KFC Wikipedia. This article is about the worldwide fast food chicken restaurant chain. For other uses, see KFC disambiguation. Classic-Latkes-Applesauce-2.jpg' alt='Recipe Center V 5 2 2' title='Recipe Center V 5 2 2' />KFC, until 1. Kentucky Fried Chicken,4 is an American fast food restaurant chain that specializes in fried chicken. Headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, it is the worlds second largest restaurant chain as measured by sales after Mc. Donalds, with almost 2. December 2. 01. 5update. The chain is a subsidiary of YumKFC, until 1991 known as Kentucky Fried Chicken, is an American fast food restaurant chain that specializes in fried chicken. Headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky. Wow Excellence in less than 5 minutes using the whisk attachment to my 700 watt immersion blender. I liked the texture after 14 C EVOO, so stopped there. Brands, a restaurant company that also owns the Pizza Hut and Taco Bell chains. KFC 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 the restaurant franchising concept, and the first Kentucky Fried Chicken franchise opened in Utah in 1. KFC popularized chicken in the fast food industry, diversifying the market by challenging the established dominance of the hamburger. By branding himself as Colonel Sanders, Harland became a prominent figure of American cultural history, and his image remains widely used in KFC advertising. However, the companys rapid expansion overwhelmed the aging Sanders and he sold it to a group of investors led by John Y. Brown Jr. and Jack C. Massey in 1. 96. 4. KFC was one of the first American fast food chains to expand internationally, opening outlets in Canada, the United Kingdom, Mexico, and Jamaica by the mid 1. Throughout the 1. In the early 1. 97. KFC was sold to the spirits distributor Heublein, which was taken over by the R. Free Hp 1018 Printer Drivers Download on this page. J. Reynolds food and tobacco conglomerate that company sold the chain to Pepsi. Co. The chain continued to expand overseas, however, and in 1. Western restaurant chain to open in China. It has since expanded rapidly in China, which is now the companys single largest market. Pepsi. Co spun off its restaurants division as Tricon Global Restaurants, which later changed its name to Yum Brands. KFCs original product is pressure fried chicken pieces, seasoned with Sanders recipe of 1. The constituents of the recipe represent a notable trade secret. Larger portions of fried chicken are served in a cardboard bucket, which has become a well known feature of the chain since it was first introduced by franchisee Pete Harman in 1. Since the early 1. KFC has expanded its menu to offer other chicken products such as chicken fillet burgers and wraps, as well as salads and side dishes, such as French fries and coleslaw, desserts, and soft drinks, the latter often supplied by Pepsi. Co. KFC is known for its slogans Finger Lickin Good, Nobody does chicken like KFC and So good. History. Harland Sanders was born in 1. Henryville, Indiana near Louisville, Kentucky. When Sanders was five years old, his father died, forcing his mother to work at a canning plant. This left Sanders, as the eldest son, to care for his two younger siblings. After he reached seven years of age, his mother taught him how to cook. After leaving the family home at the age of 1. Sanders passed through several professions, with mixed success. In 1. Shellfilling station on US Route 2. North Corbin, Kentucky, a small town on the edge of the Appalachian Mountains. It was here that he first served to travelers the recipes that he had learned as a child fried chicken and other dishes such as steaks and country ham. After four years of serving from his own dining room table, Sanders purchased the larger filling station on the other side of the road and expanded to six tables. By 1. Sanders to be given the honorary title of Kentucky colonel by Governor. Ruby Laffoon. 1. 0 In 1. Sanders Court Caf. Sanders was unhappy with the 3. If he pre cooked the chicken in advance of orders, there was sometimes wastage at days end. In 1. Sanders bought one, and modified it into a pressure fryer, which he then used to fry chicken. The new method reduced production time to be comparable with deep frying, while, in the opinion of Sanders, retaining the quality of pan fried chicken. In July 1. 94. 0, Sanders finalised what came to be known as his Original Recipe of 1. Although he never publicly revealed the recipe, he admitted to the use of salt and pepper, and claimed that the ingredients stand on everybodys shelf. After being recommissioned as a Kentucky colonel in 1. Governor Lawrence Wetherby, Sanders began to dress the part, growing a goatee and wearing a black frock coat later switched to a white suit, a string tie, and referring to himself as Colonel. His associates went along with the title change, jokingly at first and then in earnest, according to biographer Josh Ozersky. Harland Sanders in character as The ColonelThe Sanders Court Caf generally served travelers, so when the route planned in 1. Interstate 7. 5 bypassed Corbin, Sanders sold his properties and traveled the US to franchise his chicken recipe to restaurant owners. Independent restaurants would pay four later five cents on each chicken as a franchise fee, in exchange for Sanders secret blend of herbs and spices and the right to feature his recipe on their menus and use his name and likeness for promotional purposes. In 1. 95. 2 he had already successfully franchised his recipe to his friend Pete Harman of South Salt Lake, Utah, the operator of one of the citys largest restaurants. Don Anderson, a sign painter hired by Harman, coined the name Kentucky Fried Chicken. For Harman, the addition of KFC was a way of differentiating his restaurant from competitors a product from Kentucky was exotic, and evoked imagery of Southern hospitality. Harman trademarked the phrase Its finger lickin good, which eventually became the company wide slogan. He also introduced the bucket meal in 1. Serving their signature meal in a paper bucket was to become an iconic feature of the company. By 1. 96. 3 there were 6. KFC restaurants, making the company the largest fast food operation in the United States. KFC popularized chicken in the fast food industry, diversifying the market by challenging the established dominance of the hamburger. In 1. 96. 4, Sanders sold the company to a group of investors led by John Y. Brown Jr. and Jack C. Massey for US2 million around US1. The contract included a lifetime salary for Sanders and the agreement that he would be the companys quality controller and trademark. The chain had reached 3,0. In July 1. 97. 1, Brown sold the company to the Connecticut based Heublein, a packaged food and drinks corporation, for US2. US1. 6 billion in 2. Sanders died in 1. American cultural history. By the time of his death, there were an estimated 6,0. KFC outlets in 4. In 1. 98. 2, Heublein was acquired by R. J. Reynolds, the tobacco giant. In July 1. 98. 6, Reynolds sold KFC to Pepsi. Co for 8. 50 million around US1. Pepsi. Co made the chain a part of its restaurants division alongside Pizza Hut and Taco Bell. The Chinese market was entered in November 1. Beijing. 2. 2In 1. KFC name was officially adopted, although it was already widely known by that initialism. Kyle Craig, president of KFC US, admitted the change was an attempt to distance the chain from the unhealthy connotations of fried. The early 1. 99. 0s saw a number of successful major products launched throughout the chain, including spicy Hot Wings launched in 1. Zinger, a spicy chicken fillet burger 1. By 1. 99. 4, KFC had 5,1. US, and 9,4. 07 overall, with over 1. In August 1. 99. 7, Pepsi. Co spun off its restaurants division as a public company valued at US4. US6. 5 billion in 2. The new company was named Tricon Global Restaurants, and at the time had 3. US1. 0 billion around US1. Mc. Donalds. 3. 5 Tricon was renamed Yum Brands in May 2. By 2. 01. 5, the company was struggling, having lost business to other retailers and being surpassed by Chick fil A as the leading chicken retailer three years previously.