As one of the largest restaurant companies in the world, Yum! Brands Inc. is used to dealing in big numbers — like its more than $10 billion in revenue from 37,000-plus units in 110 countries in 2009.
But another big statistic rattled the Louisville, Ky.-based company, spurring it to take action in the battle against hunger: 1 billion people worldwide reportedly go hungry every day.
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