0:00 The Colonel Under Siege 3:47 Evolution of Fried Chicken 7:51 Bewildering Dichotomy 13:56 Legacy with a Side of Nostalgia 17:58 A Failed Turnaround 23:47 Behind the White Suit

Here's something for you: a few months ago in Kenya, KFC ran out of fries 😂 which became a national trending topic because we have hectares of potato farms that *don't* need to be frozen before frying. In fact, most of the local market love the chicken but don't really care for the fries themselves. This led to a discussion on why KFC has only approved Egyptian fries where the supply chain could be shortened and made much cheaper by sourcing local potatoes. Especially considering there aren't many KFC chains across the country, let alone Nairobi 😅

When KFC hit China it was phenomenal. Nice menu items tailored to Chinese taste. All items became different. They have the Beijing Chicken wraps，beef sirloins pentagon wrap，black pepper steak over rice，etc. Even the spicy chicken sandwich and popcorn chicken taste different and are larger in size. They kept launching different new menu items and are still good today. When I came to US I found the KFCs depressing with greasy and gross food，and significantly bad menu items. Me and my friends tried Popeyes and Chick fil a and Wendys and would not step into a local KFC unless starving to death.

KFC in Australia and KFC in America are so incredibly different, I thought KFC was kinda the same everywhere just with additional menu items to cater to local preferences, but they might as well be different shops entirely.

As a kid in Vietnam, I begged my parents to eat kfc. When I came to America, I begged them not to get me there. 😂

And one important point for KFC's popularity overseas, like that of McDonalds, is its being a status symbol for low-middle income people in developing countries. In addition, here in Pakistan, KFC often functions as a family evening out together restaurant and hence, maintains so much attraction in cities.

Edit: Maybe not everywhere… From what I can tell from the comments, KFC does vary a lot depending on country. At least in China they are extremely well operated and has an equally good marketshare similar to Mc Donalds, which is obviously not the case in many other countries. KFC in Asia is just absolutely insane. They have probably offered hundreds of local food and creative foods. Each nation has its unique tweak, including some which stays on the menu all the time and some limited ones. Every time talking about fast foods in China, we almost had to mention some of the limited time classics that are received so well, like "嫩牛五方", which is basically the wrapstar filled with beef. They are just too good.

You left out the driving forces of the inferior quality that is today's KFC: different frying oil, different breading recipe, much smaller chicken. I worked there over 40 years ago, and the chicken sold today is about 1/2 the size it was then and the flavor is markedly different (and in a bad way). If they returned to the true original recipe and went back to buying larger chickens they could much to turn around their domestic death spiral.

For those who don't know, the "Zinger" came out in the late 1990's in Europe. In Germany before we went to the club, we all used to stop at KFC to buy them. When I came back to the US in 2001, I didn't understand why KFC did not sell the Zinger anywhere in the States. It was a missed opportunity, because in my opinion, they tasted better than today's Popeyes spicy chicken sandwich.

I'm from the UK and had no idea KFC has slipped so much in the US. In the UK it's mainstream and although some outlets will always be better than others, you generally get a pretty consistent product.

KFC claims that they are trying to give a “good value”, and yet their fried chicken is consistently way more expensive and overpriced compared to Popeyes.

Thank you for this very comprehensive and informative content. Well presented. You got me glued to your narration.👏🏻

The fried chicken wars is so fantastic and great video man :]

KFC didn't just do well internationally because of marketing, it's also because of where ingredients are sourced. Other countries have stricter standards on their food and often take a shorter path from farm to table.

KFC over here in Romania has become well-known for their Garlic Sauce, proving even further how good they are at adapting to other markets (we eat a lot of garlic despite the stereotype that we are vampires).

As a Film & Video alumni from Columbia College Chicago: May I say - Among the 'sea' of documentaries on KZfaq, yours is VERY well done. Both in research and, narration voice. (Which is sorely poor in other documentary videos.) Keep up the good work, much success to you.

