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As of 2021, there are 960 KFC outlets in South Africa, and the fast food chain has more outlets in the country than any other fast food brand. [2] [3] [4] Ten percent of outlets are company owned, and 90 percent are franchise owned. [5] Outlets sell the regional pap dish as well as other dishes unique to their menu in South Africa. [6] [7]
A KFC outlet in Quito, Ecuador; the largest market for the chain in the Caribbean and South America. Map of countries with KFC franchises as of December 2024] KFC is a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, one of the largest restaurant companies in the world. KFC had sales of $23 billion in 2013. [1]
Chicken Licken was founded in South Africa by George Sombonos, the son of a Greek immigrant restaurant owner. [6] [9] [10] Sombonos learned the restaurant trade in the 1970s at the Dairy Den, his father's restaurant in Ridgeway, a suburb in the southern Inner City region of Johannesburg. [11] [12] KFC entered the South African market in 1971. [13]
KFC is the first international fast food chain in Albania. Austria: 1970–1975, [157] 2005 [89] 14 Vienna: Queensway Restaurants Ltd [89] AmRest [158] KFC first entered the country in 1970 but withdrew in 1975. [159] Returned in 2005. 11 outlets as of 2022, [160] with plans to expand to up to 50 the coming years. [158] Belarus: 2015 82 [161]?
By March 2002, the Tricon-Yorkshire multibranding test consisted of 83 KFC/A&Ws, six KFC/Long John Silver's and three Taco Bell/Long John Silver's and was considered successful by the companies. [16] In 2001, KFC started test restaurants in Austin, Texas, called "Wing Works", a chicken wing line sold with one of a few flavored sauces.
KFC is the most popular fast-food chain in South Africa according to a 2010 Sunday Times survey. [34] Chicken Licken, Wimpy and Ocean Basket along with Nando's, Steers and Hungry Lion are examples of homegrown franchises that are highly popular within the country. McDonald's, Subway and Pizza Hut have a significant presence within South Africa.
KFC Corporation, [4] doing business as KFC (also commonly referred to by its historical name Kentucky Fried Chicken), is an American fast food restaurant chain that specializes in fried chicken. Headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky , it is the world's second-largest restaurant chain (as measured by sales) after McDonald's , with over 30,000 ...
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".