About - KFC.com YouTube WHAT MADE US GREAT IS STILL WHAT MAKES US GREAT KFC Corporation, based in Louisville, Kentucky, is one of the few brands in America that can boast a rich, decades-long history of success and innovation. It all started with one cook who created a soon-to-be world-famous recipe more than 70 years ago, a list of secret herbs and spices scratched out on the back of the door to his kitchen. That cook was Colonel Harland Sanders , of course, and now KFC is the world’s most popular chicken restaurant chain, specializing in that same Original Recipe® along with Extra Crispy™ chicken , home-style sides and buttermilk biscuits . There are more than 20,000 KFC outlets in 125 countries and territories around the world. And you know what? There’s still a cook in a kitchen in every last one of them, freshly preparing delicious, complete family meals at affordable prices. KFC Story - Profile, CEO, Founder, History, Founded | Famous Companies | Success Story kfc.com KFC stands for ‘Kentucky Fried Chicken’ and was started by a budding entrepreneur by the name Harland Sanders . It is currently a subsidiary of Yum!

Brands. While the first franchise was started way back in 1952 in Utah. Today KFC boasts of nearly 18,000 outlets in 120 countries. In 2011 it had a revenue in excess of $10 billion. Subway Story Founder The success of KFC is the story of one man’s dream of cooking that has catapulted into making his company one of the biggest franchises in the whole world. This story starts with Harland Sanders who was born in the small town of Henryville, Indiana in the year 1890. He left his home at the age of 12 to find some job to support his poverty stricken family after his father passed away and he was in charge of the family. The only skill he possessed was the cooking his mother had taught him from the age of seven. He tried his hand at many odd jobs but couldn’t stay at any place for long. Finally in the 1930 he settled into a permanent job at the Shell filling Station just outside a small city called North Corbin. In the meantime he use to cook dishes his mother had taught him and serve them in his storehouse which he had converted into a small eatery.

Soon his steak and country ham recipes were a big hit with the travellers who would regularly stop by to eat at his place. KFC History and Background Next Sanders bought a larger place nearby to accommodate the ever increasing customers. He increased the number of dishes and included the legendary fried chicken recipe for the first time in 1936. By the year 1937 he again expanded the hotel which now accommodated up to 150 people at the same time. He was happy that he had become successful at his new business but was always looking for improving his production process and expand his customer base. Soon he experimented on his fried chicken recipe and was able to perfect it with the Original Recipe of 11 herbs in 1940. Soon he sold his restaurant and went on to sell his secret Fried Chicken recipe across America.He went to many restaurateurs before his recipe was accepted. His recipe was first franchised to Pete Harman in South Salt Lake, Utah in 1952. To market the recipe the restaurant came up with the name ‘Kentucky Fried Chicken’. And thus, the legendary brand of KFC was founded.

Early years ( 1952 onwards) From the first year itself results began to show and sales were exceeding expectations. Soon more restaurants were waiting to sell this new recipe of Fried Chicken in their restaurants. By 1960 nearly 200 restaurants were selling the recipe and by 1963 it had reached 600. In 1964, Sanders sold the recipe and the contract to a group of investors for $2 million. Soon they implemented stand alone stores which specialised in the take home model. By the year 1967, KFC had gone on to become the sixth largest restaurant chain by sales volume in the U.S. KFC started off by starting stores in Canada and soon spread itself into more than 40 countries with 3000 outlets by the year 1970. KFC changed many hands before it came under the ownership of ‘Yum! Brands’ in 1997. Soon it added many more recipes into their menu like desserts, sandwiches and drinks that would complement its bestselling Fried Chicken recipe.

In 1991, their sales had doubled and reached an estimated $6.2 billion with a total of 8,500 outlets around the world. Today KFC is the second largest restaurant chain in the World. It has faced many ups and downs but has remained a crowd favourite ever since its launch. The success of KFC is the result of endless trials and experiments that have worked in their favour. CEO After completing his graduation at the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur, in India, Muktesh Pant worked in the marketing department of Hindustan Lever. Subsequently, Pant worked for PepsiCo and then Reebok , where he helped found Reebok India – Pant was employee number 1 for them. He joined Yum! brands as their COO after his time at Reebok. And as of 2016, he is the CEO of KFC. Interesting things to know about KFC Business history and overview of kentucky fried chicken Business history and overview of kentucky fried chicken Published: Last Edited: 23rd March, 2015 This essay has been submitted by a student. This is not an example of the work written by our professional essay writers.

KFC Corporation (KFC), founded and also known as Kentucky Fried Chicken, is a chain of fast food restaurants based in Louisville, Kentucky, in the United States. KFC has been a brand and operating segment, termed a concept[2] of Yum! Brands since 1997 when that company was spun off from PepsiCo as Tricon Global Restaurants Inc. KFC primarily sells chicken pieces, wraps, salads and sandwiches. While its primary focus is fried chicken, KFC also offers a line of grilled and roasted chicken products, side dishes and desserts. Outside North America, KFC offers beef based products such as hamburgers or kebabs, pork based products such as ribs and other regional fare. The company was founded as Kentucky Fried Chicken by Colonel Harland Sanders in 1952, though the idea of KFC's fried chicken actually goes back to 1930. Although Sanders died in 1980, he remains an important part of the company's branding and advertisements, and "Colonel Sanders" or "The Colonel" is a metonym for the company itself.

