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Yum! Restaurants (India), which owns QSR brands such as Pizza Hut and KFC in the Indian market, was back in the black in FY24, reporting a profit of Rs 162.04 crore while its revenue from operations was up 6.6 per cent to Rs 689.93 crore, the company said in an RoC filing. The total income of Yum! Restaurants (India) was up 13.4 per cent to Rs 832.05 crore for the financial year ended on March 31, 2024, helped by other income -- mainly gains from the sale of its investments in Devyani International Ltd. Yum! Restaurants (India) posted other income of Rs 142.11 crore for FY24 as against Rs 86.46 crore a year earlier, according to financial data accessed through business intelligence platform Tofler. It had reported a loss of Rs 108.17 crore a year earlier in FY23 and its revenue from operations was at Rs 647.34 crore. Yum! Restaurants (India) Pvt Ltd is the holding company of Pizza Hut India Marketing and KFC India Marketing. Its "advertising promotional expenses" were at Rs 220.69

Its area countries include Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Maldives

Analysts say Yum!'s - which operates Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut food chains - performance has improved, driven by aggressive store expansion vis-a-vis other players

Both KFC and Pizza Hut's system sales contribution of each of the brands stood at 1 per cent in the quarter

For the March 2016 quarter, the restaurant chain reported a 6% decline in same-store sales growth for Pizza Hut in India and 1% fall for KFC