Kentucky Fried Chicken is uprooted from its ancestors' homelands in a shakeup announced Tuesday by the parent company that will relocate the chain's US corporate office to Texas.
The KFC chain – launched by Colonel Haaland Sanders and his secret blend of 11 herbs and spices – is based in Plano, Texas, with about 100 KFC corporate employees moving in the next six months, said Yum Brands, who owns KFC. Taco Bell and Pizza Hut.
Moving my corporate office from Louisville brought me a quick response from Kentucky political leaders.
“I am disappointed with this decision and I believe the company's founders will,” Gov. Andy Besher said in a statement. “The company's name starts in Kentucky and sells state heritage and culture in the sale of its products.”
Beshear, a Democrat, said he hopes Yam will reconsider moving KFC employees out of Kentucky. Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg also expressed disappointment at the worker's business remodeling to Texas, saying the brand “born here and is synonymous with Kentucky.”
Yam said the move is part of a broader plan to designate two brand headquarters in the US. I said.
Yum added that 90 US-based employees who worked remotely will be asked to eventually move to campus where their work occurs.
The company said Yam and the KFC Foundation will maintain their corporate office in Louisville. The governor and mayor said they are grateful that these jobs are held in Kentucky's largest city.
“I asked to meet with Yum's CEO immediately, and Am Am Heartened Yum will hold its headquarters and 560 employees here,” Greenberg said in his statement. “I will continue to work tirelessly with Yam's leadership to continue to increase my presence in Louisville.”
Employees who are being shifted will receive support for relocation and transition, the company said.
Yum said designating two brand headquarters is intended to promote greater collaboration between the brand and its employees.
“These changes will help us position us for sustainable growth and provide services that are appropriate for our customers, employees, franchisees and shareholders,” Yum CEO David Gibbs said in a news release. It's there.
Yam also announced that he would provide a $1 million donation to fund a Yam-sponsored scholarship to the University of Louisville's College of Business. The company said KFC will continue its brand presence in Louisville with the goal of building its first flagship restaurant.
KFC's relationship with Kentucky is almost a century deep. In 1930, at a service station in Corbin, Kentucky, Sanders began feeding travelers, completing herb and spice blends and basic cooking techniques for the next nine years, according to the KFC website. I say it.
Currently, there are over 24,000 KFC outlets in more than 145 countries and territories around the world, it says. And the portrait of Goateed Antrepreneur is known worldwide, and is engraved on KFC restaurant signs and chicken buckets.
