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{{infobox company
| company_name = KFC
| company_logo = [[Image:KFC logo.svg|160px|KFC logo]]
| company_type = Wholly owned subsidiary
| foundation = 1952 <small>([[North Corbin, Kentucky]])</small>
| founder = [[Harland Sanders]]
| location = [[Louisville, Kentucky]]
| key_people = Gregg R. Derrick [[President]]<br/>Harvey R. Brownlea [[Chief operating officer|COO]]</br>James O'Reilly [[Vice president|VP]] for [[Marketing]]
| industry = [[Fast food]]
| products = Chicken and related [[Cuisine of the Southern United States|Southern]] foods
| revenue = $520.3 million [[USD]] (2007)<ref name=hoovers>{{cite web |url=http://www.hoovers.com/kfc/--ID__56325--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml |title=KFC |author=Joe Bramhall |publisher=[[Hoovers]].com |date= |accessdate=2008-02-21 |quote=}}</ref>
| num_employees = 24,000 (2007)<ref name=hoovers/>
| parent = [[Yum! Brands]]
| homepage = http://www.kfc.com/
| Slogan = You've got great taste
}}
'''Kentucky Fried Chicken''', or '''KFC''', is a chain of [[fast food restaurant]]s based in [[Louisville, Kentucky]]. KFC has been a wholly owned subsidiary of [[Yum! Brands]] since 2002. The chain also advertises itself as '''Poulet Frit du Kentucky''' or '''PFK''' in Canada.
The company was founded as '''Kentucky Fried Chicken''' by [[Colonel Sanders|Colonel Harland Sanders]] in 1952. The company adopted the [[abbreviated]] form of its name in 1991.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3190/is_n8_v25/ai_10403447 |title=KFC shuns 'fried' image with new name - Kentucky Fried Chicken has changed its name to KFC |author=Peter O. Keegan |publisher=Nation's Restaurant News |date=1991-02-21 |accessdate=2007-08-24}}</ref> Starting in April 2007, the company began using its original appellation of ''Kentucky Fried Chicken'' again for its signage, packaging and advertisements in the [[United States]] as part of a new corporate re-branding program;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/4-30-2005-69337.asp |title=KFC Resurrecting Old Kentucky Fried Chicken Name, With New Image |publisher=[[buzzle.com]] |date=2005-05-01 |accessdate=2007-08-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.visualstore.com/index.php/channel/27/id/9407 |title=Kentucky Fried Chicken: Fast Food Makeover |author=Anne DiNardo |publisher=VMSD.com date=2005-08-29 |accessdate=2007-08-28}}</ref> newer and remodeled restaurants will have the new logo and name while older stores will continue to use the 1991 signage. Additionally, the company continues to use the abbreviation ''KFC'' freely in its advertising. Internationally the company is still known as ''KFC''.
KFC primarily sells chicken in form of pieces, [[wrap (food)|wraps]], [[salad]]s and burgers. While its primary focus is [[fried chicken]] KFC also offers a line of roasted chicken products, sides and [[dessert]]s. Outside of [[North America]], KFC offers beef based products such as burgers or kebabs, pork based products such as ribs and other regional fare. The popularity and novelty of KFC has led to the general formula of the fried chicken fast-food restaurant being copied by restaurant owners worldwide.
