Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
KFC did not return to NASCAR until 2014, serving as a sponsor for Cup team Front Row Motorsports that year and in 2015. KFC was on the No. 34 of David Ragan both years, and on the No. 35 of Cole Whitt in 2015 only. [90] [91] In 2016, KFC moved to Roush Fenway Racing to sponsor the No. 16 of Greg Biffle, again for a limited number of races. [92]
KFC Corporation, [4] doing business as KFC (also commonly referred to by its historical name Kentucky Fried Chicken), is an American fast food restaurant chain that specializes in fried chicken. Headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky , it is the world's second-largest restaurant chain (as measured by sales) after McDonald's , with over 30,000 ...
Sanders has been voiced by impressionists in radio ads, and from 1998 to 2001 an animated version of him voiced by Randy Quaid appeared in television commercials. [56] In May 2015, KFC brought the Colonel Sanders character back in new television advertisements, played by comedian Darrell Hammond.
By 1993, KFC in the Asia Pacific region accounted for 22 percent of all KFC sales. [80] John Cranor announced, "We're looking at almost unlimited opportunity for growth in Asia". [ 99 ] By 1993, KFC was the leading Western fast food chain in South Korea, China, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, and was second to McDonald's in most other Asian ...
A 2013 Ad Age compilation of the 25 largest U.S. advertisers ranked McDonald's as the fourth-largest advertiser (spending US$957,000,000 on measurable advertisements in 2012) and Subway as the nineteenth largest (US$516,000,000). [2]
By March 2002, the Tricon-Yorkshire multibranding test consisted of 83 KFC/A&Ws, six KFC/Long John Silver's and three Taco Bell/Long John Silver's and was considered successful by the companies. [16] In 2001, KFC started test restaurants in Austin, Texas, called "Wing Works", a chicken wing line sold with one of a few flavored sauces.
"Chickens for Colonel Sanders", or "Chickens for KFC", is a political rhetorical analogy which compares the irony of someone supporting a politician, organization, or ideology which contradicts their own beliefs or rights to the idea of chickens supporting American restaurateur Colonel Sanders or his chicken fast food restaurant Kentucky Fried Chicken.
In 2010 the group Victorious Secrets won a contest to replace the faux band in a new series of ads. In 2012 the faux band returned in a new series of ads. Wendell the baker: French Toast Crunch cereal: 1995–late 1990s: Frito Bandito: Fritos: 1960s: voiced by Mel Blanc: The Frito Spokesbag: 2012–present: Frito Kid: 1952–1967: used for ...