KFC in China

Kentucky Fried Chicken (Chinese: 肯德基; pinyin: Kěndéjī) is a fast food restaurant chain founded by Colonel Harland Sanders in North Corbin, Kentucky, in 1930. The first franchise opened in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1952.

Kentucky Fried Chicken
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryRestaurants
GenreFast food restaurant
FoundedFirst franchise:
November 12, 1987 (1987-11-12)
Qianmen, Beijing, China
Number of locations
9,562 (2023)
Key people
Joey Wat (CEO of Yum China)
Products
RevenueUS$7.219 billion (2022)
ParentYum China
Websitewww.yumchina.com
www.kfc.com.cn
(Chinese KFC website)

KFC specializes in selling fried chicken. As of September 2021, KFC operated over 8,100 outlets in around 1,600 cities across China. According to research by Millward Brown, KFC was the most powerful foreign brand in China in 2013.

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