==History==
[[Image:Col Sanders Restaurant.png|thumb|The restaurant in North Corbin, KY where Colonel Sanders developed Kentucky Fried Chicken]]
[[Image:FirstKFC.jpg|thumb|World's first KFC in [[South Salt Lake, Utah]], since replaced by a new KFC on the same site]]
Born and raised in [[Henryville, Indiana]], Sanders passed through several professions in his lifetime.<ref name="courier">{{Cite web|url=http://www.courier-journal.com/foryourinfo/010305/010305.html|title=Kentucky’s Colonel Sanders|accessyear=2007|accessmonthday=October 28|publisher=The Courier-Journal|author=Doug Bennett, Jr.}}</ref> Sanders first served his fried chicken in 1930 in the midst of the [[Great Depression]] at a [[Filling station|gas station]] he owned in [[North Corbin, Kentucky]]. The dining area was named "Sanders Court & Café" and was so successful that in 1936 [[List of Governors of Kentucky|Kentucky Governor]] [[Ruby Laffoon]] granted Sanders the title of honorary [[Kentucky Colonel]], in recognition of his contribution to the state's cuisine. The following year Sanders expanded his restaurant to 142 seats, and added a [[motel]] he bought across the street.<ref name="roadtrip">{{Cite web|url=http://roadtrip.beimers.com/day99.html|title=Doing Chicken Right Since 1932|accessyear=2007|accessmonthday=October 28|publisher=roadtrip.beimers.com |author=Kevin Beimers, Aimee Lingman}}</ref> When Sanders prepared his chicken in his original restaurant in North Corbin, he prepared the chicken in an iron skillet, which took about 30 minutes to do, too long for a restaurant operation. In [[1939]], Sanders altered the cooking process for his fried chicken to use a [[pressure fryer]], resulting in a greatly reduced cooking time comparable to that of [[deep frying]].<ref name="history">{{Cite web|url=http://www.kfc.com/about/pressure.asp|title=The Pressure Cooker|accessyear=2007|accessmonthday=October 28|publisher=KFC|year=2007|author=KFC}}</ref> In [[1940]] Sanders devised what came to be known as his Original Recipe.<ref name="history2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.kfc.com/about/history.asp|title=History|accessyear=2007|accessmonthday=October 28|publisher=KFC|year=2007|author=KFC}}</ref>
The Sanders Court & Café generally served travelers, often those headed to [[Florida]], so when the route planned in the 1950s for what would become [[Interstate 75]] bypassed [[Corbin, Kentucky|Corbin]], he sold his properties and traveled the U.S. to sell his chicken to restaurant owners. Sanders entered into franchise agreements paying him five [[cent (currency)|cents]] for each piece of chicken sold.{{Fact|date=October 2007}} The first to take him up on the offer was [[Pete Harman]] in [[South Salt Lake, Utah]]; together, they opened the first "Kentucky Fried Chicken" outlet in 1952.<ref name="mash">{{Cite web|url=http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,595057690,00.html|title=Colonel's landmark KFC is mashed|accessyear=2007|accessmonthday=October 28|publisher=Deseret Morning News|year=2004|author=Jenifer K. Nii}}</ref> By the early 1960s Kentucky Fried Chicken was sold in over 600 franchised outlets in both the United States and Canada. One of the longest-lived franchisees of the older Col. Sanders' chicken concept, as opposed to the KFC chain, was the Kenny Kings chain. The company owned many Northern Ohio diner-style restaurants, the last of which closed in [[2004]].
Sanders sold the entire KFC [[franchising]] operation in 1964 for $2 million [[USD]] <ref>''[[I've Got A Secret]]'' interview, originally broadcast April 6, 1964 (rebroadcast by GSN March 30, 2008).</ref> Since that time, the chain has been sold three more times, most recently to [[PepsiCo]], which made it part of its [[Yum! Brands|Tricon Global Restaurants]] division, which in turn was spun off in [[1997]], and has now been renamed to [[Yum! Brands]]. Additionally, Colonel Sanders' nephew, Lee Cummings, took his own Kentucky Fried Chicken franchises (and a chicken recipe of his own) and converted them to his own "spin-off" [[Chain store|restaurant chain]], [[Lee's Famous Recipe Chicken]].
Today, some of the older KFC restaurants have become famous in their own right. One such restaurant is located in [[Marietta, Georgia]]. This store is notable for a {{convert|56|ft|m|sing=on}} tall sign that looks like a chicken. The sign, known locally as the [[Big Chicken]], was built for an earlier fast-food restaurant on the site called Johnny Reb's Chick, Chuck and Shake. It is often used as a travel reference point in the [[Atlanta metropolitan area|Atlanta area]] by locals and pilots.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/GAMARchicken.html |title=The Big Chicken |author=Roadside America |publisher=Roadside America |date= |accessdate=2007-04-16}}</ref>
==Products==
===Packaging===
The famous paper bucket that KFC uses for its larger sized orders of chicken and has come to signify the company was originally created by [[Wendy's]] restaurants founder [[Dave Thomas (American businessman)|Dave Thomas]]. Thomas was originally a franchisee of the original Kentucky Fried Chicken and operated several outlets in the [[Columbus, Ohio]] area. His reasoning behind using the paper packaging was that it helped keep the chicken crispy by [[Wiktionary:wick|wicking]] away excess moisture. The rotating bucket sign was designed by Leonard Goldstein to advertise the availability of Kentucky Fried Chicken at his [[Lendy's]] Restaurants in Roanoke and Salem, VA. The signs first appeared in 1961, a year before Dave Thomas took over 4 Kentucky Fried Chicken stores in Columbus, OH.{{Fact|date=July 2008}}
===Menu items===
====Chicken====
[[Image:Kfc chicken potato.jpg|thumb|KFC's Original Recipe fried chicken and French fries]]
* KFC's specialty is fried chicken served in various forms. KFC's primary product is pressure-fried pieces of chicken made with one of two types of breading: ''original recipe'' or ''extra crispy''. In 2008, KFC introduced a new kind of chicken called ''Smokey [[Chipotle]]''. The chicken is dipped in chipotle sauce then doubled breaded and fried.
