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Colonel [a] Harland David Sanders (September 9, 1890 – December 16, 1980) was an American businessman and founder of fast food chicken restaurant chain Kentucky Fried Chicken (also known as KFC). He later acted as the company's brand ambassador and symbol.
Who Was Colonel Harland Sanders? At the age of 40, Harland Sanders was running a popular Kentucky service station that also served food—so popular, in fact, that the governor of Kentucky...
Before it became the world's second-largest fast-food chain, Kentucky Fried Chicken was the brainchild of a man named Harland "Colonel" Sanders, who cooked up simple country dishes at a...
Harland Sanders found himself in possession of a little gas station in Corbin, Kentucky, just off the highway. He began selling leftover meals to hungry travelers, simple meals, like he’d have made for his young siblings in Indiana: country ham, string beans, okra, fluffy biscuits — and fried chicken.
Colonel Sanders was an American businessman, best known as the founder of the ‘Kentucky Fried Chicken’ (KFC) restaurant chain, which emerged as a fast-food sensation in the 1960s.
Harland Sanders, also called Colonel Sanders, American business executive, a dapper self-styled Southern gentleman whose white hair, white goatee, white double-breasted suits, and black string ties became a trademark in countries worldwide for Kentucky Fried Chicken.
The Colonel — aka Harland Sanders — was born Sept. 9, 1890, on a farm near Henryville, Indiana, and learned to cook at an early age. After serving in the U.S. Army and trying his hand at more than couple careers — firefighter, streetcar operator and insurance salesperson, to name a few.
Harland Sanders became “Colonel Sanders,” and his Southern gentleman guise, replete with goatee, black string tie and white double-breasted suit, solidified into an iconic brand.
KFC (also commonly referred to by its historical name Kentucky Fried Chicken) was founded by Colonel Harland Sanders, an entrepreneur who began selling fried chicken from his roadside restaurant in Corbin, Kentucky, during the Great Depression.
KFC was founded by Colonel Harland Sanders (1890–1980), an entrepreneur who began selling fried chicken from his roadside restaurant in Corbin, Kentucky, during the Great Depression. Sanders identified the potential of the restaurant-franchising concept, and the first "Kentucky Fried Chicken" franchise opened in Salt Lake City, Utah