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Japan is the third-largest market for KFC after China and the United States with 1,165 outlets as of December 2014. [1] In Japan, 70 percent of sales are takeout, with customers tending to buy fried chicken for parties and other special occasions and eating it as a side dish.
In December 1974, KFC Japan began to promote fried chicken as a Christmas meal. [70] Eating KFC at Christmas time has become a "Traditional Christmas Eve Dinner" in Japan. [71] [72] As of 2013, Japan is the third-largest market for KFC after China and the United States with 1,200 outlets. [73]
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.”
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 alone. [ 1 ] The first KFC franchise opened in the United States in 1952. [ 2 ]
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 ...
The Japanese tradition of eating fried chicken on Christmas may be built on a lie. The man who helped make eating KFC at Christmas a Japanese tradition says the practice is built on a lie that he ...
Brands (spun off from PepsiCo in 1997) owns KFC, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut restaurants outside of China. Yum China owns KFC , Taco Bell , Pizza Hut , East Dawning and Little Sheep restaurants in China.
KFC Japan has created a bath bomb that smells just like fried chicken. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Sign in. Mail ...