The company adopted KFC, an abbreviated form of its name, in 1991.[3] Starting in April 2007, the company began using its original name, Kentucky Fried Chicken, for its signage, packaging and advertisements in the U.S. as part of a new corporate re-branding program;[4][5] newer and remodeled restaurants will have the new logo and name while older stores will continue to use the 1980s signage. Additionally, Yum! continues to use the abbreviated name freely in its advertising.In 1939, Colonel Harland Sanders first gave the world a taste of his most famous creation, Original Recipe? Kentucky Fried Chicken, featuring that secret blend of 11 herbs. In 1952, he signed up his first franchisee and thus began the legend that is KFC, the largest chicken fast-food empire in the world. Millions of people have come to love his one of a kind chicken, home-style side dishes and hot and fresh biscuits. Today, more than a billion of the Colonel's "finger lickin' good" chicken dinners are served annually. And not just in North America.

The Colonel's cooking is available in more than 80 countries and territories around the world. And with Yum! Brands, you can bring one to YOUR city.KFC is just one brand owned by Yum! Brands, Inc. Yum! Brands also owns A&W All-American Food Restaurants, Long John Silvers, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell restaurants, and is the world's largest restaurant company in terms of system units with nearly 32,500 in more than 100 countries and territories. History Harland Sanders is born just outside Henryville, Indiana. 1900-1924 Harland Sanders holds a variety of jobs including: farm hand, streetcar conductor, army private in Cuba, blacksmith's helper, railyard fireman, insurance salesman, tire salesman and service station operator for Standard Oil. 1930 In the midst of the depression, Harland Sanders opens his first restaurant in the small front room of a gas station in Corbin, Kentucky.

Sanders serves as station operator, chief cook and cashier and names the dining area "Sanders Court & Caf?" 1936 Kentucky Governor Ruby Laffoon makes Harland Sanders an honorary Kentucky Colonel in recognition of his contributions to the state's cuisine. 1937 The Sanders Court & Caf?adds a motel and expands the restaurant to 142 seats. 1939 The Sanders Court & Caf?is first listed in Duncan Hines' "Adventures in Good Eating." Fire destroys The Sanders Court & Caf? but it is rebuilt and reopened. The pressure cooker is introduced. Soon thereafter Colonel Sanders begins using it to fry his chicken to give customers fresh chicken, faster. 1940 Birthdate of the Original Recipe 1949 Sanders marries Claudia Price. 1952 The Colonel begins actively franchising his chicken business by traveling from town to town and cooking batches of chicken for restaurant owners and employees. The Colonel awards Pete Harman of Salt Lake City with the first KFC franchise. A handshake agreement stipulates a payment of a nickel to Sanders for each chicken sold. 1955 An interstate highway is built to bypass Corbin, Kentucky.

Sanders sells the service station on the same day that he receives his first social security check for $105. After paying debts owed, he is virtually broke. He decides to go on the road to sell his Secret Recipe to restaurants. 1957 Kentucky Fried Chicken first sold in buckets 1960 The Colonel's hard work on the road begins to pay off and there are 190 KFC franchisees and 400 franchise units in the U.S. and Canada. 1964 Kentucky Fried Chicken has more than 600 franchised outlets in the United States, Canada and the first overseas outlet, in England. Sanders sells his interest in the U.S. company for $2 million to a group of investors headed by John Y. Brown Jr., future governor of Kentucky. The Colonel remains a public spokesman for the company. 1965 Colonel Sanders receives the Horatio Alger Award from the American Schools and Colleges Association. 1966 The Kentucky Fried Chicken Corporation goes public. 1969 The Kentucky Fried Chicken Corporation is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. 1971 More than 3,500 franchised and company-owned restaurants are in worldwide operation when Heublein Inc.

acquires KFC Corporation. 1976 An independent survey ranks the Colonel as the world's second most recognizable celebrity. 1977 Colonel Sanders speaks before a U.S. Congressional Committee on Aging. 1979 KFC cooks up 2.7 billion pieces of chicken. There are approximately 6,000 KFC restaurants worldwide with sales of more than $2 billion. 12/16/1980 Colonel Harland Sanders, who came to symbolize quality in the food industry, dies after being stricken with leukemia. Flags on all Kentucky state buildings fly at half-staff for four days. 1982 Kentucky Fried Chicken becomes a subsidiary of R.J. Reynolds Industries, Inc. (now RJR Nabisco, Inc.) when Heublein, Inc. is acquired by Reynolds. 1986 PepsiCo, Inc. acquires KFC from RJR Nabisco, Inc. 1997 PepsiCo, Inc. announces the spin-off of its quick service restaurants - KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut - into Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc. 2002 Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc., the world's largest restaurant company, changes its corporate name to YUM!

Brands, Inc. In addition to KFC, the company owns A&W?All-American Food?Restaurants, Long John Silvers? Pizza Hut?and Taco Bell?restaurants. 2006 More than a billion of the Colonel's "finger lickin' good" chicken dinners are served annually in more than 80 countries and territories around the world. 2007 KFC proudly introduces a new recipe that keeps the Colonel's 11 herbs and spices and finger-lickin' flavor, but contains Zero Grams of Trans Fat per serving thanks to new cooking oil. 2008 The Colonel has a new look! KFC updates one of the most recognized, respected and beloved brand icons with a new logo. The new logo depicts Colonel Sanders with his signature string tie, but for the first time, replaces his classic white, double-breasted suit with a red apron. The apron symbolizes the home-style culinary heritage of the brand and reminds customers that KFC is always in the kitchen cooking delicious, high-quality, freshly prepared chicken by hand, just the way Colonel Sanders did 50 years ago.

