How many KFC outlets are there in India? 75.

The presence of KFC in India today reportedly consists of 75 restaurants in 13 cities: Amritsar, Bangalore, Chandigarth, Chennai, Cochin, Delhi, Hyderabad, Jalandhar, Kolkata, Lucknow, Ludhiana, Mumbai and Pune (data provided by KFC Indias website). Delhi and Bangalore are the cities with the highest number of KFC outlets: 18 and 15, respectively.

Yum! China

The Yum! China Division, based in Shanghai, has been reported separately since the beginning of 2005 due to its size, unique strength and importance. Mainland China is Yum! Brands' number one market for new company restaurant development worldwide. In 2010, the Company opened more than 500 new restaurants in mainland China. Our strategy is to be the leader in every significant food service category in mainland China. KFC was the first quick-service restaurant chain to enter China in 1987, the first to bring franchising to China in 1992 and the first to open a drive-through in China in 2002. KFC continues to be the number one quick-service restaurant brand and the largest and fastest growing restaurant chain in mainland China today, with over 3,200 restaurants in more than 700 cities. Yum! opens nearly one new KFC every day in mainland China. (Q4 2010) Pizza Hut was the first restaurant chain to introduce pizza and Western-style casual dining to China in 1990 and the first to introduce pizza delivery to China in 2001. Today, Pizza Hut is the number one casual dining brand in mainland China with 520 Pizza Hut Casual Dining restaurants in over 130 cities and an additional 120 Pizza Hut Home Service delivery units. (Q4 2010) Each of our brands has great momentum in China as we continue our goal of at least 20,000 units over the long term in mainland China.

Kentucky Fried Chicken Protests in India

The Government of India raised permitted levels of the flavour enhancer monosodium glutamate (MSG) in December 1995. The decision came after a Bangalore court closed a Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet because it's food exceeded the legal limits for the additve. Used in a wide range of fast foods, MSG is associated with behavioural disorders, such as hyperactivity, and has induced severe brain damage in rats. Unborn children are at particular risk since MSG concentrates in the placenta.

The Government fears that the Bangalore court's decision will deter further investment in India by foreign-owned food processing companies and fast food chains such as McDonald's, which plans to open the first of 60 outlets in 1996. A broad-based campaign has developed against Kentucky Fried Chicken comprising health activists opposed to the entry of "junk food chains" into India, farmers' groups and animal rights' groups opposed to factory farming, environmental groups, and thoseopposed to the entry of TNC's in India's food sector. The campaign pressured the Delhi government to close KFC's first outlet in the capital. Citizen's groups plan to contest the decision to raise permitted levels of MSG and continue to protest on other grounds as well. WRITE TO: Prime Minister Narsima Rao, Fax: +9113019817; Minister of Food Processing, K.P. Singh Deo, Fax +9113713030. CONTACT: Research Foundation for Science Technology and natural Resource policy, A-60 Hauz Khas, New Delhi-110 016, INDIA

KFC Corporation (KFC), founded and also known as Kentucky Fried Chicken, is a chain offast food restaurants based in Louisville, Kentucky, in the United States. KFC has been a brand and operating segment, termed a concept
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of Yum! Brands since 1997 when that company was spun off

from PepsiCo as Tricon Global Restaurants Inc. KFC primarily sells chicken pieces, wraps, salads and sandwiches. While its primary focus isfried chicken, KFC also offers a line of grilled and roasted chicken products, side dishes anddesserts. Outside the USA, KFC offers beef based products such as hamburgers or kebabs, poutine , pork based products such as ribs and other regional fare.
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The company was founded as Kentucky Fried Chicken by Colonel Harland Sanders in 1952, though the idea of KFC's fried chicken actually goes back to 1930. Although Sanders died in 1980, he remains an important part of the company's branding and advertisements, and "Colonel Sanders" or "The Colonel" is a metonym for the company itself. The company adopted KFC, an abbreviated form of its name, in 1991.
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Starting in April 2007, the company began using its original name, Kentucky Fried Chicken, for its
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signage, packaging and advertisements in the U.S. as part of a new corporate re-branding program; newer and remodeled restaurants will have the new logo and name while older stores will

continue to use the 1980s signage. Additionally, Yum! continues to use the abbreviated name freely in its advertising Born and raised in Henryville, Indiana, Sanders passed through several professions in his lifetime. Sanders first served his fried chicken in 1930 in the midst of the Great Depression at agas station he owned in North Corbin, Kentucky. The dining area was named Sanders Court & Caf and was so successful that in 1935 Kentucky Governor Ruby Laffoon granted Sanders the title of honorary Kentucky Colonel in recognition of his contribution to the state's cuisine. The following year Sanders expanded his restaurant to 142 seats, and added a motel he bought across the street.
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Sanders prepared his chicken in his original restaurant in North Corbin, he prepared the chicken in an iron skillet, which took about 30 minutes to do, too long for a restaurant operation. In 1939, Sanders altered the cooking process for his fried chicken to use a pressure fryer, resulting in a greatly reduced cooking time comparable to that of deep frying. his Original Recipe.
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In 1940 Sanders devised what came to be known as

The Sanders Court & Caf generally served travelers, often those headed to Florida, so when the route planned in the 1950s for what would become Interstate 75 bypassed Corbin, he sold his properties and traveled the U.S. to sell his chicken to restaurant owners. The first to take him up on the offer was Pete Harman in South Salt Lake, Utah; together, they opened the first "Kentucky Fried Chicken" outlet in 1952.
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By the early 1960s, Kentucky Fried Chicken was sold in over 600 franchised outlets in both the

United States and Canada. One of the longest-lived franchisees of the older Col. Sanders' chicken concept, as opposed to the KFC chain, was the Kenny Kings chain. The company owned many Northern Ohio diner-style restaurants, the last of which closed in 2004. Sanders sold the entire KFC franchising operation in 1964 for $2 million USD, equal to $14,161,464 today.
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Since that time, the chain has been sold three more times: to Heublein in 1971, to R.J.

