04/04/07

Colonel Harland Sanders

Kentucky Fried Chicken, more commonly known as KFC, is an internationally known fast food company. It originated from one man and his secret recipe of eleven herbs and spices. His recipe is one of the best kept secrets in the world, and this secret is the recipe to one of the best tasting fried chickens in the world.

        It all started in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. The creator of KFC is Colonel Harland Sanders. He first served his fried chicken during the Great Depression, at a gas station that he owned in Corbin, Kentucky. After his first few servings of chicken, he started to sell his chicken at restaurants and motels. He decided to expand his fried chicken business by selling to travelers by the highway leading to Florida. In 1950’s, Sanders sold his properties and begin to travel the USA to sell some of his chicken to restaurant owners. The first person to take him up his chicken recipe was Pete Harman in south Salt Lake, Utah. Together they opened the world’s first KFC outlet in 1952.

In 1964 Sander sold the KFC franchising for $2 million. Ever since he sold the KFC franchising, the business has changed. The most recent buy was by PepsiCo. In 1991, the company thought that Kentucky Fried Chicken sounded too unhealthy so they renamed their fast food company to KFC.