2009 KFC introduces Kentucky Grilled Chicken?- a better-for-you option for health conscious consumers who love the flavor of KFC. Kentucky Grilled Chicken has less calories, fat and sodium than KFCæŠ¯ Original Recipe?chicken, without sacrificing the great taste of KFC. Products Chicken KFC's specialty is fried chicken served in various forms. KFC's primary product is pressure-fried pieces of chicken made with the original recipe. The other chicken offering, extra crispy, is made using a garlic marinade and double dipping the chicken in flour before deep frying in a standard industrial kitchen type machine. Kentucky Grilled Chicken - This marinated grilled chicken is targeted towards health-conscious customers. It features marinated breasts, thighs, drumsticks, and wings that are coated with seasonings before being grilled. It has less fat, calories, and sodium than the Original Recipe fried chicken.[27] Introduced in April 2009. KFC has two lines of sandwiches: its "regular" chicken sandwiches and its Snackers line. The regular sandwiches are served on either a sesame seed or corn dusted roll and are made from either whole breast fillets (fried or roasted), chopped chicken in a sauce or fried chicken strips.

The Snackers line are value priced items that consist of chicken strips and various toppings. In the UK, Australia and New Zealand, sandwiches are referred to as "burgers"; there is the chicken fillet burger (a chicken breast fillet coated in an original-recipe coating with salad garnish and mayonnaise) and a Zinger Burger (as with the former but with a spicier coating and salsa). Both of these are available as "tower" variants, which include a slice of cheese and a hash brown. KFC considers its Double Down product a sandwich in spite of containing no bread. A variety of smaller finger food products are available at KFC including chicken strips, wings, nuggets and popcorn chicken. These products can be ordered plain or with various sauces, including several types of barbecue sauces and buffalo sauce. They also offer potato wedges. Several pies have been made available from KFC. The Pot Pie is a savory pie made with chicken, gravy and vegetables. In the second quarter of 2006, KFC introduced its variation on Shepherd's pie called the Famous Bowl.

Served in a plastic bowl, it is layered with mashed potatoes or rice, gravy, corn, popcorn chicken, and cheese, and is served with a biscuit. The bowl had been available at KFC's special test market store in Louisville since the third quarter of 2005. The KFC Twister is a wrap that consists of either chicken strips or roasted chicken, tomato, lettuce and (pepper) mayonnaise wrapped in a tortilla. In Europe, the Twister is sold in two varieties: 1) the Grilled Twister (chicken strips),[28][29][30] and 2) the Grilled Mexican twister/Spicy Toasted Twister (UK) (chicken breast supplemented by tortilla chips and salsa, UK: adds only salsa to pepper mayonnaise),[31][32][33] KFC Fillers are a 9Â in (23 cm) sub, available in four varieties over the summer period in Australia. Shish kebab - in several markets KFC sells kebabs.

Kentucky Barbecued Chicken - barbecued chicken dipped in the original recipe Wrapstar is a variant of the KFC Twister, consisting of chicken strips with salsa, cheese, salad, pepper mayonnaise and other ingredients, contained in a compressed tortilla.[34][35] Other products Coleslaw In some international locations, KFC may sell hamburgers, pork ribs or fish. In the U.S., KFC began offering the Fish Snacker sandwich during Lent in 2006. The Fish Snacker consists of a rectangular patty of Alaskan Pollock on a small bun, and is the fifth KFC menu item in the Snacker category.[36] Some international locations also may sell KFC 'Mashies' - balls of mashed potato cooked in original recipe batter [37] Three types of salads (which can be topped with roasted or fried chicken) are available at KFC: Caesar, house, and BLT salads (in the US). The Boneless Banquet Zinger Burger - A regular sized burger which regularly consists of a boneless fillet of hot and spicy chicken, lettuce and mayonnaise in a burger bun. Cheese, tomato, bacon and pineapple can be added upon request.

Barbecue sauce can also replace/join the mayonnaise. Chili Cheese Fries[38] - By 2007, 2 former KFC/A&W Restaurants locations in Berlin and Cologne, Germany had reverted to KFC-only locations and the third location in Garbsen (by Hannover) was closed in 2005. The only remnant from the former A&W menu are the Chili Cheese Fries which were added to the systemwide KFC Germany menu. Parfait desserts - "Little Bucket Parfaits" in varieties such as Fudge Brownie, Chocolate Crème (once called the Colonel's Little Fudge Bucket), Lemon Crème and Strawberry Shortcake are available at most locations in the US.[39] Sara Lee Desserts - Available in either Cookies and Cream Cheesecake or Choc Caramel Mousse. Krushers, available in Australia, South Africa, India and New Zealand. These are drinks containing "real bits". They include "classic krushers", "smoothie krushers" and "fruit krushers". Selected outlets are now equipped with "Krushbars" to serve these drinks.

KFC Nigeria Takes Fast Food Business to New Height Joseph Ekeng Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), the latest entrant into Nigeria's fast growing fast foods industry, says it has come to raise the bar in the food and restaurant market in Nigeria, by offering the same international quality and standard it is globally known for. KFC is one of the biggest restaurants in the world, serving over 12 million people every day. The American food chain says its decision to come into the Nigerian market at this point is timely as it was reached after some research and study of the local environment. The food company which has already opened it first outlet at the popular City Mall, Onikan, is by all standard world class and is manned by over 25 Nigerian employees who were sent on international training to ensure strict quality control and to retain the local content of its operations. They are joined by some expatriate staff. The company has also embarked on extensive food safety audits and hygiene test of various suppliers' facilities to ensure they met the highest local and international standard.

