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1939
Colonel Harland D. Sanders perfects the secret blend of 11 Herbs & Spices in Corbin, Kentucky.
1952
Pete Harman in Salt Lake City, Utah becomes the first Kentucky Fried Chicken franchisee.
1956
Colonel Sanders sells Corbin, Kentucky restaurant and goes on the road to enlist more franchisees. He signs his first international franchisee in Canada.
1964
KFC sold to a group of investors including John Y. Brown Jr. and Jack Massey for $2 Million.
1969
KFC listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Colonel Sanders buys first 100 shares.
1971
Heublein Inc. acquires KFC.
1980
Colonel Sanders dies and is buried in Louisville’s Cave Hill Cemetery.
1982
R.J. Reynolds Industries, Inc. becomes KFC’s parent when Heublein Inc. is acquired by RJR (now RJR Nabisco, Inc.)
1986
PepsiCo, Inc. acquires KFC Corporation for $840 Million. Grand Opening of Colonel Sanders Technical Center in Louisville, Kentucky.
1987
KFC opens world’s first Western-style quick service restaurant in China.
1991
A new logo is introduced to emphasize chicken variety, replacing ‘Kentucky Fried Chicken’ with ‘KFC’
1994
KFC officially opens its 9,000th KFC restaurant in the world, in Shanghai, China.
1995
KFC introduces Colonel’s Crispy Strips® and smashes Guinness record with ‘World’s Largest Pot Pie’ in New York City to introduce Chunky Chicken Pot Pie. KFC opens first restaurant in Moscow.
1996
KFC brings back one of the world’s most recognized packages, the bucket of chicken.
1997
PepsiCo, Inc. spins off domestic & international KFC, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut restaurants to form Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc. on October 7th, Tricon goes public. (NYSE: YUM)
1998
KFC introduces new Colonel logo in signage & packaging. KFC introduces high spirited, new animated Colonel advertising campaign. Reintroduces wildly popular Popcorn Chicken. KFC restaurants now in 82 countries around the world.
2005
KFC NZ and AUS introduce "Cant Beat That Taste" campaign at the same time as refurbishing our stores.
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