Reynolds in 1982 and most recently to PepsiCo in 1986, which made it part of itsTricon Global Restaurants division, which in turn was spun off in 1997, and has now been renamed to Yum! Brands. In 2001, KFC started test in Austin, Texas restaurants of "Wing Works" chicken wing line sold with one of a few flavored sauces. Also, KFC hired a consultant to develop a breakfast menu.
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Additionally, Colonel Sanders' nephew, Lee Cummings, took his own Kentucky Fried Chicken franchises (and a chicken recipe of his own) and converted them to his own "spin-off" restaurant chain, Lee's Famous Recipe Chicken.

Products

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Chicken
KFC's specialty is fried chicken served in various forms. KFC's primary product is pressurefried pieces of chicken made with the original recipe. The other chicken offering, extra crispy, is made using a garlic marinade and double dipping the chicken in flour before deep frying in a standard industrial kitchen type machine. Kentucky Grilled Chicken This marinated grilled chicken is targeted towards health-conscious customers. It features marinated breasts, thighs, drumsticks, and wings that are coated with seasonings before being grilled. It has less fat, calories, and sodium than the Original Recipe fried chicken.
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Introduced in April 2009.

KFC has two lines of sandwiches: its "regular" chicken sandwiches and its Snackers line. The regular sandwiches are served on either asesame seed or corn dusted roll and are made from either whole breast fillets (fried or roasted), chopped chicken in a sauce or fried chicken strips. The Snackers line are value priced items that consist of chicken strips and various toppings. In the UK, Australia and New Zealand, sandwiches are referred to as "burgers"; there is the chicken fillet burger (a chicken breast fillet coated in an original-recipe coating with salad garnish and mayonnaise) and a Zinger Burger (as with the former but with a spicier coating and salsa). Both of these are available as "tower" variants, which include a slice of cheese and a hash brown. KFC considers its Double Down product a sandwich in spite of containing no bread.

A variety of finger foods, including chicken strips, wings, nuggets, and popcorn chicken, andpotato wedges, are served with various sauces.

Several pies have been made available from KFC. The Pot Pie is a savory pie made with chicken, gravy and vegetables. In the second quarter of 2006, KFC introduced its variation on Shepherd's pie called the Famous Bowl. Served in a plastic bowl, it is layered with mashed potatoes or rice, gravy, corn, popcorn chicken, and cheese, and is served with a biscuit. The bowl had been available at KFC's special test market store in Louisville since the third quarter of 2005.

The KFC Twister is a wrap that consists of either chicken strips or roasted chicken, tomato, lettuce and (pepper) mayonnaise wrapped in a tortilla. In Europe, the Twister is sold in two varieties: 1) the Grilled Twister (chicken strips),
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and 2) the Grilled Mexican twister/Spicy Toasted Twister (UK)

(chicken breast supplemented by tortilla chips and salsa, UK: adds only salsa to pepper mayonnaise),

KFC Fillers are a 9 in (23 cm) sub, available in four varieties over the summer period in Australia. Shish kebab in several markets KFC sells kebabs. Kentucky Barbecued Chicken barbecued chicken dipped in the original recipe

Wrapstar is a variant of the KFC Twister, consisting of chicken strips with salsa, cheese, salad, pepper mayonnaise and other ingredients, contained in a compressed tortilla.
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Other products

Coleslaw

In some international locations, KFC may sell hamburgers, pork ribs or fish. In the U.S., KFC began offering the Fish Snacker sandwich during Lent in 2006. The Fish Snacker consists of a rectangular patty of Alaskan Pollock on a small bun, and is the fifth KFC menu item in theSnacker category.
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Some international locations also may sell KFC 'Mashies' - balls of mashed potato cooked in original recipe batter
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Three types of salads (which can be topped with roasted or fried chicken) are available at KFC: Caesar, house, and BLT salads (in the US).

The Boneless Banquet Zinger Burger A regular sized burger which regularly consists of a boneless fillet of hot and spicy chicken, lettuce and mayonnaise in a burger bun. Cheese, tomato, bacon and pineapple can be added upon request. Barbecue sauce can also replace/join the mayonnaise.

Chili Cheese Fries

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By 2007, 2 former KFC/A&W Restaurants locations in Berlin and Cologne,

Germany had reverted to KFC-only locations and the third location in Garbsen (by Hannover) was closed in 2005. The only remnant from the former A&W menu are the Chili Cheese Fries which were added to the systemwide KFC Germany menu. Parfait desserts "Little Bucket Parfaits" in varieties such as Fudge Brownie, Chocolate Crme (once called the Colonel's Little Fudge Bucket), Lemon Crme and Strawberry Shortcake are available at most locations in the US.
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Sara Lee Desserts Available in either Cookies and Cream Cheesecake or Choc Caramel Mousse.

Krushers, available in Australia, South Africa, India and New Zealand. These are drinks containing "real bits". They include "classic krushers", "smoothie krushers" and "fruit krushers".