Besides suppliers were trained extensively, and sent to the Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) courses to ensure that the global standard set by Yum Restaurants International, the franchisor, are met," Marc Schreuder, CEO of Devyani International, said at the launch. Devyani International, the franchisee, is a joint venture company between RJ Corp of India and Chellaram Plc. The company was incorporated in 2009 for the purpose of owning and operating KFC restaurants in agreement with Yum Restaurant International. Schreuder says that KFC, which presently owns 13 000 outlets around the world, including Uganda, Malawi and Zambia, plans to open several other outlets across the country. KFC to open 20 restaurants in Nigeria during 2011 US-based restaurant group Yum! Brands is planning to open 20 KFC outlets in Nigeria during 2011. "We've got six stores there now and we are going to build 20 next year," said Keith Warren, Yum!'s general manger for Africa, during the company's recent investor and analyst conference. Yum!

forecasts that it will have 300 KFC restaurants in Nigeria by 2020. The first Nigerian KFC restaurant opened in December last year. "We always knew a 150 million people . . . eating chicken on the bone as their primary protein, had to be a good thing for KFC, but we didn't quite know how good a thing it was going to be," said Warren. Warren explained that the biggest challenges of operating in Nigeria is dealing with the poor infrastructure and bureaucracy as well as finding the right partners. KFC in Nigeria is currently a joint-venture between an existing Indian franchisee of the company and a local Nigerian. In his presentation Warren outlined Yum!'s African growth plans. The company plans to operate 2,100 stores in Africa by 2020 - 1,100 in South Africa and 1,000 in the rest of the continent. "KFC is desperately desired in [Africa], Nigeria is just one of many [countries]," Warren added.

Who Founded KFC Who Founded KFC 08 Nov, 2011 who founded 0 KFC, also known as Kentucky Fried Chicken, is a fast food restaurant chain operating in over 110 countries of the world. They are best known for their chicken coated in 11 herbs and spices that remains a secret recipe to this day. Although chicken is the specialty of KFC, they have a wide variety of other items on their menu. Keep reading if you want to know who founded this successful fast food chain. Who Founded KFC? Kentucky Fried Chicken was founded by Harland Sanders, who’s likeness still features on many of their advertisements today, in 1930. He began serving chicken at his gas station and was so successful that, in 1935, the governor of Kentucky made Harland Sanders an honorary Kentucky Colonel. This is why many advertisements make reference to “the Colonel” or “Colonel Sanders.” Shortly after receiving this honor he expanded his restaurant to 142 seats. Unfortunately, the new Interstate 75 highway meant that most travelers bypassed his establishment. He decided to take the money from his first social security check to search the country for potential franchisees.

In 1952 Sanders and Pete Harman struck a deal and the first KFC franchise was opened in South Salt Lake, Utah. Only a decade later there were over 600 KFC franchises in the United States and Canada. In 1964 Sanders sold the US portion of the operation for $2 million. Did you know? The KFC recipe is so secret that different parts of the secret blend of herbs and spices are produced in different locations. The only written recipe is kept in a special secure vault at the company’s headquarters. It is guarded with security cameras and motion detectors. Related Articles Chicken Chattin' - From the Desk of the Colonel Chicken Chattin' Howdy Folks, Colonel Sanders Here with some big news Introducing my new chicken blog: Chicken Chattin’ With The Colonel. That’s right, it may have taken me 126 years, but I’ve finally gotten the hang of this whole Internet thing. Chicken Chattin’ With The Colonel is a place where I’m gonna chat about lots of things like: my fried chicken, life, and my fried chicken. So grab a bucket, put on your reading spectacles, and let’s get to Chicken Chattin’. Enjoy!

Latest Recent New Posts: KFC Joins the Rush for Georgia Gold Flavor We’ve struck gold, folks. Not the precious metal, but a new precious recipe called Georgia Gold: a delicious honey mustard BBQ sauce that goes perfect on our famous fried chicken. This sweet and tangy triumph will be available soon at a KFC near you as tenders, bone-in chicken, or Chicken Littles®. And that’s what gold rush prospectors would call a bonanza. Little-known fact: The second gold rush in the entire US of A occurred in Georgia in the late 1820s, more than a decade before the great California Gold Rush. Georgia is historically known for another type of gold: a golden, honey mustard–based BBQ tradition that’s as delicious as it is specific to the Peach State. It’s so tasty and unique that KFC created its own take on the regional specialty: Georgia Gold Chicken, available in tenders , bone-in chicken, Chicken Littles ®, and wings, with a sweet and tangy honey mustard sauce. This is KFC’s second new flavor after Nashville Hot Chicken —a hard act to follow—and it’s really pulling its weight.

Although the details of the Georgia Gold Rush are a bit unclear, it’s believed that by the 1830s most of the state’s gold had been mined and there was little left to discover. Fortunately, there’ll be no shortage of KFC’s Georgia Gold Chicken, but the rush to stake your claim on this bold, golden new flavor begins January 29. So get you and your gold pan over to a local KFC restaurant then to enjoy this little piece of Georgia. No mining required! At long last, the thing you have been pining for is here. In keeping with Colonel tradition, a new limited-edition lathe-cut record. KFC’s beloved Nashville Hot Chicken is back! And to commemorate its glorious return, we decided to cut an album, naturally. But really, this isn’t as weird as it seems. One of Colonel Sanders’ many passions—alongside making chicken, selling chicken, and dressing in his Sunday best—was producing albums. In fact, the Colonel made six records in his lifetime, including Christmas Eve with Colonel Sanders, Christmas Day with Colonel Sanders, and, of course, Colonel Sanders’ Tijuana Picnic.

