Payment On Liability FinanceLeaseInterestPaymentOnLiability	3000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Finance Lease Principal Payments FinanceLeasePrincipalPayments	5000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Finance Lease Principal Payments FinanceLeasePrincipalPayments	4000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Right Of Use Asset Obtained In Exchange For Operating Lease Liability RightOfUseAssetObtainedInExchangeForOperatingLeaseLiability	296000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Right Of Use Asset Obtained In Exchange For Operating Lease Liability RightOfUseAssetObtainedInExchangeForOperatingLeaseLiability	79000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Right Of Use Asset Obtained In Exchange For Finance Lease Liability RightOfUseAssetObtainedInExchangeForFinanceLeaseLiability	4000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Right Of Use Asset Obtained In Exchange For Finance Lease Liability RightOfUseAssetObtainedInExchangeForFinanceLeaseLiability	14000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Operating Lease Right Of Use Asset OperatingLeaseRightOfUseAsset	851000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Operating Lease Right Of Use Asset OperatingLeaseRightOfUseAsset	642000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Finance Lease Right Of Use Asset FinanceLeaseRightOfUseAsset	40000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Finance Lease Right Of Use Asset FinanceLeaseRightOfUseAsset	42000000	USD
CY2020Q4	yum	Lease Rightof Use Asset LeaseRightofUseAsset	891000000	USD
CY2019Q4	yum	Lease Rightof Use Asset LeaseRightofUseAsset	684000000	USD
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CY2019Q4	yum	Total Lease Liability TotalLeaseLiability	784000000	USD
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CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Operating Lease Weighted Average Remaining Lease Term1 OperatingLeaseWeightedAverageRemainingLeaseTerm1	P12Y3M18D
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Finance Lease Weighted Average Remaining Lease Term1 FinanceLeaseWeightedAverageRemainingLeaseTerm1	P12Y2M12D
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Finance Lease Weighted Average Remaining Lease Term1 FinanceLeaseWeightedAverageRemainingLeaseTerm1	P12Y8M12D
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CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Operating Leases Future Minimum Payments Due Current OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueCurrent	128000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Capital Leases Future Minimum Payments Receivable Current CapitalLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsReceivableCurrent	3000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Operating Leases Future Minimum Payments Receivable Current OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsReceivableCurrent	80000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Capital Leases Future Minimum Payments Due In Two Years CapitalLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInTwoYears	10000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Operating Leases Future Minimum Payments Due In Two Years OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInTwoYears	133000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Capital Leases Future Minimum Payments Receivable In Two Years CapitalLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsReceivableInTwoYears	4000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Operating Leases Future Minimum Payments Receivable In Two Years OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsReceivableInTwoYears	82000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Capital Leases Future Minimum Payments Due In Three Years CapitalLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInThreeYears	9000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Operating Leases Future Minimum Payments Due In Three Years OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInThreeYears	123000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Capital Leases Future Minimum Payments Receivable In Three Years CapitalLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsReceivableInThreeYears	4000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Operating Leases Future Minimum Payments Receivable In Three Years OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsReceivableInThreeYears	80000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Capital Leases Future Minimum Payments Due In Four Years CapitalLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInFourYears	8000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Operating Leases Future Minimum Payments Due In Four Years OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInFourYears	115000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Capital Leases Future Minimum Payments Receivable In Four Years CapitalLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsReceivableInFourYears	4000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Operating Leases Future Minimum Payments Receivable In Four Years OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsReceivableInFourYears	76000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Capital Leases Future Minimum Payments Due In Five Years CapitalLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInFiveYears	8000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Operating Leases Future Minimum Payments Due In Five Years OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInFiveYears	103000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Capital Leases Future Minimum Payments Receivable Remainder Of Fiscal Year CapitalLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsReceivableRemainderOfFiscalYear	3000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Operating Leases Future Minimum Payments Receivable In Five Years OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsReceivableInFiveYears	71000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Capital Leases Future Minimum Payments Due Thereafter CapitalLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueThereafter	58000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Operating Leases Future Minimum Payments Due Thereafter OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueThereafter	623000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Capital Leases Future Minimum Payments Receivable Due Thereafter CapitalLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsReceivableDueThereafter	27000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Operating Leases Future Minimum Payments Receivable Thereafter OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsReceivableThereafter	599000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Capital Leases Future Minimum Payments Due CapitalLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDue	102000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Operating Leases Future Minimum Payments Due OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDue	1225000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Capital Leases Future Minimum Payments Receivable CapitalLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsReceivable	45000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Operating Leases Future Minimum Payments Receivable OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsReceivable	988000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Finance Lease Liability Undiscounted Excess Amount FinanceLeaseLiabilityUndiscountedExcessAmount	30000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Lessee Operating Lease Liability Undiscounted Excess Amount LesseeOperatingLeaseLiabilityUndiscountedExcessAmount	305000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Sales Type And Direct Financing Leases Lease Receivable Undiscounted Excess Amount SalesTypeAndDirectFinancingLeasesLeaseReceivableUndiscountedExcessAmount	18000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Finance Lease Liability FinanceLeaseLiability	72000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Capital Leases Net Investment In Direct Financing Leases Minimum Payments To Be Received CapitalLeasesNetInvestmentInDirectFinancingLeasesMinimumPaymentsToBeReceived	27000000	USD
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CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Lessee Operating Lease Term Of Contract LesseeOperatingLeaseTermOfContract	P20Y
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CY2020	us-gaap	Sharebased Compensation Arrangement By Sharebased Payment Award Fair Value Assumptions Expected Term1 SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedTerm1	P5Y9M18D
CY2020	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Fair Value Assumptions Risk Free Interest Rate ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsRiskFreeInterestRate	0.010
CY2019	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Fair Value Assumptions Risk Free Interest Rate ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsRiskFreeInterestRate	0.025
CY2020	yum	Maximum401 K Participant Contribution Of Eligible Compensation Maximum401KParticipantContributionOfEligibleCompensation	0.75	Rate
CY2020	yum	Company Match Of Participant Contribution Up To6 Of Eligible Compensation CompanyMatchOfParticipantContributionUpTo6OfEligibleCompensation	1	Rate
CY2020	yum	Maximum Company Match Of Participant Contribution Of Eligible Compensation MaximumCompanyMatchOfParticipantContributionOfEligibleCompensation	0.06	Rate
CY2020	us-gaap	Defined Contribution Plan Cost Recognized DefinedContributionPlanCostRecognized	10000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Defined Contribution Plan Cost Recognized DefinedContributionPlanCostRecognized	11000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Defined Contribution Plan Cost Recognized DefinedContributionPlanCostRecognized	12000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Sharebased Compensation Arrangement By Sharebased Payment Award Fair Value Assumptions Expected Term1 SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedTerm1	P6Y6M
CY2018	us-gaap	Sharebased Compensation Arrangement By Sharebased Payment Award Fair Value Assumptions Expected Term1 SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedTerm1	P6Y6M
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CY2018	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Fair Value Assumptions Expected Volatility Rate ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedVolatilityRate	0.220
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CY2019	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Fair Value Assumptions Expected Dividend Rate ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedDividendRate	0.018
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CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Outstanding Weighted Average Exercise Price ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingWeightedAverageExercisePrice	66.89
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CY2019	us-gaap	Allocated Share Based Compensation Expense AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense	59000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Allocated Share Based Compensation Expense AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense	50000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Employee Service Share Based Compensation Tax Benefit From Compensation Expense EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationTaxBenefitFromCompensationExpense	18000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Employee Service Share Based Compensation Tax Benefit From Compensation Expense EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationTaxBenefitFromCompensationExpense	9000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Employee Service Share Based Compensation Tax Benefit From Compensation Expense EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationTaxBenefitFromCompensationExpense	9000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Deferred Compensation Arrangement With Individual Compensation Expense DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualCompensationExpense	9000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Deferred Compensation Arrangement With Individual Compensation Expense DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualCompensationExpense	17000000	USD
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CY2020	us-gaap	Proceeds From Stock Options Exercised ProceedsFromStockOptionsExercised	10000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Proceeds From Stock Options Exercised ProceedsFromStockOptionsExercised	1000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Proceeds From Stock Options Exercised ProceedsFromStockOptionsExercised	6000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Employee Service Share Based Compensation Tax Benefit From Exercise Of Stock Options EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationTaxBenefitFromExerciseOfStockOptions	58000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Employee Service Share Based Compensation Tax Benefit From Exercise Of Stock Options EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationTaxBenefitFromExerciseOfStockOptions	66000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Employee Service Share Based Compensation Tax Benefit From Exercise Of Stock Options EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationTaxBenefitFromExerciseOfStockOptions	60000000	USD