* 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]] the main sandwiches are 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.
* 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 sauce]]s and [[buffalo sauce]]. They also offer [[potato wedges]].
* Several pies have been made available from KFC. The [[Pot Pie]] is a [[umami|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. 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 (food)|wrap]] that consists of either chicken strips or roasted chicken, tomato, lettuce and (pepper) mayonnaise wrapped in a [[tortilla]].
* [[Shish kebab]] - in several markets KFC sells kebabs.
==== Other products ====
[[Image:KFC coleslaw.JPG|thumb|Coleslaw]]
* In some international locations, KFC may sell [[hamburger]]s, [[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.<ref name="davis">{{Cite web|url=http://www.kctcs.edu/todaysnews/index.cfm?tn_date=2007-02-22#9105|title=KFC tries Kentucky fried fish|accessyear=2007|accessmonthday=October 28|publisher=Kentucky Community and Technical College System|year=2007|author=Alex Davis for the [[Louisville Courier-Journal]]|work=Archive}}</ref>
* 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).
* 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.
* 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. <ref>[http://www.kfc.com/menu/desserts_parfaits.asp Little Bucket Parfaits - KFC.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* Sara Lee Desserts - Available in either Cookies and Cream Cheesecake or Choc Caramel Mousse.
* "Variety Bucket": This has chicken, popcorn chicken, two sides, biscuit.
====Sides====
* Other than fried chicken, many KFC restaurants serve [[side dish]]es like [[coleslaw]], various [[potato]]-based items (including potato wedges, [[French fried potatoes|french fries]] and [[mashed potatoes]] with [[gravy]]), [[biscuit#American English meaning|biscuits]], [[baked beans]], [[macaroni and cheese]], [[rice]], steamed vegetables and [[corn on the cob]].
====Discontinued products====
* The Colonel's Rotisserie Gold - This product was introduced in the 1990s as a response to the [[Boston Market]] chain's roasted chicken products, and a healthier mindset of the general public avoiding fried food. Purportedly made from a "lost" Col. Sanders recipe, it was sold as a whole roaster or a half bird.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3190/is_n37_v27/ai_14418375|title=Rotisserie Gold media blitz storms nation|publisher=Nations Restaurant News|author=Peter O. Keegan|year=1993|accessdate=2007-08-21}}</ref>
* Tender Roast Chicken - This product was an off-shoot of 'The Colonel's Rotisserie Gold'. Instead of whole and half birds, customers were given quarter roasted chicken pieces. For a time, customers could request chicken "original", "Extra Tasty Crispy", or "Tender Roast".
* Chicken Little sandwich - a [[Value theory|value]] oriented sandwich that sold for $0.39([[USD]])<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzzh_XbblN4 YouTube - KFC Chicken Littles 1987 TV Commercial<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> in the U.S. during the late 1980s and early 1990s. It was a small chicken patty with mayonnaise on a small roll, similar to [[White Castle (restaurant)|White Castle]]'s mini chicken sandwich.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.qsrmagazine.com/issue/interview/darlenepfieffer.phtml|title=Power to the People|publisher=QSR Magazine|author=Webb Howell,|year=2000|accessdate=2007-08-21}}</ref>
* Extra Tasty Crispy (ETC) - Chicken much like the Extra Crispy served today, except ETC was prepared using chicken that had been soaking for at least a day in special marinade. There is some speculation that the marinade may have been made with trans-fats, and KFC boasts to no longer use trans-fats in their chicken. In the summer of 2007, KFC started marketing the chicken just as "Extra Crispy" without the marinade.
* Kentucky Nuggets were a chicken nugget product available at KFC until 1996. No reason has been given for their discontinuation.