So to honor the Colonel’s love of vinyl and celebrate Nashville Hot Chicken, we made a beautiful EP inspired by Nashville Hot’s signature spicy, smoky flavor. KFC teamed up with Saturday Night Live alum and professional cool person Fred Armisen, who wrote and performed the album’s two tracks. “C-O-L-O-N-E-L” is the smoky track, inspired by Nashville Hot’s smoked paprika taste. And the dance-y “Nashville-Centric Boogie” represents Nashville Hot’s spicy cayenne kick. The “spicy/smoky” theme extends to the album art, as well, created by esteemed artist Church of Type . In addition to sharing the Colonel’s birthplace of Corbin, Kentucky, Church of Type also likes doing things the Hard Way—the album’s art was created through authentic letterpressing, a process in which each letter and graphic is hand-carved and compiled to create the full design. So this album was lovingly hand-prepared, just like KFC chicken . The KFC Nashville Hot album drops, as the kids say, on December 12, in a super-limited release. Find record store locations and listen here . Get it and Nashville Hot Chicken while they’re hot!

KFC MAGGOTS RUMOR HAS NO LEGS In this wacky, media-saturated world, the wildest rumors and myths have a funny way of taking advantage of our fears, hatching, and taking flight. One of the latest items to swarm its way onto the Internet is a video of maggots and fly eggs infesting a KFC meal. I want to swat down these nasty rumors of maggot-infested KFC chicken and make sure I don’t leave any wiggle room. Amazing I have to say this, but KFC chicken doesn’t contain maggots or fly eggs. That’s not the kind of grub we’re interested in at all. You recently might have heard the buzz regarding a video posted on a local Arkansas police department’s Facebook page of a KFC meal containing fly eggs, which the next day supposedly turned into maggot-infested chicken. Also, it’s just not possible. See, KFC follows strict food-safety and handling procedures and works closely with local and state health departments to ensure the safety of our food and health of our guests and to make sure any uninvited pests don’t show up.

In fact, immediately after KFC learned about the allegation, the health department conducted thorough investigations at the restaurant and found no evidence of temperature issues, pest issues, spoiled food, or any other issues of concern. And only a few days before this all went down, the health department had already made its regular inspection at the restaurant and found no problems. And how’s this for science? Each piece of our bone-in chicken is inspected and hand-breaded in our kitchens by expertly trained cooks before being cooked to a temperature of 165°F or higher and hot-held at a temperature above 140°F. Those little guys couldn’t take it, even if they tried. Because of the strict procedures followed by KFC and its parent company, Yum! Brands, KFC can confidently say that the contamination did not occur while the food was still inside the restaurant. All of our chicken is freshly delivered to each restaurant two to three times per week under sealed and KFC-approved temperature-monitor-controlled conditions. The team also conducts a food-safety checklist three times a day that includes looking at the temperature of the chicken and the time of its preparation. This is before cooking, and there are further procedures after the chicken is cooked.

Each step of the way, KFC managers and cooks ensure that our chicken is up to the standards of Colonel Sanders himself. After all, it all comes down to 100% real chicken made the Hard Way. When you enjoy KFC chicken, we guarantee that you’re getting delicious, crispy, flavorful, and juicy chicken and nothing else—every time. So next time you hear a tale about fly eggs in KFC chicken or maggots in KFC chicken, just tell ’em to buzz off. Our Chicken Is Finger Lickin’ Fresh Fresh chicken makes the best fried chicken, so that’s what we use. A few of the steps to ensure the highest quality fresh chicken include having it delivered from US farms, and always inspecting each individual piece. You can read more about how we ensure freshness below. In our efforts to convince folks that KFC doesn’t use mutant chickens , that we work hard to ensure our chicken-making process upholds the Colonel’s original standards, and that our chicken is free of added hormones or steroids (in accordance with federal regulations), it would be easy to assume that everyone knows our world-famous fried chicken on the bone is also fresh. But we don’t want to overlook any of your chicken-eatin’ questions!

You see, we like to do things the Hard Way, which applies to everything—from debunking KFC myths to wearing white woolen suits no matter the temperature. How fresh is KFC chicken, you ask? This fresh: Our restaurants receive two to three deliveries of fresh chicken on the bone per week – no more than 5% frozen annually if needed for emergency supply availability. Our chicken comes from US farms and has to pass over 30 quality checks and USDA inspection before being delivered to our restaurants. Every day, our cooks inspect each individual piece of chicken before following an extensive, multistep process that includes hand-breading it in the Colonel’s secret blend of 11 herbs and spices and pressure cooking it at a low temperature to create chicken that is crispy on the outside and juicy on the inside. Making the Colonel’s chicken requires working with the best ingredients, and fresh chicken is the foundation of that process. So yes, KFC is as fresh as it is finger lickin’ good. Colonel Sanders: Real American Icon Colonel Sanders was a real living person who invented KFC. The real Colonel was larger than life, and has recently been played by several super-famous actors, which is why it can be hard to believe he existed.

Well you better believe it pal, because he existed and he was awesome. Read all about his adventures below. During his tenure as KFC proprietor and founder, and world’s greatest chicken salesman, Colonel Sanders was a regular household name, appearing in commercials, recording albums with his mandolin band, and generally being a national treasure. But in the years following his death in 1980, younger folks only saw the Colonel’s illustrated face on KFC buckets and restaurants. To a newer generation of fried chicken lovers, the Colonel was considered a mascot and a symbol of KFC, and not a real person who actually wore a white woolen suit and string tie every day. Today, when you start typing “is Colonel” into a Google search bar, “is Colonel Sanders real?” is the second suggested phrase that pops up, right after “is Colonel Sanders related to Bernie Sanders?” (The answer to that one is no.) Considering the extraordinary life Colonel Sanders lived, it’s no surprise that his persona could take on a mythical, fairy-tale quality. But like our chicken , Colonel Sanders was 100% real and 100% awesome.

