By BRUCE SCHREINERLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Fried Chicken is being uprooted from its ancestral home state in a shake up that will relocate its U.S.
corporate office to Texas, the chain’s parent company said Tuesday.Related ArticlesBusiness | Should you use your tax refund to pay off debt?Business | As Israel uses US-made AI models in war, concerns arise about tech’s role in who lives and who diesBusiness | The USAID shutdown is upending livelihoods for nonprofit workers, farmers and other AmericansBusiness | From farms to bakeries, egg shortages and price hikes are challenging small businessesBusiness | When to splurge and when to saveThe KFC chain — launched by Colonel Harland Sanders and his secret blend of 11 herbs and spices — will be based in Plano, Texas, and about 100 KFC corporate employees will be relocated in the next six months, said Yum Brands, which owns KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut.Moving the corporate office from Louisville brought a swift response from the city’s mayor.
“I am disappointed to learn that Yum Brands will move its KFC employees to Texas – especially since the brand was born here and is synonymous with Kentucky,” Mayor Craig Greenberg said in a statement.Yum said the move is part of its broader plans to designate two brand headquarters in the U.S.
— in Plano and Irvine, California. KFC and Pizza Hut will be headquartered in Plano, while Taco Bell and Habit Burger & Grill will remain based in Irvine, it said. Yum added that .