I’m South African living in the USA and I absolutely do not enjoy American KFC even though it’s one of my favorite things to eat when I’m home. The quality just isn’t the same, their biscuits are so dry it should be considered a health hazard and I always ALWAYS have issues with either the food or the customer service whenever I’ve tried to give them a chance. If you see me at KFC in the US just know it was my last resort other than that I am not voluntarily going to KFC. I absolutely miss the zinger wings, kfc wraps as well as the kfc mini loaf that we have in South Africa 😢

A lot of the international options looked really good, and I would argue those flavors (Korean, Indian, etc) are very popular here in the US, especially with younger crowds. What's so difficult about incorporating those menu items in America? The innovation is already done.

Here in Indonesia, KFC took their franchise onto "more street-friendly price" and sell cheaper menus like ricebox, cream soup, soda floats, and even spaghetti, because the way of rice + fried chicken has too many competition. However, one flaw with that marketing route is that local restaurants and food venues are far cheaper and more satisfying. For example i can get large portion of Nasi Bungkus + iced tea for Rp 17k, whilst KFC medium rice box + cola float cost around Rp 25k (inc. taxes). Obviously common people would pick the local vendors, including taste-wise. However again, due to our social culture for spending more in our weekends/rehabilitate (people call this "healing" or "hedon sedikit"), you'd find KFC more crowded in weekends, and its like all day long.. Regarding the fast food competition here, imo McDonalds is number one since they strengthen on the burgers, which indonesians dont consume daily. But KFC somehow survives with their lower prices coupled with the "healing" and "hedon sedikit" culture from low-middle income people.

24:03 omg when i saw the subtitles in that ad i was in shock!!!!

0:27 Love for the doggo who patiently waited for their turn 😂

You know what depresses me the most seeing this? I didn't see a SINGLE outside the US menu option that didn't make me positively *drool*. I want those curry options so bad. I want all those options so bad. I know they aren't targeted at us and maybe I'm the odd one out here, but I want those options and legit I'd become any fast food places customer if they had curry options.

Someone from Singapore here. KFC used to be a lot more popular, but you'd be able to visibly observe that stores are less crowded with fewer delivery riders waiting to collect their deliveries these days. A lot of other international brands have entered the market, making the space an extremely competitive one (e.g. Church's or Texas Chicken here, Popeye's, Jollibee). Especially in a country with fairly high purchasing power, KFC seems to struggle against a lot of the other brands that are more premium in their offerings, relegating KFC to the status of being a very stuck in the middle kind of brand. On the value spectrum, Singapore is very well known for cheap hawker food (something like street food but with hygiene standards and proper food stalls), which means that it is extremely challenging to deliver value even as a value fried chicken chain. Fried chicken is also not foreign to the Singaporean food culture, with hawker stalls selling deboned fried chicken meals and shrimp paste fried chicken (a classic amongst the locals). For KFC, seasonal changes to the menu tends to revolve around just dressing up the chicken differently, or repurposing the same ingredients in different ways. The Zinger is fairly popular here as a staple in the menu, but other traditionally non-fried chicken based fast food brands like McDonald's have been incredibly successful in competing along the angles of fried chicken and fried chicken burger. Most chains here offer options of fried chicken even if they are actually more burger focused, and McDonald's in particular has a more popular fried chicken sandwich option that more than rivals KFC's in terms of consumer popularity, with an almost cult like following. Both the Zinger and the McSpicy are fairly similar in that they are both spicy fried chicken sandwiches, but McDonald's stronger brand presence, aggressive advertising and unique seasonal rotations (Hershey's softserve and chocolate pie seems to be a big winner that McDonald's like to rotate into), as well as a strong digital engagement strategy, has allowed even the other internationally recognised brands like McDonald's to come up on top over KFC.

Never watched a video I agreed more with. Phenomenal work

Excellent video. Seeing all these interesting options outside the US makes my mouth water.

The sheer difference in menu items is what astounds me. Non-US markets get all these incredible flavours and delicious sounding menu items while for the US their big play was to make it "spicy" and slap it in a bun.

It's crazy that they can't just bring their international products here, so many of those would sell so well.

