Pizza Hut Manager's Irma Memo Leaves a Bad Aftertaste for Yum! Brands
In this segment from Market Foolery, host Chris Hill, Motley Fool Pro and Options' Jeff Fischer, and Motley Fool Options and Pro Canada's Jim Gillies slice up the ill will a single Jacksonville, Florida, Pizza Hut manager has generated for the brand after a memo to employees went viral. On the one hand, this image problem speaks to a bigger corporate choice made by Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM) that contrasts markedly to what, for example, Starbucks has chosen. And on the other, it also speaks to the fine line employers have to walk when trying to boost their brands -- which this manager may well have been aiming for.
A full transcript follows the video.
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