* Fillers - A promotional item for a [[Cricket]] team, the filler was a nine inch (22cm) sub available in four different varieties from November 2007-Mid January 2008, only in Australia.
==== Nutritional value ====
KFC formerly used partially hydrogenated oil in its fried foods. This oil contains relatively high levels of [[trans fat]], which increases the risk of [[heart disease]]. The [[Center for Science in the Public Interest]] (CSPI) filed a court case against KFC, with the aim of making it use other types of oils or make sure customers know about trans fat content immediately before they buy food.
In October 2006, KFC announced that it would begin frying its chicken in trans fat-free oil. This would also apply to their potato wedges and other fried foods, however, the biscuits, [[macaroni and cheese]], and mashed potatoes would still contain trans fat. Trans fat-free [[Soybean|soybean oil]] was introduced in all KFC restaurants in the U.S. by [[30 April]] [[2007]]. CSPI announced that it would immediately drop its lawsuit against KFC and was hopeful that this would create a [[ripple effect]] on other restaurants or fast food chains that prepare food rich in trans fat. "If KFC, which deep-fries almost everything, can get the artificial trans fat out of its frying oil, anyone can," CSPI [[Executive director|Executive Director]] [[Michael F. Jacobson|Michael Jacobson]] said in a statement.<ref name="webmd">{{Cite web|url=http://www.webmd.com/diet/news/20061030/kfc-to-fry-chicken-without-trans-fats|title=KFC to Fry Chicken Without Trans Fats|accessyear=2007|accessmonthday=October 28| publisher=WebMD| year=2006|author=Todd Zwillich}}</ref>
==Advertising==
[[Image:KFC.png|thumb|KFC's logo from 1997 until November 2006]]
Early [[television advertisement]]s for KFC regularly featured Colonel Sanders licking his fingers and talking to the viewer about his secret recipe and the importance of a family joining one another for a meal. Despite his death in 1980, this angle was quite common through the 1980s and up until the early-mid 1990s.
Throughout the mid 1980s, KFC called on [[Will Vinton Studios]] to produce a series of humorous, [[claymation]] ads. These most often featured a cartoon-like chicken illustrating the poor [[food quality]] of competing food chains, mentioning prolonged freezing and other negative aspects.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.animateclay.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=101&page=1 |title=Vinton Studio Commercials|publisher=Animate Clay!|author=Animate Clay!}}</ref> TV ads also featured [[Foghorn Leghorn]] advising [[Henery Hawk]] to visit the restaurant for better chicken.
In the 80s, KFC was an associate sponsor for [[Junior Johnson]]'s [[NASCAR]] [[Winston Cup Series]] cars, with such drivers as [[Darrell Waltrip]], [[Neil Bonnett]], and [[Terry Labonte]].
In 1997 KFC briefly re-entered the NASCAR Winston Cup Series as sponsor of the #26 [[Darrell Waltrip Motorsports]] [[Chevrolet]] with driver [[Rich Bickle]] at the [[Brickyard 400]].
[[Image:Kfc-longjohnsilvers.jpg|thumb|left|A co-branded [[Long John Silvers]] and KFC]]
By the late 1990s, the stylized likeness of Colonel Sanders as the KFC logo had been modified. KFC ads began featuring an [[animated]] version of "the Colonel" with a lively and enthusiastic attitude. He would often start out saying "The Colonel here!" and moved across the screen with a cane in hand. The Colonel was often shown dancing, singing, and knocking on the TV screen as he spoke to the viewer about the product. In reference to these ads, [[William Shatner]] shouted "The Colonel is [[breakdancing]]! Give me a break!" in the song "[[Has Been|I Can't Get Behind That]]"<ref>[http://lyricwiki.org/William_Shatner:I_Can%27t_Get_Behind_That].</ref>
KFC claims that its 87,500 sq. ft. Logo created in the [[Nevada desert]] is the first to be visible from outer space.
The animated Colonel is uncommon today. Still using a humorous slant, the current KFC campaign revolves mostly around customers enjoying the food. It also features a modified version of [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]]'s "[[Sweet Home Alabama (song)|Sweet Home Alabama]]" as the [[Theme music|theme song]] for practically all its commercials, though the restaurant hails from Kentucky.