Great channel, thank you 😊👍

I'm trying to listen to the video but the images just end up making me hungry. 😋🤣

Here in the Philippines, the one thing that kept me going back to KFC was their Zinger. But ever since Jollibee introduced their own much tastier and crispier “Chickenwich”. I’ve had much less reasons to visit KFC. I still go there every now and then for their unique items, but, for most of my fried chicken cravings, its Jollibee all the way.

As a Vietnamese, i can say with certain that most western fast food chains fail majorly in Vietnam due to how affordable and tasty the local food is, of course except KFC. KFC is probably the only major western chains that are often packed most day. KFC do have competition like Jollibee and Lotteria but they adapted quite well to the local culture that help them stay in business and growing in the country. KFC is probably the only fast food place where i would actually recommended trying some of the rice lunch menu item since they have good quality rice, good sauce, good portion and fairly competitive pricing compare to the local (being only slightly more expensive then local).

Excellent video. Well done and extra crispy!

it's amazing the amount of fast-food chains in america, I didn't know most of the ones mentioned in the video. interesting

Even here in Australia, where KFC has infamously been getting gradually worse for some time now, the quality of the food still far outstrips KFC in America. I went for a month-long trip to the states this year and one of the first junk food places I went was KFC, because I specifically wanted to experience how different they were between countries. Not only was the chicken awful but the variety on the menu was, too. I was actually kind of astounded how small and same-y the menu was compared to what I was used to in Australia. Also, the fact that KFC's parent company also owns Pizza Hut explains a lot. Pizza Hut sucks in Australia.

Also quickly point out Japan KFC’s at Christmas are absolutely thriving the majority of Japanese people buy KFC as Christmas meals and they make huge sales over that period.

Omg I was surprised to see my local Tāmaki makaurau auckland Seoul Chicken in this little corner of the world on this doco?!?! That’s amazing!

Thanks to some issues with how KFC managed the chicken & potato shortage here in Malaysia last year (considering those two materials make up the core of their menu), I feel like their popularity has decreased by a significant margin, with plenty of other fried chicken options available including those from traditionally burger-focused fast food chains like Burger King and A&W taking advantage of KFC's fall by offering their own spin of fried chicken and fast food chains that already have chicken in their menu like McDonald's and Texas Chicken refining their quality. That said, I don't think KFC is going away from here soon, considering it's still viewed in some groups as the place to splurge on for celebrations and many of its chains here are pretty filled up at lunchtime (not as packed as McDonald's, but still).

Something you don't mention which I think underlies KFC US's real problem: the quality of the chicken itself. There's something wrong with their chicken supply (which I suspect is vertically integrated). I think it starts with that. The bones are small and weak and you can tell from the taste that the birds are not cared well for. This is a strong contrast to the chicken you get at BoJangles which are very healthy.

I think this is true for almost all overseas American restaurants. Most other countries actually have standards in quality of food and how it’s sourced. I ate everything as a kid, but I really didn’t like KFC as a kid. It didn’t taste like anything. So when I went to Japan, and the Russia, I was surprised at how good they were. Granted, I did get the local specialties, so that may have had something to do with it. LOL

This is like a chat gpt book report with b roll video clips. It took 15 minutes to finally get to the topic.

In the midwest of USA the quality can change depending on the franchise owner. I live near two KFC's the bad one, that's closer, has run out of chicken multiple times and the chicken is either too dry or soggy with grease. While the good one is way busier, during lunch and dinner rush, and I have not heard anything about that location running out. (also the good one has more consistency with the chicken being overall ok)

As an Aussie, I can't believe the KFC Zinger was new to America in 2016-17... we've had it here since forever, at least all of the 2000's. The Zinger Burger (sorry sandwich) & in more recent years the Zinger Wrap, are my go to choice @ KFC... along with their chips with extra 'chicken salt' (the crack of the food world)! ;-)

I for one am not “tired” of the 11 herbs and spices, I just want them to fry my chicken with oil that isn’t 3 months old and just generally put more effort into preventing it from becoming bone dry, its weird because i used to live near a location just a couple of years ago that was totally decent and id go there all the time, but that was like a diamond in the rough

In Singapore KFC always come out with a local flavour to pleased us. So far, we have the Sichuan spicy, Malay sambal sauce, and recently the butter cereal coatings.

