KFC

Kentucky Fried Chicken
KFC Corporation

Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Restaurants
Genre	Fast food restaurant
Founded	Sanders Court & Café: March 20, 1930; 94 years ago (1930-03-20) North Corbin, Kentucky, U.S. First franchise: September 24, 1952; 72 years ago (1952-09-24) Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
Founder	Colonel Harland Sanders Pete Harman
Headquarters	1441 Gardiner Lane Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. Dallas, Texas, U.S. (global)
Number of locations	29,438[1] (2024)
Key people	Sabir Sami (CEO) Dyke Shipp (President) Monica Rothgery (COO)[2] Catherine Tan (CMO) Staci Rawls (CCO)
Products	Fried chicken Hamburgers Chicken sandwiches Wraps French fries Soft drinks Milkshakes Salads Desserts Breakfast
Revenue	$27.9 billion (2020 USD)[3]
Parent	Yum! Brands
Website	www.kfc.com

KFC (abbreviation of Kentucky Fried Chicken) is an American chain of fast food restaurants known for their fried chicken. It was started by Colonel Sanders in Corbin, Kentucky in 1952. They are now all over the world. They not only sell chicken, but also other food like salads and french fries. KFC, also known as Kentucky Fried Chicken, is an American fast food restaurant chain that specializes in fried chicken. Headquartered in Louisville, it is the world's second-largest restaurant chain after McDonald's, with almost 20,000 locations globally in 123 countries and territories as of December 2015.

1. ↑ "KFC: restaurants worldwide 2019". Statista. Retrieved 2021-04-05.
2. ↑ Luna, Nancy (May 13, 2019). "KFC promotes Monica Rothgery to COO of U.S. division". Nation's Restaurant News. Retrieved May 15, 2019.
3. ↑ "KFC". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-04-05.