In [[2006]], KFC claimed to have made the first logo visible from [[outer space]], though [[Rinker Group|Readymix]] has had one since 1965.<ref name="pr">{{Cite web|url=http://www.kfc.com/about/pressreleases/111406.asp|title=KFC Creates World's First Brand Visible from Space|accessyear=2007|accessmonthday=October 28|publisher=KFC|year=2006|author=KFC|work=Press Release}}</ref><ref>{{ cite web | title = Giant Nullarbor logo zooms back into focus |publisher=The Sydney Morning Herald|author=Stephen Hutcheon|year=2006|accessdate=2007-10-28| url = http://www.smh.com.au/news/web/nullarbor-logo-zone/2006/12/13/1165685690455.html }}</ref> KFC says "[It] marked the official debut of a massive global re-image campaign that will contemporize 14,000-plus KFC restaurants in over 80 countries over the next few years." The logo was built from 65,000 one-foot-square tiles, and it took six days on site to construct in early November. The logo measured a record-breaking {{convert|87500|sqft|m2}},{{Fact|date=February 2007}} and was placed in the [[Mojave Desert]] near [[Rachel, Nevada]].<ref name="ap1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,229308,00.html|title=KFC Unveils New Logo with Giant Image in Nevada Desert|accessyear=2007|accessmonthday=October 28|publisher=[[FOX News]]|year=2006|author=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref>
Many KFC locations are [[co-located]] with one or more of Yum! Brands restaurants, [[Long John Silvers]], [[Taco Bell]], [[Pizza Hut]], or [[A&W Restaurants]]. Many of these locations behave like a single restaurant, offering a single menu with food items from both restaurants.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/11/business/11yum.html |title=Diners Walk Through One Door and Visit Two Restaurants |author=Melanie Warner |publisher=[[the New York Times]] |date=[[2005-07-11]] |accessdate=2007-12-29 |quote=Yum's multibranded stores have two illuminated logos, but they function as one restaurant. They have combined kitchens, a single line of cashiers and a staff trained to prepare both sets of menu items.}}</ref>
One of KFC's latest advertisements is a commercial advertising its "wicked crunch box meal". The commercial features a fictional [[black metal]] band called "Hellvetica" performing live, the lead singer then swallows fire. The commercial then shows the lead singer at a KFC eating the "wicked crunch box meal" and saying "Oh man that is hot".
In 2007, the original, non-acronymic "Kentucky Fried Chicken" name was resurrected and began to reappear on company marketing literature and food packaging, as well as some restaurant signage.
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[[Image:KFC2.jpg|150px|thumb|center|Keihan Moriguchi City station,</br>[[Osaka, Japan]]]]
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[[Image:KFCBangkok.jpg|100px|thumb|center|[[Bangkok, Thailand]]]]
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[[Image:KFC sg.jpg|150px|thumb|center|[[Singapore]]]]
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*;Canada
In [[Quebec]], KFC was officially renamed as '''PFK''' ('''Poulet Frit Kentucky''') in the late 1970s after the [[Parti Québécois]] was elected to power{{Fact|date=April 2008}}. This was due to the province's language laws on commercial signs, and part of [[Charter of the French Language|law]] prohibiting the specific use of only English. In the early 1990s, these regulations were relaxed to allow national chains to use their familiar name in Quebec{{Fact|date=April 2008}}, but KFC/PFK continues to be one of the few non-Quebec companies to use a French name in the province, despite the fact that France uses the name KFC for its stores.
*;China
KFC is known as 肯德基炸鸡 ([[pinyin]]: Kěn Dé Jī Zhà Jī) in [[China]].
In [[1987]], it opened its first store in [[Qianmen]] [[Beijing]], the capital of China. In [[2007]], it has over 1800 restaurants in 402 cities in all [[Mainland China]]'s provinces other than [[Tibet]]. <ref>[[Yum! Brands]]. [http://www.yum.com/about/china.asp Yum! China Division]. Retrieved on December 9, 2007.</ref> From 2000 to 2005, it was selected as the "Best chain store brand." <ref>[[People's Daily]]. [http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/english/200011/18/eng20001118_55515.html China Grants Kentucky Best Franchise Brand]. Retrieved on December 9, 2007.</ref>
KFC is the most popular Western fast-food chain in [[Taiwan]].<ref name="fas">{{Cite web|url=http://www.fas.usda.gov/info/agexporter/1997/July%201997/fastfood.html|title=Fast-Food Restaurants: Just What Eastern China's Consumers Ordered|accessyear=2007|accessmonthday=October 28|publisher=USDA Foreign Agricultural Service|author=Jack Marr, Alcinda Hatfield}}</ref> Local menu items include [[egg tart]]s, and [[lotus root]] salad. KFC in China also serves other [[poultry]] in addition to chicken.{{Fact|date=October 2007}}
*;Germany
[[Image:KFC Munich EIP.jpg|thumb|200px|right|KFC restaurant in Munich at the "Euro-Industie-Park"]]
The first KFC locations opened in Germany in the 1960s thus making it one of the first European countries where KFC established itself. Currently, there are 55 locations in Germany, with most located in major cities (mostly Berlin, Cologne, Munich, Frankfurt, Hamburg to name a few), with at least 1 new location planned in [[Munich]]<ref>[http://www.kfc.de/51/restaurants/ KFC Kentucky Fried Chicken | restaurants<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> .