My favorite is BB.Q Chicken. They aren't very common, I only know of 6 locations in all of California, but if you are lucky enough to live near one I highly recommend giving them a try. Their chicken is so crispy, we ate it the next day straight out of the refrigerator without reheating it is still had some crisp! The meat is nice and tender and juicy as well.

In Vietnam, chicken rice menu is the bomb. You get a plate of rice and chicken soup, which is traditionally Vietnamese, along side crispy chicken tenders and gravy, which is foreign. The meal is definitely adapted for the locals to make something so comforting yet so interesting because teenagers and kids would want to go here for their birthday

Amazing coverage on the topic. Modern MBA really sold me on the idea the KFC is purposefully neglecting the US to make a bigger foothold on the various international markets. All the ads in this piece were amazing. The Asian and South American menu commercials looked SO GOOD... the US menu ads are just sad and the food is so tired and uninspired. I would love to go to a KFC in Beijing... i would rather hunt and gather in the wild than go to a US KFC. It's definitely a different tactic to hit hard in the international markets. Honestly, it's a win-win... I don't need another chicken chain, there are plenty to fill the void KFC leaves. And they get to be competitive in other markets and lay claim to international success where our national brands cannot. Have fun overseas KFC! All the best and success for you!

0:12 well well well

You've missed the Nando's fast chain model. They took chicken upmarket and is growing fast in Europe especially UK, Australia etc.

A Bulgarian here. KFC is a respected brand over here and is surprisingly good even after these years. The chicken is actually well-fried and crispy, I could discuss the juiciness a little bit more but whatever, and their sandwiches are a banger. As he stated in the video, we have furniture for us to sit on while eating and a nice atmosphere as a whole. While it seems that the US has drawn the short stick. I've seen people complain about other brands in the US like Burger king or Mcdonald's and I can say with confidence that almost none of the complaints apply to Bulgaria or the majority of Europe.

I lived in Indonesia almost every single fast food franchises have a fried chicken menu and the competition for fried chicken here is fierce as hell.

Dayum im craving some chicken after i watched kfc ads for almost 30 mins. Daym

Listening to this video, not 1 time did it I ever eat fried chicken until I went into the ARMY

In my local experience, KFC has mainly fallen to the public here demanding nicer sit-in restaurant style fried chicken with better recipes, ingredients, and customer service. Chic Fil A pretty much dominates fried chicken around here with most of the KFC and Popeyes stores either shuttering or looking like nearly abandoned establishments on life support.

This story has definitely done one thing. Made me hungry, though the problem is so much of it is not available in the US. And I saw a flash of a news story about a judge telling the franchisees to “get it together” on their advertising. This was a point your story seriously missed out on. One of the reasons I rarely go to KFC for their specials or sales, is because I know I’ll rarely be able to get it for the advertised price. The strategy of attracting customers with advertising it’s value, only if all the franchises “participate”. As in the fine print of the ads that say “only at participating” stores. Or “only available at participating locations”. I’ve gone to several KFC’s in different towns in Oregon and have never found the $5 Fill-up available. Usually it’s closer to $5.50 or even $6. The 2for$6 is usually 2for$7. When I mention the tv advertising, they apologize and say that their stores aren’t participating in that promotion.

SUCH A GOOD VIDEO!

I literally Just got a KFC ad on this video about adding pizzas.😅

The best fried chicken I’ve ever had was at a KFC in Bangalore. In the 15 years since I had it, nothing else has come close. The thing that really set it apart was how fresh it was: it went right from the fryer into the bucket. I know most places just fry in batches and keep warm till service, but freshly-fried food is infinitely better. Unfortunately, that really only works at high volumes, because actually frying to order takes way too long. You need to be able to throw chicken in the fryer with the confidence that someone will be there to eat it in 15 minutes. It’s a catch 22: you need quality to drive order volume, but you need order volume to drive quality. IMO, the most successful places push for quality at all costs, because they know it’ll pay off in the long term. But constantly throwing out stale but perfectly edible food must be agonizing to a struggling restaurateur.

