REVIEW: Kentucky Fried Chicken

Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) is a popular fast food chain with headquarters based in Louisville, Kentucky.  Serving over eight million customers around the world each day, it would seem that this franchise has a secure spot in the fast food market.  Here we will cover how it all began, what makes it special and whether or not a trip to KFC is a healthy option for you and your family.

How It All Began
Born in 1890, Harland Sanders was an American entrepreneur who started cooking at the age of five when his father passed away and his mother began working to support the family.  He eventually left home and worked various jobs before enlisting in the army when he was sixteen.  It wasn’t until age forty that he began cooking and selling food to customers.  Given the title “Kentucky Colonel” by the then governor in 1935, he began calling himself simply “Colonel”.  He used his first social security check of $105 to fund visits to potential franchisees and faced over one thousand rejections before co-founding what we now know as KFC.
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