ATLANTA, Feb. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Compris Technologies, a wholly-owned subsidiary of NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR), today announced it will become Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc.'s (NYSE: YUM) preferred global provider of point of sale, menu management, and home delivery software for corporate and franchise locations.
The initial order for 2,300 corporate-owned locations marks the beginning of a multi-year relationship. With the prospect of adding Tricon's vast franchise network, the potential scope of work currently includes over 29,000 locations worldwide.
"We are standardizing best operating practices around the globe to take advantage of Tricon's enormous scale," said Tricon Chief Operating Officer Aylwin Lewis. "We have selected a partner with the experience and worldwide presence to help us achieve this goal," added Lewis.
Tricon cited global capabilities, multiple hardware platforms support and software flexibility as the ultimate selection factors. The agreement includes Tricon's participation in Compris' Users Group.
"This type of large-scale, global deployment speaks to all of Compris' strengths," said Compris President and CEO Martin Bradley. "We are very excited to have Tricon Global Restaurants join our prestigious customer base, which includes the top QSR's around the world."
About Tricon
Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: YUM), based in Louisville, KY is the world's largest restaurant owner with almost 30,000 company-owned, franchised and licensed restaurants in over 100 countries and territories. The company's brands -- KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell -- are the global leaders of the chicken, pizza and Mexican-style restaurant categories, respectively. Total worldwide system retail sales for the brands were nearly $22 billion in 1999. For more information, visit www.triconglobal.com .
About Compris
Compris Technologies, an Atlanta based company founded in 1989, is a market leader in innovative color touchscreen technology for the foodservice industry. Compris combines expertise in software technology with years of restaurant operational experience to offer customers the highest quality solutions and services for today, and into the future. With its proven store- to-corporate solutions, Compris services many well-known restaurant operators whose names are recognized worldwide, including McDonald's Corporation, Burger King Corporation, and Compass Group. More information on Compris and its products can be found at www.compristech.com .
About NCR Corporation
NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) is a leader in providing Relationship Technology(TM) solutions to customers worldwide in the retail, financial, communications, manufacturing, travel and transportation, and insurance markets. NCR's Relationship Technology solutions include privacy-enabled Teradata(R) warehouses and customer relationship management (CRM) applications, store automation and automated teller machines (ATMs). The company's business solutions are built on the foundation of its long- established industry knowledge and consulting expertise, value-adding software, global customer support services, a complete line of consumable and media products, and leading edge hardware technology. NCR employs 32,900 in more than 100 countries, and is a component stock of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index. More information about NCR and its solutions may be found at www.ncr.com .
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