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CY2020	us-gaap	Stock Repurchased During Period Value StockRepurchasedDuringPeriodValue	250000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Stock Repurchased During Period Value StockRepurchasedDuringPeriodValue	810000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Stock Repurchased During Period Value StockRepurchasedDuringPeriodValue	2394000000	USD
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CY2020	us-gaap	Defined Benefit Plan Amortization Of Gains Losses DefinedBenefitPlanAmortizationOfGainsLosses	14000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Defined Benefit Plan Amortization Of Prior Service Cost Credit DefinedBenefitPlanAmortizationOfPriorServiceCostCredit	4000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Defined Benefit Plan Recognized Net Gain Loss Due To Settlements1 DefinedBenefitPlanRecognizedNetGainLossDueToSettlements1	4000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Defined Benefit Plan Amortization Of Gains Losses DefinedBenefitPlanAmortizationOfGainsLosses	2000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Defined Benefit Plan Amortization Of Prior Service Cost Credit DefinedBenefitPlanAmortizationOfPriorServiceCostCredit	5000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Defined Benefit Plan Recognized Net Gain Loss Due To Settlements1 DefinedBenefitPlanRecognizedNetGainLossDueToSettlements1	3000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Extraordinary Items Noncontrolling Interest IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest	1373000000	USD
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CY2020	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Domestic IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic	684000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Domestic IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic	466000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Domestic IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic	726000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Foreign IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign	336000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Foreign IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign	907000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Foreign IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign	1113000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Extraordinary Items Noncontrolling Interest IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest	1020000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Extraordinary Items Noncontrolling Interest IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest	1839000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Current Federal Tax Expense Benefit CurrentFederalTaxExpenseBenefit	37000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Current Federal Tax Expense Benefit CurrentFederalTaxExpenseBenefit	129000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Current Federal Tax Expense Benefit CurrentFederalTaxExpenseBenefit	102000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Current Foreign Tax Expense Benefit CurrentForeignTaxExpenseBenefit	121000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Current Foreign Tax Expense Benefit CurrentForeignTaxExpenseBenefit	166000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Current Foreign Tax Expense Benefit CurrentForeignTaxExpenseBenefit	181000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Current State And Local Tax Expense Benefit CurrentStateAndLocalTaxExpenseBenefit	23000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Current State And Local Tax Expense Benefit CurrentStateAndLocalTaxExpenseBenefit	16000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Current State And Local Tax Expense Benefit CurrentStateAndLocalTaxExpenseBenefit	25000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Current Income Tax Expense Benefit CurrentIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	181000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Current Income Tax Expense Benefit CurrentIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	311000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Current Income Tax Expense Benefit CurrentIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	308000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Deferred Federal Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredFederalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	-21000000	USD
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CY2019	us-gaap	Deferred State And Local Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredStateAndLocalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	-3000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Deferred Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	-65000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Deferred Federal Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredFederalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	-16000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Deferred Federal Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredFederalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	-24000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Deferred Foreign Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredForeignIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	-29000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Deferred Foreign Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredForeignIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	-213000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Deferred Foreign Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredForeignIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	5000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Deferred State And Local Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredStateAndLocalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	-15000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Deferred Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	-232000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Deferred Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	-11000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Income Tax Expense Benefit IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	116000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Income Tax Expense Benefit IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	79000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Income Tax Expense Benefit IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	297000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation At Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate	0.210
CY2020	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation State And Local Income Taxes EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes	0.010
CY2019	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation State And Local Income Taxes EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes	0.009
