Some of Louisville's elected officials believe the city has reached an inflection point after Yum! Brands dropped the bombshell that home-grown, and internationally known, Kentucky Fried Chicken would be moving its U.
Yum! Brands is moving 100 corporate employees from KFC U.S. in Kentucky to Texas. On Tuesday, the company said it plans to designate two brand headquarters in the U.S., located in Plano, Texas, and Irvine,
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has suggested Kentucky Fried Chicken should change its name to Texas Fried Chicken, after KFC announced it is moving its U.S. headquarters to the Lone Star State. Newsweek contacted Yum!
On Tuesday it was announced that KFC, the fast food giant formerly known as Kentucky Fried Chicken, is moving its U.S. headquarters from Louisville in Kentucky to Plano, a city on the northern outskirts of Dallas.
KFC is taking the Kentucky out of Kentucky Fried Chicken. The fried chicken chain is officially moving to Texas. Its owner, Yum! Brands, which is also parent to Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and Habit Burger & Grill,
Stephen Colbert is already exhausted by the onslaught of "news of yet another inexplicable, chaotic move seemingly bent on undermining everything we as Americans hold dear." But on Wednesday night, he was talking,
Kentucky Fried Chicken is leaving Kentucky & moving to Texas. Welcome to Texas, Colonel & company. Many hungry Texans appreciate your move. Now, and hear me out, any chance you would consider a name like Texas Fried Chicken or TFC? It’s a great brand https://t.co/nYKqi9DayO
Addressing the federal employee layoffs as part of Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency initiatives, Colbert said, “The federal workers are naturally experiencing anger, chaos, and confusion, which, coincidentally, are also the Secret Service codenames for Trump, Elon and Don Jr.”
KFC is moving its headquarters to Texas, sparking backlash from unhappy customers who quickly voiced their displeasure.
The relocation to Texas by Yum! Brands, which Pepsico spun off in 1997, is a move to help keep the company growing. Today, KFC has more than 30,000 restaurants in 150 countries and is considered the second-largest restaurant chain in the world, behind only McDonald’s.