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KFC Japan expanded the promotion nationwide in 1974 with its long running "Kentucky for Christmas" (Japanese: クリスマスはケンタッキー) or "Kentucky Christmas" (Japanese: ケンタッキークリスマス) advertising campaign. [4] Eating KFC food as a Christmas time meal has since become a widely practiced custom in Japan.
It started in the early 1970s, when KFC was still new in Japan. It began marketing chicken as the country's Christmas meat with the catchphrase “Christmas is Kentucky.”
In December 1974, KFC Japan began to promote fried chicken as a Christmas meal. [67] Eating KFC at Christmas time has become a "Traditional Christmas Eve Dinner" in Japan. [68] [69] As of 2013, Japan is the third-largest market for KFC after China and the United States with 1,200 outlets. [70] In December 2007, Mitsubishi assumed majority ...
Despite only 1.1% of the Japanese population being Christian, according to the U.S. State Department, post-World War II Japan has largely observed Christmas, in part due to the large U.S. military ...
KFC dominates the season, with 3.6 million families in Japan making advance reservations for bespoke Christmas chicken.
World map of KFC outlets, red showing current locations, pink showing Cuba whose only KFC is on a U.S. military base, and dark gray showing former locations. This is a list of countries with KFC franchises. In 2024, there are at least 29,000 KFC outlets in 147 countries and territories in the world where 10,000 of those stores are in China ...
The double, which starts at £19.99 (approximately $26), comes with six pieces of Original Recipe chicken, eight hot wings or six mini filets, four regular fries, a serving of popcorn chicken, two ...
On October 18, 2010, KFC restaurants in Canada began selling the fried version of the Double Down for a limited time. [16] It was reported that on its launch date, a KFC in Victoria, British Columbia was sold out of the Double Down by as early as 2 p.m. [17] In French Canada, it is known as "Coup Double", [18] [19] roughly translated as "Double Punch".