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Kentucky Fried Chicken (
KFC) is a
fast food restaurant chain that specializes in
fried chicken and is headquartered in
Louisville,
Kentucky, United States. It is the world's second largest restaurant chain (as measured by sales) after
McDonald's, with almost 20,000 locations globally in 123 countries and territories as of December 2015. The company is a subsidiary of
Yum! Brands, a restaurant company that also owns the
Pizza Hut and
Taco Bell chains.
KFC was founded by
Harland Sanders, an entrepreneur who began selling fried chicken from his roadside restaurant in
Corbin, Kentucky, during the
Great Depression. Sanders identified the potential of the restaurant
franchising concept, and the first "Kentucky Fried Chicken" franchise opened in
Utah in 1952. KFC popularized chicken in the fast food industry, diversifying the market by challenging the established dominance of the
hamburger. By branding himself as "Colonel Sanders", Harland became a prominent figure of American cultural history, and his image remains widely used in KFC advertising. However, the company's rapid expansion overwhelmed the aging Sanders, and, in 1964, he sold it to a group of investors led by
John Y. Brown, Jr. and
Jack C. Massey.
KFC was one of the first American fast food chains to expand internationally, opening outlets in
Canada, the
United Kingdom,
Mexico, and
Jamaica by the mid-1960s. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, KFC experienced mixed fortunes domestically, as it went through a series of changes in corporate ownership with little or no experience in the restaurant business. In the early 1970s, KFC was sold to the
spirits distributor
Heublein, who were taken over by the
R.J. Reynolds food and
tobacco conglomerate, who sold the chain to
PepsiCo. The chain continued to expand overseas, however, and in 1987 KFC became the first Western restaurant chain to open in China. The chain has since expanded rapidly in China, which is now the company's single largest market. PepsiCo
spun off its restaurants division as Tricon Global Restaurants, which later changed its name to Yum! Brands.
KFC's original product is
pressure fried chicken pieces, seasoned with Sanders' recipe of 11 herbs and spices. The constituents of the recipe represent a notable
trade secret. Larger portions of fried chicken are served in a cardboard "bucket", which has become a well known feature of the chain since it was first introduced by franchisee
Pete Harman in 1957. Since the early 1990s, KFC has expanded its menu to offer other chicken products such as
chicken fillet burgers and
wraps, as well as
salads and
side dishes, such as
French fries and
coleslaw, desserts, and
soft drinks, the latter often supplied by
PepsiCo. KFC is known for its former and current
slogan "Finger Lickin' Good", which was replaced by "Nobody does chicken like KFC" and "So good" in the interim.