KFC is leaving Kentucky

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kernals12

February 19, 2025, 05:27:51 PM  
KFC is moving its headquarters from Louisville to that of its sister chain Pizza Hut in Plano, Texas. Does this mean they're going to have to change their name?

hurricanehink

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February 19, 2025, 05:54:59 PM  
Quote from: kernals12 on February 19, 2025, 05:27:51 PMKFC is moving its headquarters from Louisville to that of its sister chain Pizza Hut in Plano, Texas. Does this mean they're going to have to change their name?

They long ago ditched their association with "chicken" when they went with KFC. Why not ditch the "Kentucky" part too? It's like how Outback steakhouse is associated with Australia, but it's based in Tampa.

seicer

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February 19, 2025, 06:08:16 PM  
No more than Texas Roadhouse, which was founded in Clarksville, IN, and is based in Louisville, KY.

kernals12

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February 19, 2025, 06:08:50 PM  
Quote from: seicer on February 19, 2025, 06:08:16 PMNo more than Texas Roadhouse, which was founded in Clarksville, IN, and is based in Louisville, KY.
Maybe the two states can do a prisoner swap.

Big John

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February 19, 2025, 06:20:52 PM  
Or Boston Pizza being Canadian owned?

jeffandnicole

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February 19, 2025, 06:23:19 PM  
Quote from: hurricanehink on February 19, 2025, 05:54:59 PM
Quote from: kernals12 on February 19, 2025, 05:27:51 PMKFC is moving its headquarters from Louisville to that of its sister chain Pizza Hut in Plano, Texas. Does this mean they're going to have to change their name?

They long ago ditched their association with "chicken" when they went with KFC. Why not ditch the "Kentucky" part too? It's like how Outback steakhouse is associated with Australia, but it's based in Tampa.

The ditched the association with FRIED chicken.  They always continued to have a strong association with chicken.

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February 19, 2025, 08:09:29 PM  
Why?  It wasn't like Harlan Sanders was a real Colonel.

kphoger

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February 19, 2025, 08:58:59 PM  
Its name hasn't had 'Kentucky' in it for more than three decades.

But I do believe that, in some other countries, the name either reverted to Kentucky Fried Chicken, or else it never changed.  Not sure which.
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February 19, 2025, 09:05:24 PM  
Quote from: kphoger on February 19, 2025, 08:58:59 PMIts name hasn't had 'Kentucky' in it for more than three decades.
The government of Québec obviously didn't get that memo.
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February 19, 2025, 09:45:38 PM  
Quote from: seicer on February 19, 2025, 06:08:16 PMNo more than Texas Roadhouse, which was founded in Clarksville, IN, and is based in Louisville, KY.
And Texas Pete Hot Sauce was invented in Winston-Salem, NC.

There's also the AriZona Beverage Company, which is based in Woodbury, NY.
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February 19, 2025, 10:05:45 PM  
Plano Fried Chicken might result in some interesting new Asian flavors.

Rothman

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February 19, 2025, 10:32:45 PM  
Kennedy Fried Chicken is where it's at, anyway:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennedy_Fried_Chicken
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kernals12

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February 19, 2025, 10:49:11 PM  
Quote from: Rothman on February 19, 2025, 10:32:45 PMKennedy Fried Chicken is where it's at, anyway:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennedy_Fried_Chicken
It's funny you should bring up the name Kennedy in a thread that involves the Dallas area

SectorZ

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February 20, 2025, 08:30:21 AM  
Quote from: Molandfreak on February 19, 2025, 09:05:24 PM
Quote from: kphoger on February 19, 2025, 08:58:59 PMIts name hasn't had 'Kentucky' in it for more than three decades.
The government of Québec obviously didn't get that memo.

One of the closest ones to Québec, in Conway NH, closed about a decade ago but was a "Kentucky Fried Chicken" thru to the end. That is the only one in my sphere of knowledge that didn't rebrand to KFC when all the other locations did.

