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Colonel [a] Harland David Sanders (September 9, 1890 – December 16, 1980) was an American businessman and founder of fast food chicken restaurant chain Kentucky Fried Chicken (also known as KFC). He later acted as the company's brand ambassador and symbol.
KFC was one of the first fast-food chains to expand internationally, opening outlets in Britain, Mexico, and Jamaica by the mid-1960s. Throughout the 1970s and 80s, KFC experienced mixed success domestically, as it went through a series of changes in corporate ownership with little or no experience in the restaurant business.
Leon Weston "Pete" Harman (January 16, 1919 – November 19, 2014) was an American businessman best known for having struck a deal with Colonel Harland Sanders to open the first KFC franchise. Located in Salt Lake County , Utah , Harman's location opened for business in August 1952.
He opened a new restaurant using the name "colonel" to which KFC sued claiming they owned naming rights. The two reportedly settled in 1975. Sanders died on December 16, 1980 and his family no ...
KFC's current ad campaign stars a cartoonish Colonel Sanders played by "Saturday Night Live" alumnus Darrell Hammond, but the fast-food icon was a real person who followed an unlikely path to ...
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 ...
Louisville-based Yum! Brands has named Scott Mezvinsky as its new KFC CEO, effective March 1. Mezvinsky, 49, a 20-year veteran of the company, who currently serves as President of Taco Bell North ...
After initially failing, Yum! Brands chose the KFC business model (KFC is the most successful Western chain in China) and found greater success. [24] As of September 30, 2007, eight East Dawning restaurants were in operation. [25]