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Brazil Fast Food and Yum! Brands Reach Mutual Agreement to Franchise KFC Brand in Brazil.


RIO DE JANEIRO Rio de Janeiro, city, Brazil
Rio de Janeiro (rē`ō də zhänā`rō, Port. rē` thĭ zhənĕē`r
, Brazil -- Brazil Fast Food Corp. (OTC OTC

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OTC

See over-the-counter market (OTC).
 BB: BOBS), the owner and operator of the 534-outlets Bob's chain - the second largest hamburger fast-food chain in Brazil - and Yum! Restaurants International, a subsidiary of Yum! Brands Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM) or Yum! is a Fortune 500 corporation, that operates or licenses A&W (excluding Canada), KFC, Long John Silver's, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell restaurants worldwide. Based in Louisville, Kentucky, it is the world's largest quick-service (a.k.a. , Inc. (NYSE NYSE

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: YUM), which is the world's largest restaurant company in terms of system restaurants with over 34,000 restaurants, have reached a mutual agreement to franchise the KFC KFC Kentucky Fried Chicken (restaurant chain)
KFC Kenya Flower Council
KFC Kitchen Fresh Chicken (Kentucky Fried Chicken motto)
KFC Kung Fu Cult (Cinema)
KFC Kitchen Fixed Charge
 brand in Brazil.

Under terms of the mutual agreement, Brazil Fast Food - through its recently formed holding company, 22N ParticipaE*E[acute accent acute accent
n.
A mark (´) indicating:
a. that a vowel is close or tense, as é in French été.

b. that a vowel or syllable has a high or rising pitch, as in Chinese or Ancient Greek.

c.
]es Ltda. - will assume operational control of KFC's four company-owned and operated restaurants in Rio de Janeiro as a Yum! franchisee. A new subsidiary, wholly owned by 22-N ParticipaE*E[acute accent]es Ltda., has been set up for this special purpose. In addition, Brazil Fast Food, through its holding company, will be responsible for developing and expanding the KFC chain throughout Brazil by opening new restaurants -company-owned and franchised - and managing the chain's Brazilian operations.

Wagner Rodrigues, Executive Officer of Yum! Restaurants International in Brazil, commented on the agreement. "With Brazil Fast Food's extensive knowledge of the Brazilian fast food market, we believe that it is the perfect company to entrust with the continued growth, development and consolidation of the KFC brand in Brazil."

Ricardo Figueiredo Bomeny, Chief Executive Officer of Brazil Fast Food Corp., also commented, "KFC is a powerful brand with a significant presence throughout the world, and we are honored to have been chosen by Yum! Brands to help them achieve their long-term expansion goals in Brazil's fast food market. We consider this an excellent opportunity to leverage our expertise in a way that complements our core business and provides us with an additional revenue stream. For 2007, we estimate that the revenue generated as a result of this mutually beneficial Adj. 1. mutually beneficial - mutually dependent
interdependent, mutualist

dependent - relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed; "dependent children"; "dependent on moisture"
 agreement will boost our Company's restaurant sales by approximately 10 percent. With our high level of commitment to and enthusiasm for this new venture, we believe that, over the long term, we will be able to generate progressively greater revenue as a result of this agreement."

ABOUT YUM! BRANDS

Yum! Brands Inc., based in Louisville, Kentucky

“Louisville” redirects here. For other uses, see Louisville (disambiguation).
, is the world's largest restaurant company in terms of system restaurants with over 34,000 restaurants, which includes over 2,000 licensed restaurants, in more than 100 countries and territories. Four of the company's restaurant brands -- KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell Taco Bell Corp., a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, Inc., is a Mexican-style quick service restaurant chain based in Irvine, California, United States. The restaurant has locations primarily in the United States and Canada, but also operates outlets in several other markets.  and Long John Silver's -- are the global leaders of the chicken, pizza, Mexican-style food and quick-service seafood seafood

Edible aquatic animals excluding mammals, but including both freshwater and ocean creatures. Seafood includes bony and cartilaginous fishes, crustaceans, mollusks, edible jellyfish, sea turtles, frogs, sea urchins, and sea cucumbers.
 categories, respectively. Yum! Brands is the worldwide leader in multibranding, which offers consumers more choice and convenience at one restaurant location from a combination of KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, A&W or Long John Silver's brands. The company and its franchisees today operate over 3,400 multibrand restaurants. Outside of the U.S. in 2005, the Yum! Brands' system opened about three new restaurants each day of the year, making it one of the fastest growing retailers in the world.

Pizza Hut, one of Yum! Brands' flagship restaurant brands, has operated in Brazil for more than 15 years.

ABOUT KFC

KFC Corp., a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, Inc., is the world's most popular chicken restaurant chain. There are more than 13,000 KFC outlets in more than 80 countries and territories around the world, serving some eight million customers each day. The first KFC restaurants were opened in Brazil in 2003.

ABOUT BRAZIL FAST FOOD CORP.

Brazil Fast Food Corp. owns and operates, both directly and through franchisees, the second largest chain of hamburger fast-food restaurants in Brazil, through its wholly owned subsidiaries Wholly Owned Subsidiary

A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock.

Notes:
In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners.
, 22N ParticipaE*E[acute accent]es Ltda. and Venbo Comercio de Alimentos Ltda. Brazil Fast Food Corp. conducts business in Brazil under the trade name "Bob's." As of Mar. 28, 2007, the Company had 534 points of sale, which includes traditional restaurants, kiosks and re-locatable trailers.

This press release contains forward-looking statements forward-looking statement

A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections.
 within the meanings of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such statements involve known or unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see the disclosures in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the risk factors contained in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K

A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information.


Form 10-K

See 10-K.
 for the year ended December 31, 2005, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 2006.
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