Here are the details of his amazing life: Colonel Harland David Sanders was born September 9, 1890, in Henryville, Indiana. He quit school in the sixth grade to earn money for his mother, brother, and sister after his father died. In 1906, at 16 years old, he lied about his age so he could enlist in the army. He started working for the railways in 1907, first as a blacksmith and then as a fireman. From 1920 to 1930, Sanders started a ferryboat company, worked as an insurance salesman, a lighting salesman, a lawyer, a tire salesman, an obstetrician, and a secretary at the Chamber of Commerce in Indiana. In 1930, he opened a service station and added fried chicken to the menu. Governor Ruby Laffoon loved Sanders’ chicken so much that he made Sanders a Kentucky Colonel. The Colonel didn’t begin franchising his restaurant until 1955, when he was 65 years old. After selling the franchise in 1964, Colonel Sanders remained the company’s symbol.

He visited KFC restaurants into his later years, inspecting the quality of the food and sometimes tossing gravy on the floor if it didn’t meet his high standards . Sanders was diagnosed with acute leukemia in June 1980 and died of pneumonia in Louisville, Kentucky, on December 16, 1980 at the age of 90. The Colonel remained active until the month before his death, appearing before crowds in his signature white woolen suit and string tie, which he was also buried in. His body was laid in state in the rotunda of the Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort. More than 1,000 people attended the beloved Colonel’s funeral. Whew. So, was Colonel Sanders real? You bet. As you can see, his life was too unusual and fascinating to be fiction . The Colonel was a real, self-made man whose success symbolizes the promise of the American Dream. Though no longer with us, the Colonel’s very real spirit lives on in anyone who values hard work, grit, self-determination, and delicious fried chicken made the Hard Way. Colonel Harland Sanders when he was a baby. Harland Sanders when he was young. Colonel Sanders working for Southern Railroad.

Colonel Sanders visiting a Kentucky horse farm. Colonel Sanders inspecting a new KFC restaurant. Colonel Harland Sanders celebrating his birthday. Colonel Sanders celebrating his birthday in Corbin Kentucky. Attack of the KFC Spider Chicken Myth There is a wild myth that KFC uses “spider chickens”—chickens that have been genetically modified to have 8 legs and 6 wings. I can’t believe I have to say this, but here we are, Americans: spider chickens are not real. Furthermore, KFC never uses genetically modified chickens of any kind. You can read more crazy stuff about spider chickens below. Of all the wacky Internet myths that have circulated about KFC, this one was outlandish enough to be almost entertaining. You might want to sit down for this. A handful of companies spread the disinformation that we used genetically modified chickens that had eight legs and six wings, a Frankenstein-ed monster of a chicken that would give us maximum output and more bang for the cluck. There was not an ounce of truth to this. This imaginary fowl was referred to as a “spider chicken,” due to its arachnoid surplus of legs.

The modern art of graphic design made it possible for those spreading the rumor to create an image of what this bird might look like, an image that would give the surrealist painters a run for their money. We might have had a good chuckle over all this, except for the fact that it gave some of our customers pause and made them wonder what the truth was. Our job is to provide a delicious and high-quality product, and that means we source 100% real chicken —of the absolutely non-genetically engineered variety—from trusted US farms. The same as you would buy from your grocery store. Then, using the Colonel’s time-honored recipe, we fry it up and serve it fresh in our restaurants. We take our job of making the world’s best fried chicken very seriously. So seriously that this case went to court, where the rumors were thoroughly debunked and shown to be as false as they were silly. As with all chicken sold in the US, KFC chickens are bred using age-old breeding techniques to produce healthy chickens and the high-quality products our customers expect. Eight-legged chickens are the stuff of nightmares and sci-fi movies, not our delicious home-style meals.

Just ask the people who know best: The KFC Rat Hoax Debunked A social post supposedly depicting a fried rat being served to a KFC customer made the rounds a little while back. It should surprise no one to hear that was entirely made up and untrue. I know, I know, something fake on the Internet—stop the presses. You can read more about how it never really happened below. You don’t build a legacy like KFC has over 75 years without having some outlandish rumors created about you. Just ask Walt Disney’s cryogenically frozen head! KFC has endured a few similarly absurd myths, including the Great KFC Mutant Chicken Myth and claims that KFC chickens have added hormones and steroids to make them bigger. Then there was the 2015 KFC fried rat hoax, in which a customer posted an image on Facebook of KFC chicken supposedly in the shape of a rat, implying that KFC had served him a deep-fried rat instead of a chicken tender. Approximately 22,000 people shared this image. This was followed by a video post that 9,000 people shared on their Facebook walls, garnering over 1 million views.

Even reputable news sources throughout the world picked up the story! Because if it’s on the Internet, it must be true, right? Of course this claim is false and just plain nonsense. We’re dedicated to quality and preparing chicken the Hard Way, which is Colonel Sanders’ time-honored approach to making delicious chicken . First, we source our chickens from American farms. Then our chickens are inspected by the USDA and must pass 30 quality checks before they can even be delivered to our kitchens. In fact, KFC and its parent company, Yum! Brands, maintain industry-leading food safety programs, striving to have the safest, highest-quality food supply and preparation in the business. Finally, our cooks freshly prepare fried chicken every day, in restaurant, following an extensive multistep process, which includes hand-breading each individual piece. Ultimately, like other rumors that preceded it, the KFC fried-rat story was roundly debunked . We even handed the alleged fried rat over to an independent lab for testing, which confirmed that it was, indeed, 100% KFC chicken tender, and not a fried rat. This was no surprise to us—we always serve 100% real chicken made the Hard Way.