CY2020	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation At Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate	0.210
CY2019	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation At Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate	0.210
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CY2019	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Foreign Income Tax Rate Differential EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential	0.009
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CY2020	yum	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Share Based Compensation EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationShareBasedCompensation	-0.034
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CY2020	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Change In Enacted Tax Rate EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationChangeInEnactedTaxRate	-0.025
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CY2020	yum	Litigation Nature LitigationNature	ContingenciesLease GuaranteesAs a result of having assigned our interest in obligations under real estate leases as a condition to the refranchising of certain Company-owned restaurants, and guaranteeing certain other leases, we are frequently secondarily liable on lease agreements. These leases have varying terms, the latest of which expires in 2065. As of December 31, 2020, the potential amount of undiscounted payments we could be required to make in the event of non-payment by the primary lessee was approximately $425 million. The present value of these potential payments discounted at our pre-tax cost of debt at December 31, 2020, was approximately $375 million. Our franchisees are the primary lessees under the vast majority of these leases. We generally have cross-default provisions with these franchisees that would put them in default of their franchise agreement in the event of non-payment under the lease. We believe these cross-default provisions significantly reduce the risk that we will be required to make payments under these leases. Accordingly, the liability recorded for our expected exposure under such leases at December 31, 2020, and December 31, 2019, was not material.Insurance ProgramsWe are self-insured for a substantial portion of our current and prior years’ coverage including property and casualty losses. To mitigate the cost of our exposures for certain property and casualty losses, we self-insure the risks of loss up to defined maximum per occurrence retentions on a line-by-line basis. The Company then purchases insurance coverage, up to a certain limit, for losses that exceed the self-insurance per occurrence retention. The insurers’ maximum aggregate loss limits are significantly above our actuarially determined probable losses; therefore, we believe the likelihood of losses exceeding the insurers’ maximum aggregate loss limits is remote.The following table summarizes the 2020 and 2019 activity related to our net self-insured property and casualty reserves as of December 31, 2020. Beginning BalanceHabit Acquisition(a)ExpensePaymentsEnding Balance2020 Activity$54 6 13 (23)$50 2019 Activity$66 — 9 (21)$54 (a) Represents self-insurance liabilities assumed as part of our acquisition of Habit Burger Grill. See Note 3.Due to the inherent volatility of actuarially determined property and casualty loss estimates, it is reasonably possible that we could experience changes in estimated losses which could be material to our growth in quarterly and annual Net Income. We believe that we have recorded reserves for property and casualty losses at a level which has substantially mitigated the potential negative impact of adverse developments and/or volatility.In the U.S. and in certain other countries, we are also self-insured for healthcare claims and long-term disability for eligible participating employees subject to certain deductibles and limitations. We have accounted for our retained liabilities for property and casualty losses, healthcare and long-term disability claims, including reported and incurred but not reported claims, based on information provided by independent actuaries.Legal Proceedings We are subject to various claims and contingencies related to lawsuits, real estate, environmental and other matters arising in the normal course of business. An accrual is recorded with respect to claims or contingencies for which a loss is determined to be probable and reasonably estimable.Yum! Restaurants India Private Limited (“YRIPL”), a YUM subsidiary that operates KFC and Pizza Hut restaurants in India, is the subject of a regulatory enforcement action in India (the “Action”). The Action alleges, among other things, that KFC International Holdings, Inc. and Pizza Hut International failed to satisfy certain conditions imposed by the Secretariat for Industrial Approval in 1993 and 1994 when those companies were granted permission for foreign investment and operation in India. The conditions at issue include an alleged minimum investment commitment and store build requirements as well as limitations on the remittance of fees outside of India.The Action originated with a complaint and show cause notice filed in 2009 against YRIPL by the Deputy Director of the Directorate of Enforcement (“DOE”) of the Indian Ministry of Finance following an income tax audit for the years 2002 and 2003. The matter was argued at various hearings in 2015, but no order was issued. Following a change in the incumbent official holding the position of Special Director of DOE (the “Special Director”), the matter resumed in 2018 and several additional hearings were conducted. On January 29, 2020, the Special Director issued an order imposing a penalty on YRIPL and certain former directors of approximately Indian Rupee 11 billion, or approximately $150 million. Of this amount, $145 million relates to the alleged failure to invest a total of $80 million in India within an initial seven-year period. We have been advised by external counsel that the order is flawed and have filed a writ petition with the Delhi High Court, which granted an interim stay of the penalty order on March 5, 2020. The stay order remains in effect, and the next hearing is scheduled for March 24, 2021. We deny liability and intend to continue vigorously defending this matter. We do not consider the risk of any significant loss arising from this order to be probable.We are currently engaged in various other legal proceedings and have certain unresolved claims pending, the ultimate liability for which, if any, cannot be determined at this time. However, based upon consultation with legal counsel, we are of the opinion that such proceedings and claims are not expected to have a material adverse effect, individually or in the aggregate, on our Consolidated Financial Statements.
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