The new Dortmund location opened in April marking the end of a 3-year absence in that city. On [[May 13]], [[2008]], KFC opened their largest restaurant worldwide in Munich at the "Euro-Industie-Park".<ref>According to the advertisements on the restaurant itself.</ref>
*;India
In India, KFC has not established itself in any large way as opposed to another Yum! brand-name restaurant, [[Pizza Hut]], which is prevalent in most Indian cities. It has outlets in [[Chandigarh]],[[Pune]], [[New Delhi]], [[Mumbai]], [[Bangalore]] and [[Kolkata]]. The success of the Mumbai restaurant led KFC to introduce the hot and spicy chicken flavour which is more acceptable to the Indian palate. More recently, KFC has opened outlets in [[Chennai]], [[Tharamani]] and [[Mylapore]].
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A life-sized statue of Colonel Sanders (Ken Scott) <ref>http://www.hrhs.rsb.qc.ca/HRHS/Home.html</ref> stands and greets customers outside a KFC in [[Tokyo]], Japan.]]
*;Japan
A life size statue of the Colonel stands in front of most stores in [[Japan]]. Fried chicken is an especially popular dish at [[Christmas]] time and on [[Christmas Eve]] many families, many of who have made reservations weeks in advance, have their traditional [[Christmas dinner]] of Kentucky Fried Chicken at home.<ref name="age">{{Cite web|url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2005/12/23/1135032187987.html|title=Deck the malls, it's Yuletide in Japan|accessyear=2007|accessmonthday=October 28|publisher=The Age Company Ltd.|year=2005|author=[[The Age]]}}</ref>
*;Philippines
In the [[Philippines]], the KFC name is turned into an acronym to stand for "'''K'''apag '''F'''ried '''C'''hicken... mag-KFC" to stand for "If fried chicken... have KFC".
*;Poland
First KFC restaurant in [[Poland]] was opened in [[1993]] in [[Warsaw]]. As of [[May 2008]] KFC has 87 restaurants in Poland operated by [[AmRest]] company. Many of those restaurants are drive-through. [[AmRest]] operates KFC also in the [[Czech Republic]], [[Hungary]], [[Russia]], [[Bulgaria]] and [[Serbia]].
*;United Kingdom & Ireland
The first KFC outside of the [[US]] and [[Canada]] was opened in [[Preston]], [[England]] in 1965, becoming the first American fast food chain to open in the [[UK]], there are now over 700 locations across the UK and [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] with many more planned. The franchise was initially run by an independent company known as KFC GB Ltd. until 1986 when [[Pepsico]] purchased it as part of a joint venture with Trust house Forte, in 1997 when [[Tricon]] (now [[Yum!]]) was spun off from Pepsico it gained full ownership of the UK & Ireland operations. The UK & Ireland operation is seen as KFC's European base and is often used to train franchisees from across Europe due to its great success and restaurant quality.<ref>http://www.kfc.co.uk/about/about.aspx</ref>
==Criticisms==
===Environmental concerns===
KFC has been accused of a large destruction of the [[Amazon Rainforest]], because the supply of [[soy]] used for chicken food KFC receives from [[Cargill#Controversy_around_Santar.C3.A9m_port_and_Amazon_deforestation|Cargill]] has been traced back to the [[Europe]]an KFC. Cargill has reportedly been exporting soy illegally for several years.<ref name="forest">{{Cite web |url=http://www.greenpeace.org/international/press/releases/kfc-exposed-for-trashing-the-a|title=KFC exposed for trashing the Amazon rainforest for buckets of chicken| accessyear=2007| accessmonthday=October 28|publisher=[[Greenpeace]]|year=2006|author=Greenpeace}}</ref> The [[Greenpeace]] organization researched the issue and brought it to the attention of the parent company YUM! Brands, Inc. The parent company denied the illegal operation, and said that their supply of soy is grown in parts of Brazil.<ref name="forest" /> Greenpeace has called on KFC to stop purchasing soy from Cargill, to avoid contributing to the destruction of the Amazon.<ref name="forest" /><ref name="mag">{{Cite web|url=http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/6429/54/|title=KFC's Secret Ingredients Include Soy That's Destroying the Amazon, Says Greenpeace|accessyear=2007|accessmonthday=October 28|publisher=Brazil Magazine|year=2006|author=Brazil Magazine}}</ref>
