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KFC benefited from the economic boom in Japan during the 1980s, and grew to 1,000 outlets with annual sales of $1.2 billion by 1993. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] However, the rapid expansion of outlets saw franchisees competing for market shares with each other, and around 100 outlets closed down in the mid-1990s.
The KFC tradition dates back to 1970, when the first KFC opened in Japan, a KFC Japan spokesperson told BBC in 2016. The manager of that first restaurant, Takeshi Okawara, supposedly heard a few ...
In Japan, it is a tradition to buy KFC for Christmas. The company even has special packaging and marketing with its "Kentucky for Christmas" campaign. KFC came to Japan in the 1970s and began its ...
It started in the early 1970s, when KFC was still new in Japan. ... And then there are new aspects, unique only to Japan. “In popular culture, there's this trope where it's more of a date night ...
In December 1974, KFC Japan began to promote fried chicken as a Christmas meal. [69] Eating KFC at Christmas time has become a "Traditional Christmas Eve Dinner" in Japan. [70] [71] As of 2013, Japan is the third-largest market for KFC after China and the United States with 1,200 outlets. [72]
Japanese-style Christmas cakes in a display case at Nijiya Market. Japanese Christmas cake, a white sponge cake covered with cream and decorated with strawberries, is often consumed, and Stollen cake, made locally, is widely available. A successful advertising campaign in the 1970s made eating at KFC around Christmas a national custom. Its ...
In Japan, it's tradition for people to enjoy a Kentucky fried Christmas. What started as a marketing campaign by KFC in the 1970s has evolved into a widely adopted tradition of eating a bucket of ...
KFC fried chicken – turkey as a dish is virtually unknown in Japan [52] and the popularity of KFC's fried chicken at Christmas is such that orders are placed as much as two months in advance. [53] Nabemono; Poached egg salad; Shōyu ramen; Tamagoyaki - Japanese Omelette; Yakiniku