KFC is an American fast food chain founded in 1930 by Harland Sanders in Kentucky. Sanders developed his secret recipe of 11 herbs and spices for pressure cooker fried chicken. His restaurant grew in popularity and he later franchised his concept and recipe. KFC is now the second largest restaurant chain globally with outlets in over 150 countries, owned by Yum! Brands. It continues to specialize in pressure fried chicken prepared according to Sanders' original standards and recipe.

2. About Company
• KFC (Kentuchy Fried Chicken) is an American fast food
restaurant chain headquartered in Louisville,
kentuchy, that specializes in fried chicken.
• It is the world’s second-largest restaurant chain after
McDonald’s.
• The chain is subsidiary of yum! Brands, a restaurant
company that also owns the Pizza Hut and Taco Bell
chains.

3. The
background of
KFC Founder
• KFC was founded by an entrepreneur named Harland
Sanders.
• Sanders was born in the year 1890 and spent his
childhood on a farm in Indiana.
• His father died when sanders was 6 years old, leaving the
latter with the responsibility of taking care of a younger
brother and a sister.
• Sanders was a decent enough chef by the age of 10.
• His mother remarried when he was 12 years old.

4. Dropping out of
School
• Sanders soon realized that he was not the right fit for
school. So, he dropped out from the school at age of 7
years only.
• After few years later he started taking jobs such as
factory jobs, operating a ferry boat, selling insurance,
marketing tyres, stoking engines of trains and making
lighting systems.

5. Setting up a
Restaurant
• At the age of 40 he sold free chicken to the peoples.
• Harland Sanders bought a small place at a service
station in Corbin, Kentuchy in 1930. Here, he started
to serve classic southern dishes to travellers.
• He acquired the complete service station and
expanded his restaurant.

6. The Breakthrough
• His breakthrough came in 1939 when he found that
frying his chicken and signature “11 herbs and spices”
in a new device, a pressure cooker (different form the
ones used today), resulted in the ideal consistency he
had been looking for.
• Sanders restaurant enjoyed great popularity over the
next decade, and in 1950 the governor of Kentuchy
named him “KENTUCHY COLONEL” to Harland Sanders.

7. A stumbling block
• In 1952, however, the construction of a new highway
rendered his restaurant with almost no customers.
• He opened another restaurant it also closed due to world
war.
• He decided that he sold his recipe to small restaurants and
earn profits( in form of royalties) . But, his recipe was
rejected by 1009 times.

8. Selling off franchise
rights
• In 1963, Sanders sold the company for U.S $2 million to Young
Lawyer named John Y Brown and a venture capitalist, Jack Massey.
• In 1964 KFC listed on New York Stock Exchange (NASDAQ).
• In 1971, The company was sold to HEUBLEIN INDUSTRIES for U.S
$285Million.
• In 1982, HEUBLEINN was acquired by R.J. REYNOLDS, THE
TOBACCO GIANT.
• In 1986, REYNOLDS sold KFC to PEPSICO for US $840Million.

9. restaurants across the
globe
• Colonel Sanders wrote down a few rules before handing over the rights. So
all KFC Restaurants must follow these rules:
• Only a pressure cooker should be used to cook the chicken. No other utensil
is allowed.
• Once the chicken has been cooked, it should not be removed form the cooker
for at least 15 minutes.
• All chicken pieces should be 8cm wide and must weight roughly 300g.
• All chicken shouldn’t be younger than 60days or older than 70 days.
• The chickens must remain marinated overnight before undergoing any sort
of process.

10. The Modern-Day KFC
• KFC now has outlets in more than 150 nations.
• It is the second biggest restaurant chain after
McDonald’s.
• KFC is the competitive company of McDonald’s.
• Due to the COVID-19 Outbreak many KFC outlets in the
US and Canada removed the tagline “Finger Lickin’ good”
from its banners, posters and commercials.

11. Conclusion
The story of colonel Sanders is an inspiring
one in its own right. It shows us that one can
be of any age in order to run a successful
business. It also inspires up to value quality
more over money. It show how KFC success
story useful and highly motivating.

12. THANK YOU!
Presented By: Varun Gudwani
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For giving your time.