===Trademark disputes===
In [[1971]], Sanders sued Heublein Inc., KFC's parent company at the time, over the alleged misuse of his image in promoting products he had not helped develop. In [[1975]], Heublein Inc. unsuccessfully sued Sanders for libel after he publicly referred to their gravy as "sludge" with a "wallpaper taste".<ref>{{cite book |last=Kleber |first=John E. |authorlink= |coauthors=Thomas D. Clark, Lowell H. Harrison, and James C. Klotter |title=The Kentucky Encyclopedia |year=1992 |month=June |publisher=[[University Press of Kentucky]]|isbn=0-81311-772-0 |pages=page 796}}</ref>
In [[May 2007]] KFC (Great Britain) requested that [[Tan Hill Inn]], in the [[Yorkshire Dales]], [[North Yorkshire]], UK refrain from using the term 'Family Feast' to describe its Christmas menu.<ref name="tanh">{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/mobile/bbc_news/england/nwyl/north/north_yorkshire/664/66418/story6641819.shtml?l|title=Pub Fights KFC for 'Family Feast'|accessdate=2008-04-29|publisher=BBC|year=2007-05-10}}</ref>
[[Image:Boycott KFC.jpg|thumb|Protesters demonstrating outside a KFC restaurant in [[Royal Oak, Michigan]]]]
[[Image:KFC Auckland strike.jpg|200px|thumb|right|[[Balmoral, New Zealand|Balmoral]] KFC workers and allies picket the store]]
===Wages and working conditions===
Like many fast food outlets, KFC employs a high proportion of young, unskilled workers, at or just above [[minimum wage]], and its workers are not unionized. In [[New Zealand]], KFC youth workers earn [[New Zealand dollar|NZ$]]10.13 an hour. Staff at the [[Balmoral, New Zealand|Balmoral, Auckland]] store went on strike for two hours on [[December 3]], [[2005]] after [[Restaurant Brands]], the franchise holder, offered no wage increase in contract negotiations.<ref name="strike">{{Cite web|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10357158|title=KFC staff to strike|accessyear=2007|accessmonthday=October 28|publisher=The New Zealand Herald|year=2005|author=The New Zealand Herald}}</ref> In [[March]] of [[2006]], Restaurant Brands agreed to phase out youth rates in New Zealand, although no date was set.
Many stores in [[western Canada]] are unionized with the Canadian Auto Workers, and as a result many non-franchise stores in western Canada pay higher than minimum wage. In [[British Columbia]], where minimum wage is $8 an hour, KFC employees make between $10 and $11 an hour.{{Fact|date=October 2007}}
===Animal rights===
Since [[2003]], [[animal rights]] and welfare organizations, led by [[People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals]] (PETA), have been protesting KFC’s treatment of the animals used for its products. These groups claim that the recommendations of the KFC Animal Welfare Advisory Council have been ignored.<ref name="pdf">{{Cite web|url=http://www.kfccruelty.com/pdfs/March11document.pdf|title=Animal welfare recommendations and proposed plan of action for implementation at KFC suppliers|accessyear=2007|accessmonthday=October 28|publisher=[[People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals]]|year=2005|author=Dr. Temple Grandin, Dr. Johan Raj, Dr. Ian Duncan|format=.pdf}}</ref> Adele Douglass, a former member of the council, said in an [[Securities and Exchange Commission|SEC]] filing reported on by the [[Chicago Times]], that KFC "never had any meetings. They never asked any advice, and then they touted to the press that they had this animal-welfare advisory committee. I felt like I was being used."<ref name="sec">{{Cite web|url=http://sec.edgar-online.com/2006/03/30/0001104659-06-020579/Section11.asp|title=Relating to an Animal Welfare Standards Report - Shareholder Proposal|accessyear=2007|accessmonthday=October 28|publisher=EDGAR Online, Inc. |year=2006|author=Securities and Exchange Commission}}</ref><ref name="chicago">{{Cite web|url=http://lists.envirolink.org/pipermail/ar-news/Week-of-Mon-20030915/006487.html|title=Small But Mighty Rights Group Tries Gentler Approach|accessyear=2007|accessmonthday=October 28|publisher=[[Chicago Tribune]]|year=2003|author=David Montgomery|work=Archived}}</ref>
