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History of KFC. 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. Sanders identified the potential of restaurant franchising, and the first "Kentucky ...
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 ...
Operations of KFC by country. 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 2023. 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]
Yum! Brands, Inc. (sometimes called simply Yum!), formerly Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc., is an American multinational fast food corporation listed on the Fortune 1000. Yum! operates the brands KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and The Habit Burger Grill, except in China, where the brands are operated by a separate company, Yum China.
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 ...
KFC is a leader in the fast food world for their fried chicken. So here's a look at the man behind the bucket -- Colonel Sanders. The real Colonel -- Harland David Sanders -- was born on a farm on ...
Jollibee Foods Corporation (abbreviated as JFC and Jollibee Group; [5] also known as Jollibee after its primary fast food brand) is a Philippine multinational company headquartered in Pasig, Metro Manila, Philippines. JFC is the owner of the fast food brand Jollibee. With the success of its flagship brand, JFC acquired some of its competitors ...
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".