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February 20, 2025, 11:32:03 AM  
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February 20, 2025, 02:42:14 PM  
I just wonder what this will do regarding the naming rights to the KFC Yum! Center --- that big white elephant humpback-whale-looking building on the west side of the George Roger Clark Memorial Bridge (US 31, a/k/a 2nd Street Bridge) in downtown Louisville.
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February 21, 2025, 08:00:49 AM  
Quote from: hbelkins on February 20, 2025, 02:42:14 PMI just wonder what this will do regarding the naming rights to the KFC Yum! Center
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February 26, 2025, 10:32:54 PM  
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February 26, 2025, 11:11:30 PM  
Quote from: kernals12 on February 19, 2025, 10:49:11 PM
Quote from: Rothman on February 19, 2025, 10:32:45 PMKennedy Fried Chicken is where it's at, anyway:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennedy_Fried_Chicken
It's funny you should bring up the name Kennedy in a thread that involves the Dallas area
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February 26, 2025, 11:15:30 PM  
Quote from: Road Hog on February 26, 2025, 11:11:30 PM
Quote from: kernals12 on February 19, 2025, 10:49:11 PM
Quote from: Rothman on February 19, 2025, 10:32:45 PMKennedy Fried Chicken is where it's at, anyway:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennedy_Fried_Chicken
It's funny you should bring up the name Kennedy in a thread that involves the Dallas area
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February 26, 2025, 11:38:44 PM  
Since my home state is represented in this topic, I would like to reiterate that Dairy Queen is NOT nor has never been a Texas-based chain like many people have been led to believe.  It was born and based somewhere in the Great Plains region.  DQ does have a special place in Texas culture with it's own menu and advertising exclusively in Texas and a location found in almost every town in the state (some sizable towns have plural locations within them).
We're so far south that we're not even considered "The South"

kernals12

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February 27, 2025, 12:16:16 AM  
Quote from: jgb191 on February 26, 2025, 11:38:44 PMSince my home state is represented in this topic, I would like to reiterate that Dairy Queen is NOT nor has never been a Texas-based chain like many people have been led to believe.  It was born and based somewhere in the Great Plains region.  DQ does have a special place in Texas culture with it's own menu and advertising exclusively in Texas and a location found in almost every town in the state (some sizable towns have plural locations within them).

I wish Dairy Queen would marry Burger King and bring peace to the Fast Food Kingdom

oscar

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February 27, 2025, 01:12:30 AM  
Quote from: kernals12 on February 27, 2025, 12:16:16 AMI wish Dairy Queen would marry Burger King and bring peace to the Fast Food Kingdom

There is a Burger Queen restaurant, in Lakeview, Oregon. It doesn't seem to be part of a chain, or affiliated with any other Burger Queens that may be out there.
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February 27, 2025, 04:01:49 AM  
Quote from: kernals12 on February 27, 2025, 12:16:16 AM
Quote from: jgb191 on February 26, 2025, 11:38:44 PMSince my home state is represented in this topic, I would like to reiterate that Dairy Queen is NOT nor has never been a Texas-based chain like many people have been led to believe.  It was born and based somewhere in the Great Plains region.  DQ does have a special place in Texas culture with it's own menu and advertising exclusively in Texas and a location found in almost every town in the state (some sizable towns have plural locations within them).

I wish Dairy Queen would marry Burger King and bring peace to the Fast Food Kingdom
Then adopt Jack in the Box to complete the face card collection.

Road Hog

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February 27, 2025, 07:36:17 AM  
Quote from: Big John on February 27, 2025, 04:01:49 AM
Quote from: kernals12 on February 27, 2025, 12:16:16 AM
Quote from: jgb191 on February 26, 2025, 11:38:44 PMSince my home state is represented in this topic, I would like to reiterate that Dairy Queen is NOT nor has never been a Texas-based chain like many people have been led to believe.  It was born and based somewhere in the Great Plains region.  DQ does have a special place in Texas culture with it's own menu and advertising exclusively in Texas and a location found in almost every town in the state (some sizable towns have plural locations within them).

I wish Dairy Queen would marry Burger King and bring peace to the Fast Food Kingdom
Then adopt Jack in the Box to complete the face card collection.
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