NAMWOLF Lauds Yum! Brands for Being Named One of FORTUNEs Top 50 Best Companies for Minorities"

The National Association of Minority & Women Owned Law Firms (NAMWOLF) applauds Yum! Brands for being ranked among FORTUNES Top 50 Best Companies for Minorities."

LOUISVILLE (PRWEB) July 9, 2004 -- The National Association of Minority & Women Owned Law Firms (NAMWOLF) applauds Yum! Brands for being ranked among FORTUNES Top 50 Best Companies for Minorities."

The acknowledgment is based upon several factors such as minority representation throughout the organization including Board of Directors and top 50 paid executives, purchasing from minority firms, diversity training, recruitment and retention and charitable contributions to minority organizations.

NAMWOLF is excited to learn of Yum! Brands being praised by FORTUNE magazine for their commitment to diversity," stated Yolanda Coly, Associate Director of NAMWOLF. She added, We are proud to have one of our sponsors receive this prestigious honor."

Yum! Brands, Inc., (www.Yum.com) based in Louisville, Kentucky, is the world's largest restaurant company in terms of system units, with nearly 33,000 restaurants in more than 100 countries and territories. Four of the company's restaurant brands include KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and Long John Silvers, which generated nearly $2 billion in annual system sales in 2002. The Company and its franchisees have over 1,800 multi-branded restaurants in the U.S., representing nearly 10% of its total traditional domestic units.

The National Association of Minority & Women Owned Law Firms (www.namwolf.org) was founded in June, 2001. It is a national trade association comprising a select group of minority and women-owned law firms who exhibit excellence in the legal profession. The primary aim of the organization is to advocate for the increased utilization of minority and women-owned law firms by major corporations and public entities throughout the United States.