Kentucky Fried Chicken

Harland Sanders

Kentucky Fried Chicken, popularly known as KFC is a fast food restaurant chain giants from America which headquarters is in Louisville, Kentucky. It was founded in 1930 in North Corbin, Kentucky. KFC is specializes in fried chicken. KFC is the world’s second largest restaurant chain overall after another fast food restaurant chain giants McDonald’s. KFC have over 18,000 outlets in 120 countries and territories as of December 2012.

1. Who was founder of KFC?

Ans: Colonel Harland David Sanders.

2. Sanders Court & Café was first big restaurant of Harland Sanders where he developed the famous secret recipe of KFC during 1940s.

KFC in Beijing

3. When and where was the first KFC franchise opened?

Ans:  1952 in South Salt Lake, Utah.

4. KFC was the first American fast food restaurant chain to opened its outlet in China in 1987 in Beijing.

5. Which corporation bought KFC in 1971?

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Ans: Heublein (a packaged food and drinks corporation).

6. PepsiCo bought KFC in July, 1986 for a value of about $850 million. PepsiCo made the chain a part of its PepsiCo Worldwide Restaurants division alongside Pizza Hut and Taco Bell.

7. Name the chicken slider made from dark meat that was introduced by KFC in US in 1987.

Ans: The Chicken Little.

8. The “Tower Burger”, a fried chicken fillet burger with the addition of a hash brown, was first launched in the UK.

The Tower Burger

9. Which country had first oversea franchise for KFC?

Ans: England in 1964.

10. KFC in UK purchases 60 per cent of its chicken from the four largest suppliers in the UK, one of which is 2 Sisters Food Group. The remaining 40 per cent KFC (UK) import from Europe, Thailand and Brazil.

11. When the first KFC outlet in India was launched?

Ans: 1995 in Bangalore.

12. KFC was described by Bloomberg Businessweek as a muscular player in developing regions like Africa, China and India.

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13. What is the name of the breakfast menu which began in 2012 internationally?

Ans: KFC am.

14. Kentucky Fried chicken serve a dessert of soft serve ice cream product known as “Avalanche”. Avalanche contains chocolate bits.

15. How many herbs and spices are there in Sanders' Original Recipe?

Ans: 11 herbs and spices

16. Harland Sanders died on December 16, 1980 at the age of 90 in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. The present KFC logo is the face of Colonel Sanders.

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