So when you order KFC chicken, we guarantee that you’re getting delicious, crispy, flavorful, and juicy chicken—and nothing else. The Colonel’s Secret Blend of 11 Herbs and Spices One of the biggest trade secrets in the world is my 11 herbs & spices for my Original Recipe chicken. There is simply no way I am going to let it fall into the hands of my lazy imitators, so I have taken a lot of intense precautions to ensure it never does. You can read the specifics of how you will never be able to steal it below. What is it about KFC Original Recipe chicken that makes you lick your fingers, smack your lips, and reach for the next piece? Well, it’s the crisp skin and juicy meat in every bite created by the once-patented pressure-frying process, as well as the Colonel’s secret blend of 11 herbs and spices. Colonel Sanders’ Original Recipe® is a cornerstone of Kentucky Fried Chicken, and it ranks among America’s most valuable trade secrets. It’s so valuable that KFC recently built a brand-new, high-tech home for the Colonel’s handwritten Original Recipe from 1940.

It’s stored in a digital safe that weighs more than 770 pounds and is encased in two feet of concrete with a 24-hour video and motion-detection surveillance system. And the secret blend of KFC’s 11 herbs and spices is so secret that not even the company that produces the blend knows the exact formulation. The spice blend is shipped from different locations in the United States before the final blending. We’ve got to keep it a secret from those imitators creating KFC copycat recipes that just don’t come close to the real deal. Now, that’s not the easy way to season your chicken. In fact, it’s the Hard Way . But we believe in hard work, attention to detail, and going the extra mile . And since you’ve read this far, we should reward you. Click here for the Colonel’s secret recipe. KFC says “Chicken, Chicken, Chicken.” The real history of the KFC name change. Modern myths are weird. One of them says that we started using our initials, KFC, because we couldn’t use the word “chicken” anymore. Absurd. Chicken, chicken, chicken. See?

We are still called Kentucky Fried Chicken; we started using KFC ’cause it was fewer syllables. Continue reading below to have this myth further dispelled. In 1991, Kentucky Fried Chicken changed its name to KFC . Why, after 39 successful years, would a world-famous restaurant chain change its name? Maybe because KFC is just easier to say with your mouth full. Or maybe KFC fits better on signs. In reality, we wanted to let our customers know that we had more for them to enjoy than just fried chicken, and many were already calling us KFC, as it was much easier to say. Truth is, we didn’t do a great job at explaining the name change, which left the door open for folks to get creative with the reason. And boy did they! Shortly after the name change, an email chain letter —it was 1991, remember—began to spread the rumor that Kentucky Fried Chicken used genetically modified chickens and was forced to remove the word “chicken” from its name. We can put those rumors to rest. We’ve always used 100% real chicken.

Our chickens come from American family farms—the same farms that supply the brands you would buy at any grocery store—and are raised without artificial hormones or steroids , which is a federal regulation. So let’s get straight to the point: Can KFC say “chicken”? We’re still Kentucky Fried Chicken®, registered trademark and all. We continue to show our pride in fried and follow the Colonel’s high standards for frying chicken, even after 75 years. Not only can KFC definitely say “chicken,” KFC means the world’s best fried chicken. KFC Chickens Are Free of Artificial Hormones and Steroids You don’t need to be a Colonel to know that making great fried chicken starts with great chickens. And I’m very particular about our chickens, ensuring they don’t get treated with artificial hormones or steroids. You can read more about it below. There’s a common misconception that chicken restaurants like KFC are trying to raise larger chickens to make more profit. This notion surely fed into the Great KFC Mutant Chicken Myth —the Internet hoax that claimed that KFC used “mutant chickens”—as well as false claims that KFC bulks up chickens with added hormones and steroids.

This couldn’t be further from the truth since KFC actually pays a premium price per pound for smaller chickens than you’ll find in your local grocery store because we believe they are far more tender and flavorful . Furthermore, FDA regulations prohibit adding hormones and steroids to all poultry in the United States, and KFC chickens are USDA inspected for quality before they’re delivered to our kitchens. So the answer to the question, “Does KFC use artificial hormones or steroids?” is a resounding no ! At Kentucky Fried Chicken you won’t find any artificial steroids or hormones in our chicken. In fact, less than 10% of chickens meet the high standards for KFC poultry. Our chickens are raised humanely on US farms overseen by respected and established poultry producers like Tyson Foods, Inc. In addition, our chickens must pass 30 KFC quality checks between US farms and your dinner table. Unlike with chicken buckets and American flags, bigger doesn’t always equal better, which is why you can rest assured that KFC serves 100% real chicken, free of added hormones and steroids—Colonel Quality Guaranteed.

The Colonel Is Back KFC Embarks on Re-Colonelization Effort I founded Kentucky Fried Chicken because I love fried chicken made the Hard Way, which is the best way. Unfortunately, things have gotten a little out of hand lately, so I decided to come back and set things straight. That’s the short way to put it. Keep on reading if you want the long version. At Kentucky Fried Chicken, many of our customers say things haven’t been the same since the Colonel passed, and they’re right—but today marks the end of that. In 1971, a decline in customer satisfaction led to Colonel Sanders realigning the entire organization with the values on which he originally founded Kentucky Fried Chicken. This “Re-Colonelization” effort got KFC back on track, but over the years, our faithfulness to the Colonel’s rigorous process for making quality fried chicken has waned. So we’ve brought him back for another Re-Colonelization to ensure we live up to his high standards that put KFC on the map.