KFC responded by saying the chickens used in its products are bought from suppliers like [[Perdue Farms]], [[Tyson Foods]], and [[Pilgrim's Pride]], and that these suppliers are routinely monitored for animal welfare violations.<ref name="cnn1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2003/BUSINESS/10/17/anderson.kfc/index.html|title=Pamela Anderson takes on KFC|accessyear=2007|accessmonthday=October 28|publisher=[[CNN]]|year=2003|author=CNN}}</ref> Several PETA undercover investigations and videos of these and other KFC suppliers purport to show chickens being beaten, ripped apart, and thrown against walls contradict KFC’s claims.<ref name="cover">{{Cite web|url=http://www.kfccruelty.com/u-undercover.asp|title=Undercover Investigations|accessyear=2007|accessmonthday=October 28|publisher=PETA|year=2005|author=PETA}}</ref> PETA has criticised some of the practices of chicken breeders, such as beak trimming and overcrowding, but KFC says its suppliers meets UK legal requirements. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs recommends a maximum stocking density of 34kg - around 30 chickens - per square metre, and say that in circumstances where beak trimming needs to be carried out to prevent the birds injuring each other, only one third of the beak should be trimmed "measured from the tip towards the entrance of the nostrils".<ref>{{cite news|publisher=the Guardian|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/food/story/0,,1602693,00.html|accessdate=2008-01-17|title=Anatomy of a dish:KFC Family Feast - eight pieces of chicken(known as the "finger lickin chicken"), four regular fries, gravy and corn cobettes, £9.99|author=Andrew Shanahan|date=2005-10-28}}</ref> There have been more than 12,000 demonstrations at KFC outlets since [[2003]] because of this alleged mistreatment of chickens by KFC suppliers.
In June 2008, KFC Canada agreed to PETA's demands for better welfare standards, including favoring suppliers who use controlled-atmosphere killing (CAK) of chickens, and other welfare standards as well as introducing a vegan sandwich at 65% of its outlets. PETA has called off its campaign against KFC Canada, but continues to demonstrate against KFC elsewhere in the world.<ref>[http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Canada/2008/06/01/5739946.html 'Kentucky Fried Cruelty' comes to an end]</ref>
=== Urban legends ===
[[Urban legend]]s about KFC's rebranding from Kentucky Fried Chicken include the notion that the [[Commonwealth of Kentucky]] planned legal action against the chain due to a [[trademark]] on "Kentucky." Another popular tale is that the chicken products came from highly [[genetically modified]] animals without feathers, beaks, or feet, which were easier to harvest; the corollary to the myth is that the chain was forced to change its name from Kentucky Fried Chicken to KFC since it otherwise would be falsely advertising their products as being made from actual chickens.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.snopes.com/horrors/food/kfc.asp|title=Tastes like Chicken|publisher=[[Urban Legends Reference Pages]]|author=Barbara and David Mikkelson}}</ref>
The [[The Learning Channel|TLC]] program [[Mostly True Stories: Urban Legends Revealed]] had a segment called ''"Kentucky Fried Rat,"'' which aired on June 10, 2003. The story described a woman who purchased a dinner from KFC as a shortcut in the evening preparations for her family, only for the dinner that was supposed to be chicken turn out to be rat<ref>[http://www.tvguide.com/detail/tv-show.aspx?tvobjectid=194593&more=ucepisodelist&episodeid=3871908 Mostly True Stories: Urban Legends Revealed Episodes | TVGuide.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>. According to the show, the story was not true.
== See also ==
{{commonscat|Kentucky Fried Chicken}}
* [[List of fast-food restaurants]]
* [[Dixy Chicken]]
* [[Favorite Chicken]]
* [[Chicken Cottage]]
* [[Buffet]] - Some KFCs have these facilities in select locations
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.kfc.com/global/ Official site]
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