How Do I Start a KFC Franchise?

Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC Kentucky Fried Chicken, KFC for short) is one of the U.S. multinational chain restaurants and the world s second largest fast food and largest fried chicken chain. Sanders), ^[1] mainly sells high-calorie fast food such as fried chicken, burgers, fries, rice bowls, egg tarts, and soda. KFC is affiliated with Yum China Holdings Limited ("Yum China") ^[2] , the stock code is YUMC ^[2] , and it is Yum! Brands' franchise in mainland China ^[2] has the exclusive rights to operate KFC brands in mainland China. ^[2]

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"Life is so sweet," "KFC is free."

In 1939, Colonel Harlan Sanders made 11 recipes of fried chicken in a restaurant in Corbin, Kentucky.

In 1952, Colonel Harlan Sanders created the original fried chicken franchise business, and the prototype of KFC began.

In 1987, KFC entered China and opened China's first Western fast food chain restaurant in Qianmen, Beijing.

On August 1, 2000, the first not starting from scratch KFC franchise store in China was officially authorized for transfer in Liyang, Changzhou

On May 31, 2000, the KFC website was officially launched in China

In November 2000, China Food Health Advisory Committee was formally established

On September 3, 2002, China's first KFC "Car Shuttle Restaurant" opened in Beijing

On September 12, 2002, the 700th KFC restaurant in China opened in Shenzhen, and 38 million yuan of "China KFC Dawn Fund" was established nationwide.

On January 16, 2004, the 1,000th KFC restaurant in China opened in Beijing, and the "KFC Food Health Policy White Paper" was released.

On September 2nd, 2004, the KFC National Youth Triple Basketball Championship Challenge was officially launched.

On December 13, 2004, the 1200th KFC restaurant in China opened in Sanya, Hainan

On August 8, 2005, KFC announced "change for China and make every effort to create 'new fast food'"

On October 11, 2005, the 1500th KFC restaurant in China, the second in China, and the first car shuttle restaurant in Shanghai opened in Shanghai

On July 6, 2006, KFC China's third and fourth car shuttle restaurants opened in Nanjing and Wuxi at the same time

On August 31, 2006, KFC National Youth Campus Youth Aerobics Competition was officially launched

In the second half of 2006, China s KFC launched KFC Home Delivery in Shanghai for the first time and started to enter the delivery market. Now it has expanded to the whole country.

In 2007, KFC entered China's 20th anniversary and launched a series of activities under the theme of "Gratefulness and Reward"

On November 8, 2007, the 2000th KFC restaurant in China opened in Chengdu, simultaneously launching the "China KFC Restaurant Health Fund"

KFC's business philosophy is to continuously launch new products or repackage past sales products, aiming at people's early adopters' mentality, so as to obtain profits.

In October 2019, Interbrand ranked 93 in the Top 100 Global Brands List ^[6]

In June 2015, KFC filed a lawsuit against Shanxi Weiluoxian Technology Co., Ltd., Taiyuan Zero Point Technology Co., Ltd. and Shenzhen Yingchen Anzhi Success Culture Communication Co., Ltd., accusing it of spreading 6 wings and 8 legs of GMOs through WeChat Chicken making and selling food rumors. KFC claims an actual loss of $ 242,000 from each company.

In February 2016, the Xuhui District People's Court of Shanghai made a judgment in this case. The three companies violated the reputation of KFC and caused economic losses. The three companies must pay KFC a total of $ 91,200 and apologize for spreading rumors. ^{[twenty three]}