When I lived in Korea I went on a trip with some friends and we were nervous to order KFC but the chicken was sooo good and different. When I visited my family in Grenada, KFC was also really good and had some different menu items as well.

I keep getting distracted by the fried chicken how do I fix this issue?

As an Australian, I have never in my life seen a Popcorn chicken Slab

Every time a KFC restaurant opens, it is, initially, fabulous. Everything is cooked perfectly, the service is friendly and accurate (and fast), and the chicken is wonderful. And then the corporate trainers leave. The extra supervisory help on loan from other locations goes back to their home stores, and the food and service drastically and quickly degrade.

KFC, Pizza Hut and McDonalds outside the US are like Michelin star-restaurants compared to the dumps they are in US. I know because I tried both. I particularly fondly remember a McDonalds in Alexandria, Egypt. The hamburger with that awesome pickle, the soft serve and the strawberry milkshake, all transported me back to my experiences in McDonalds in the US as a child, Then I spend a decade in the US, the ice cream machine is always broken and the fries have curly black hairs in them. Gives a new meaning to "curly fries" 😂

Funny how that woman's dog was staring at her while she ate the fried chicken.

The koreatown branch on olympic is pretty good. That's in LA. Branches aren't very consistent.

KFC is always coming out with new and exciting flavors here in the Philippines. It's something friends and family share with each other whether they have tried it already or not. Filipinos also love gravy and when you dine-in, you can get as much gravy as you want. Gravy offered by Jollibee and McDonald's are quite bare and you have to pay for a refill.

Interesting video. I noticed people in the US prop up Popeyes and Chic Fil A so much as their go to fried chicken brand. Though speaking as a Malaysian, the situation here is absolutely the opposite. People hold KFC dearly and while Chic Fil A was never a thing for us, Popeyes has tried to enter the market and last I heard in 2019 they only have 1 store in an airport left which means it's a commercial disaster. The locals complained that Popeyes chicken was far too salty and the price was too expensive for them to justify buying compared to cheaper alternatives (KFC, McDonalds). I too felt that this was definitely the case since people feel that they have more brand loyalty to KFC who have been here since the 70s and have adapted to local tastes (we even have our own slang for KFC called 'kepci' here) compared to Popeyes which got too cocky with their rep back home that they forget that the locals do not have the same taste as Americans do nor do they understand that we are too geographically and culturally removed from US Southern States to understand it's appeal. Same issue with FiveGuys vs McDonalds where FiveGuys set their prices so high the locals just outright said no thanks (an entire meal costs nearly RM50 as opposed to getting a value meal from McDs for like RM20. Half the price for better value) Jollibee recently opened here in 2022 as well and the reception was pretty meh all things considered as it didn't force KFC to compete as the dominant fried chicken brand. It didn't have the same effect as FamilyMart vs 7Eleven which forced the latter to up their standards to compete in the convenience store market. The only other competitor that is actually doing well and understands us would be Church's Chicken (although we know it as Texas Chicken). They do pretty well marketing wise and people do like it well enough which means there is room for competition. All in all I think for nearly 50 years that KFC has been in the local market, a part of their strategy has worked very well for us as even the brands people taut as better like FiveGuys/Popeyes cannot do well due to being so culturally tone deaf that they're begging to fail in our markets. What works for home base (US) will not work for us and it definitely shows.

12:26 the revenue breakdown chart of franchise fees vs self-operated store sales. For 2013-2017, the percentages add to 100, but for 2018+ they do not. What's the missing revenue?

Reminds me of General Motors, too dependent on overseas sales.

I've lived in the US my whole life and every KFC meal has been really sad and depressing. Internationally, my friends rave about it and it is seen as a mark of quality. Always wondered why, but this video helps me understand that they just neglected the core product for a long, long time.

