Caribbean Shipping recognized for Superior rating of distribution quality with YUM Brands

Caribbean Shipping has been awarded a superior rating from YUM Brands, in relation to their distribution quality. They are one of only three companies in the United States approved as a distributor for the export market.

February 15, 2006 – Caribbean Shipping and Cold Storage received a superior rating from YUM brands for their excellent distribution quality. YUM! Brands is a holding company comprised of Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Long John Silver’s and A&W Restaurants. 

Caribbean Shipping and Cold Storage have been approved to distribute for YUM since November 2004. The road to becoming a YUM! Brands approved distributor was not an easy one.  There are stringent guidelines and policies that a company must have in place to even be considered. Then, the facility must remain in compliance, which is verified through a series of annual audits.

Yum! Brands, Inc., based in Louisville, Ky., is the world's largest restaurant company in terms of system restaurants with over 34,000 restaurants in over 100 countries. Four of their restaurant brands - KFC, Long John Silver's, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell - are the global leaders of the chicken, quick-service seafood, pizza and Mexican-style food categories. A&W Restaurants is the longest running quick-service franchise chain in America. In 2005, Yum! Brands generated more than $9 billion in total revenues, including company sales and franchise fees.

“Developing a partnership with YUM! Brands is the perfect strategic match for our future diversification.  YUM! Brands operates a centralized purchasing system, which puts all buyers on a level playing field,” explained Paul Robbins, CEO.  “This will allow Caribbean Cold Storage and Caribbean Shipping Services to showcase our strengths: Logistics and Export.  I feel that our business is a wonderful complement to the YUM! Brands’ operations.”

Today Caribbean operates from their main offices in Jacksonville, FL and satellite offices in San Juan, PR, Charlotte, NC and Howell, NJ.  Caribbean Shipping Services and Caribbean Cold Storage offer ocean, air, inland transportation, warehousing and consolidation services. The company has twice been named to INC Magazine’s list of 100 Fastest Growing Inner City Companies.  Since 1999 they have also been included in the First Coast 50, a listing of the top fifty privately owned companies in Northeast Florida.