Fast Food Chain Will Move Headquarters To Texas

KFC is saying goodbye to Kentucky as the fried chicken chain’s U.S. headquarters.

The company will move its headquarters from Louisville, Kentucky, to Plano, Texas.

“Yum! Brands announced today its plans to designate two brand headquarters in the U.S., located in Plano, Texas, and Irvine, California, to foster greater collaboration among brands and employees,” owner Yum! Brands stated.

“This strategic decision will involve relocating KFC U.S. corporate office employees currently in Louisville, Kentucky, to the KFC and Pizza Hut Global headquarters in Plano, Texas. In addition, U.S.-based remote employees will be asked to relocate to the campus where their work happens,” it added.

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Per CNBC:

About 100 KFC U.S. employees will be required to relocate over the next six months.

The relocation is part of Yum’s broader plan to have two corporate headquarters: one in Plano, the other in Irvine, California. KFC and Pizza Hut’s global teams are already based in Plano, while Taco Bell and the Habit Burger & Grill’s teams are located in Irvine.

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Additionally, Yum’s U.S. remote workforce, roughly 90 workers, will also be asked to move to the campus where their work is based.

But Yum isn’t entirely abandoning Kentucky. The company and the KFC Foundation plan to maintain corporate offices in Louisville. Plus, KFC still plans to build a new flagship restaurant in its former hometown.

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From the Lexington Herald-Leader:

Additionally, KFC plans to build a first-of-its-kind flagship restaurant in Louisville, and the company will provide a $1 million endowment to the College of Business at the University of Louisville for scholarships throughout Kentucky, according to company officials.

Kentucky Fried Chicken began with Sanders, who sold fried chicken out of service stations in Nicholasville and Corbin. He eventually perfected a pressure cooker method and a secret recipe of 11 herbs and spices that catapulted his chicken to international fame.

He sold the company to a group of investors led by John Y. Brown Sr. and Jack C. Massey in 1964. It changed hands many times before being consolidated with Pizza Hut and Taco Bell when PepsiCo spun off its restaurant division in 1997 into what was rebranded as Yum! Brands 2002.

Today, KFC has more than 30,000 restaurants in 150 countries and is considered the second-largest restaurant chain in the world, behind only McDonald’s.

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