In addition to maintaining the Colonel’s secret recipe of 11 herbs and spices, Re-Colonelization means that every restaurant returns to the Colonel’s once-patented process for making his Original Recipe chicken , which continues to include pressure frying, as opposed to the more commonly used open frying method. The result is the uniquely flavorful, juicy fried chicken that is familiar to longtime KFC fans. Re-Colonelization extends to the look of our restaurants, as well. Seventy percent of our 4,000+ restaurants will be revamped and refreshed by 2017. The new design is inspired by the Colonel’s original restaurant opened in 1952, so the look is a modern take on a classic café style with bold, clean lines and the Colonel’s face and legacy prominently displayed. These revitalized KFCs will also feature chalkboards that will be updated daily with the name of the farm that raised the chicken for the day’s meal. Over the past six months, we’ve invested 100,000 hours in retraining our employees—a veritable Kentucky Fried continuing education.

We’ve held 43 Re-Colonelization training events across the country in an effort to retrain every single KFC employee in cooking chicken the Colonel’s patented way—with 27 steps in more than 25 minutes. These team members, a number of them now deemed “Lieutenant Colonel Cooks,” returned to their restaurants to retrain all their staff. More than 20,000 KFC employees have now been retrained in making Kentucky Fried Chicken the Colonel’s way. The result is a return to the unique cooking process that made the Colonel so proud and KFC so famous. To everyone who grew up with KFC and has turned away in recent years, we invite you back to try the delicious chicken you remember. Nothing makes me madder than a bunch of unfounded rumors about where KFC chickens come from. So… short answer: all KFC chickens are born and raised right here in the USA. Long answer: read below. The Internet is good for lots of things: cat videos, questionable medical diagnoses, and wildly imaginative urban legends, including the KFC mutant chicken myth . This myth has been perpetuated over several decades by a widely circulated email hoax.

The hoax claimed that Kentucky Fried Chicken changed its name to KFC because it was forced to eliminate the word “chicken” from its brand name—purportedly because KFC meat came from “mutant chickens” with extra legs and no beaks. We can set the record straight: no mutated or genetically engineered chickens are involved in making our delicious KFC chicken. Just 100% real chicken from US farms, which have to pass over 30 quality checks and USDA inspection before being hand-prepared by one of our cooks . Ultimately, less than 10% of chickens meet KFC’s high standards for quality, which includes no artificial hormones or steroids—a federal regulation. As with all chicken sold in the United States, KFC chickens are bred using age-old techniques to produce healthy birds and the high-quality products that our customers expect. They’re also raised humanely in a cage-free environment on trusted American family farms—the same that supply your local supermarket—based on standards established in consultation with our Animal Welfare Advisory Council. In addition, KFC suppliers must adhere to parent company Yum! Brands’ Supplier Code of Conduct , which helps maintain the ethical sourcing and supply of our food.

So let’s put the Great KFC Mutant Chicken Myth to rest, shall we? Though urban legends about KFC mutated chicken are good for a laugh, on a KFC chicken farm, the chicken is 100% real—just like the Colonel’s time-honored secret recipe. KFC Kentucky Fried Chicken Franchise Cost & Opportunities | Franchise Help Chicken Fast Food Food About KFC Kentucky Fried Chicken Crispy, tasty fried chicken is what KFC is all about, but the world’s largest quick-service chicken restaurant brand has become about more than just chicken over time. Founded as Kentucky Fried Chicken, KFC is known for its staple menu items of fried chicken pieces in a variety of styles. But the menu has expanded to include wraps, salads, and sandwiches. And as always, the delectable side dishes like mashed potatoes and gravy, coleslaw and corn go perfectly with a KFC bucket of chicken. In its many restaurants outside the United States, KFC also offers beef and pork products such as hamburgers, kebabs, poutine, ribs and others.

Full Franchise Information Every day, more than 12 million customers are served at KFC’s more 15,000 restaurants around the world, in 109 countries and territories globally, and more than 5,200 locations in the U.S. alone. People can’t seem to get enough of the brand’s fried chicken, either in original recipe, extra crispy or grilled. The recipes for KFC chicken are still the same secret of 11 herbs and spices that founder Colonel Harland Sanders perfected more than a half-century ago. KFC is part of Yum! Brands, Inc., the world’s largest restaurant company. The company seeks entrepreneurs to develop multiple-unit regions with KFC locations and offers support every step of the way. Kentucky Fried Chicken Franchise Opportunities – History Kentucky Fried Chicken was founded in 1952 by Colonel Harland Sanders, who died in 1980, but who first served his fried chicken back in 1930 in North Corbin, Kentucky, at Sanders Court & Cafe. In 1940, he developed his Original Recipe of friend chicken.

He sold his restaurant in the 1950s and instead began selling his chicken to restaurant owners nationwide, the first one in South Salt Lake City, Utah, which became the first Kentucky Fried Chicken. The KFC chain has been sold more than three times over the years, to Heublein in 1971, R.J. Reynolds in 1982 and PepsiCo in 1986, which made it part of its Tricon Global Restaurants division, which in turn spun off into Yum! Brnads. With ubiquitous presence around the world, the restaurant brand adopted the abbreviated KFC in 1991. Kentucky Fried Chicken Franchise Cost / Initial Investment / Kentucky Fried Chicken Franchise Income The franchise fee to become a KFC franchise owner is $45,000, with an estimated startup costs totals ranging between $1.2 million and $2.5 million. A 5% royalty fee on gross monthly receipts is paid to the company. Kentucky Fried Chicken Business Opportunities: Other Information Yum! is quickly developing the multibranding concept of combining two of its brands under one roof in new restaurant locations.

For example, it may combine KFC and Taco Bell in one building. The multibranding concept is changing the landscape of the quick-service industry in the U.S., attracting more customers and giving them more options. This week we've helped 7,539 people find a franchise. You're next!

Question: Who founded Kentucky Fried Chicken?
Answer: Colonel Sanders