I'm told it recently remodeled, but a few years ago I visited the original KFC restaurant/museum in Corbin, KY and it was run down and gross. The food was nothing special and it was understaffed. It basically looked like every other KFC in the US. The company obviously hasn't cared about the brand's reputation for a while. Hopefully it changes, I like the food and I would love to try some of the international options here in the US.

I used to love their original taste/recipe chicken when I was a kid. Now, whenever I try to order them, they always say there are only spicy and non-spicy chicken available, and those two are tasteless at best. Once, they called back to ask if I could wait 30 minutes for it to be cooked, of course I said yes. The next time I try to convince them that I can wait, just to get an answer that it's only possible when there are at least 9 pieces ordered, and since I ordered 6, they couldn't do. I quickly cancelled the order altogether and went for Jollibee until now.

I’ve never seen more than two cars in front of a kfc, but really rarely see even one, including taking into account the worker(s).

Even in Malaysia where was once the world's largest consumer of KFC (80s), it no longer holds the same aroma, taste and texture as it was once known. Growing up with it for 5 decades now, cost cutting has led to bland, rubbery, anemic chicken.

Indonesia here, KFC is used to be popular about a decade ago but now it's quite empty. My guess is because of a lot of entrepreneurship involving Fried Chicken is literally everywhere on Indonesia. Some of the famous one are Hisana Fried Chicken (HFC), C'bezt Fried Chicken and California Fried Chicken (CFC). Before you asked, yes. California Fried Chicken aka CFC is actually from Indonesia. Despite the name that's somewhat American. It was not exactly 100% Indonesian because formerly known as a franchise of Pioneer Take Out aka Pioneers Chicken. But we know what happened to them, so some people acknowledged that CFC is an Indonesian product. My memory is not quite good so correct me if I'm wrong.

kfc in america ''hot garbongo no one wants to eat'' kfc in my country: ayo how do i make this at home?

12:28 Ok but like... why did 2018 and up just stop adding up to 100% when you combine the two?

When they launched the Zinger in the US in 2017, it had already been a menu item for years all around the world (Canadian here, 2011 intro for that menu item) so it completely blows my mind that it was marketed so heavily as the best new thing in the states... But also why wait so long if it was successful elsewhere? Corporate makes some crazy decisions.

I’m from Jamaica and every time I go I make sure to get KFC and the lines are long. It’s so good I freeze some and bring it back to the US in my suitcase. Nothing in the US can even compare

Australian here. The Zinger box has legendary status here and is considered a staple food.

We don't even have gravy here in Belgium.

I recently did a video comparing KFC in the US, UK and Rwanda, and I was pretty shocked to see the contrast between the UK KFC website, which is pretty eye-catching and has lots of healthier options, and the US site which did look a bit underwhelming. Rwanda’s KFC is extremely bare-bones though, the only side you can get is fries and the only sauce is ketchup. I feel we got a bit short-changed there.

KFC in America is far different than the ones we have in Malaysia. So far in quality. I guess it depends on the store location/management. The only complaint we have here is small chicken (yes we love those mutant chickens, the bigger the better)

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BJ’s menu is a book! I don’t eat there anymore because when a restaurant has a menu that big it means that most of the food is not fresh.

I tried KFC in Peru and Canada and here is my opinion : - Canada one , in Toronto to be more specific, is similar to the USA one but they usually combine it with Taco Bell and their workers seems to be cross train to be able to serve those two at the same time. Food is okay , but I do feel most people choose popeyes or Church chicken or Korean fried chicken or Jollebee over KFC because of price , quality and and better promotions. - In Peru however, in the capital Lima , KFC is the biggest fast food around , the ones with the fastest deliveries (they have their own motorcycles and own delivery people) and does not relied on delivery apps. This is due to Peru most consume protein is chicken plus the price been there , also helps. Furthermore, Peru chicken is mostly fresh , is not frozen unlike the ones in Canada and US. Also KFC in Peru adapt to what the culture and what the customer want with its promotion.

