Business Chief April 2019

‘The firm’s first
franchise was in
1952, and by 1963
there were 600
restaurants across
the US — making
KFC the largest fast
food operation
in the nation at
the time’
93
05 KFC
Est. 1937
Headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, Harland Sanders founded his
first restaurant in 1937 under the name Sanders Court & Café. The
firm’s first franchise was in 1952, and by 1963 there were 600 restaurants
across the US – making KFC the largest fast food chain in the
nation at the time. The company claims to be “one of the few brands
in America that can boast a rich, decades-long history of success
and innovation.” The business established the KFC Foundation in
2015, which has provided $18mn in funding to more than 6,400 of its
employees and students to help with education and personal finance.
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