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Kentucky Fried Chicken
China's first KFC restaurant at Qianmen, Beijing
Company type
Subsidiary
Industry
Restaurants
Genre
Fast food restaurant
Founded
First franchise: November 12, 1987 (1987-11-12) Qianmen, Beijing, China
Kentucky Fried Chicken (Chinese: 肯德基; pinyin: Kěndéjī) is a fast food restaurant chain founded by Colonel Harland Sanders in North Corbin, Kentucky, in 1930. The first franchise opened in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1952.
KFC specializes in selling fried chicken. As of September 2021, KFC operated over 8,100 outlets in around 1,600 cities across China.[3] According to research by Millward Brown, KFC was the most powerful foreign brand in China in 2013.[4]
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across China. According to research by Millward Brown, KFC was the most powerful foreign brand inChinain 2013. KFC was sold to Heublein in the 1970s...
KFC Corporation, doing business as KFC (also commonly referred to by its historical name Kentucky Fried Chicken), is an American fast food restaurant chain...
KFC is a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, one of the largest restaurant companies in the world. KFC had sales of $23 billion in 2013. KFC is incorporated under...
fast food in mainland China is a fairly recent phenomenon, with Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) establishing its first Beijing restaurant in November 1987...
in China alone. The first KFC franchise opened in the United States in 1952. The first overseas franchise was established in the United Kingdom in May...
with 18,875 outlets in 118 countries and territories as of December 2013[update]. Japan is the third-largest market for KFC after China and the United States...
KFC (also commonly referred to by its historical name Kentucky Fried Chicken) was founded by Colonel Harland Sanders, an entrepreneur who began selling...
KFC has been an extensive advertiser since the establishment of the first franchise in 1952. Founder Harland Sanders initially developed his "Colonel"...
companies by spinning off Yum China; it took effect 1 November 2016. Yum China has several subsidiary brands, including KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, COFFii...
HarmonyOS. Among the first batch of over 200 developers, McDonald's and KFCinChina became ones of the first multinational food companies to adopt HarmonyOS...
December 2015. Mullen, Jethro; Wang, Serenitie. "Pay with your face at this KFCinChina". CNN Tech. Archived from the original on 18 June 2018. Retrieved 18...
House is a restaurant in Shelbyville, Kentucky, United States, opened by KFC founder Colonel Sanders and his wife, Claudia, in 1968. Colonel Sanders opened...
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...
response, China's Ministry of Health conducted tests at six outlets of KFC. The results showed chemicals in the cooking process at KFC restaurants in the country...
sold the recipe to KFC, which then introduced the Macau-style pastel de nata to other parts of Asia, including Singapore and Taiwan. In contrast to the Hong...
Department Warning inChina". 2007-03-13. Archived from the original on 2007-12-17. Retrieved 2010-04-14. "China officials clear KFC after food scare"...
Chui Yung Wat (Chinese: 屈翠容; pinyin: Qū Cuìróng; born c. 1971) is the chief executive officer of Yum China. She also was CEO of KFCChina, managing director...
adopted by KFC and is available in regions such as mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Thailand. In Indonesia, this pastry is especially popular in Kampung...
East Dawning (Chinese: 东方既白, Dongfang Jibai) is Yum China's fusion of the KFC business model with Chinese cuisine. Chinese food is served exclusively,...
by Vitasoy when the coffee retailer eschewed milk in favour of soya milk in its China operations. KFC also suspended selling Mengniu milk. Seoul-headquartered...
2017.(subscription required) "Food scares strip McDonald's, KFC of treat status inChina". Reuters. August 5, 2015. Archived from the original on January...
and KFC." De-emphasis on sports also plays an important part in the rise of obesity inChina. Many Chinese people believe the way they advance in life...
publicly-listed Australian company focused in restaurant operations. It operates KFC and Taco Bell restaurants in Australia, Germany, and the Netherlands...
For example, the average price of KFC's Original 12 pc. Bucket in the United States in January 2016 was $20.50; while in Namibia it was only $13.40 at market...
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