In Taiwan, they offer mostly spicy chicken due to adaptation to the local taste, so I once made a mistake of ordering spicy chicken and was unable to finish all of it due to a low spice tolerance 😅

The Zinger burger has been in South Africa for more than 30 years that's the only burger I eat at KFC, well the Zinger wings, Tower & twister, basically anything Zinger related 😅. I can't believe they never had it in the US until a few years ago. Ohhh let's not forget the Zinger Salt.

KFC in Trinidad and Tobago has a reputation of being one of the tastiest in the franchise. lt is also where the Zinger sandwich was created. It's common for Trinbagonians in US or Canada etc to request that friends or relatives making a trip to bring them KFC from T&T and for Trinbagonians abroad to head straight to KFC at the Trinidad and Tobago airports on return home

In Vietnam KFC was the first and still one of the strongest fast food chain here. They have adopted to the cuisine quite well and have managed to shred the conception among the local that they are expensive fancy Western food. They are successful perhaps because of the way they add rice items in the menu that other fast food chain couldn’t, even McDonald. It is simple but effective: a piece of fried chicken with rice, root vegetables soup and gravy. That item has become a staple on the menu for as long as I can remember, and it is really good at a fair price.

Liked the video, even though it could have been trimmed by 10 minutes as you kept repeating certain information and statements over and over. Anyway, KFC has also stopped trying in my home country. My last memory of KFC was ordering chicken poppers ("fun shots") that were 60 per cent breading. When the KFC branch in front of my condo building shut down during the pandemic, I doubt any of my neighbors shed a tear. I certainly didn't.

The fact they are owned in a portfolio alongside Pizza Hut and Taco Bell explains everything. Both of those have also seen a massive fall in quality.

Back when I was in college, my professor in construction management was also the general manager of KFC Philippines then. During his time in KFC, they started to make their own meat and other ingredients. Others such as Jollibee and Mcdonalds still ordered their chicken from Magnolia and Bounty Fresh. I would say the early 2010s was the peak of KFC Philippines. Jollibee and Mcdonalds had no say in quality. When my professor left KFC in 2015, the quality dropped rock bottom. Flavorless chicken. Watery gravy. Much more expensive compared to Jollibee, Mcdonalds, and Burger King(Jollibee owns the Philippine franchise of Burger King). Jollibee and Mcdonalds sucked too, but KFC was worse than them. Currently, Popeyes has the best fried chicken in town.

Indonesian here, just like in other regions (except usa), KFC's menu was tailored to Indonesian palate (rice, sambal, etc.) and of course they have seasonal menus too. What's great is that KFC here offers various cheaper menu which is priced less than a dollar, of course KFC was popular among children to teenagers who could just get KFC after school with their allowance

even the street wise 2 meal is smaller than it was when i was young

Interesting to see how KFC differs here in Germany than from their home market in the US. I think a big point in it's success and standing here in Germany is due to a lack of competition. With only a few Fastfood Brands available compared to the US there are not many options. In Munich there are only 25 McD., 15 BK., 10 Subway, 3 Pizzahut, 7 KFC, 1 Five Guys (numbers taken from the respective Homepages) - that's all the US companies that are available.

I live in the US and stopped eating at KFC years ago because the restaurants were always so greasy. It seemed that either the staff wasn't cleaning or that whatever they were given to clean with didn't have any degreaser in it. I figured that if they couldn't keep the front of the house clean, I didn't want to know what the back of the house looked like and didn't go back...this was more than just one store. 3 strikes, you're out!

In Australia, it might as well be Kentucky Fried Sparrows, the pieces are that small.

I just had a classic zinger burger meal and a double down burger here in central Mumbai and it was so damn good man. Way better than what others offer for the same price, Im hooked on KFC

KFC in India tastes good compared to the ones that I had in Europe. It tasted bland & boring but in India the popcorn chicken is my favourite. The breading in which its fried here is different and tasty along with the dry spice sprinkle on fried chicken. Almost every recipe here is different and a bit more spicy compared to west.