Kentucky Fried Chicken or Kitchen Fresh Chicken... which is it?

[DevilsAdvocate]

I am confused... did KFC change its name officially, or is this a cheap marketing ploy?

 

[bradruth]

Marketing, methinks.

 

[nakedfrog]

Well, it's not pudding, I'll tell you that.

 

[Jzero]

Neither. KFC's official name is KFC. It used to stand for Kentuckfy Fried Chicken, now it's officially just KFC. Nothing more.

It's kind of like AAA is just AAA and doesn't stand for American Automobile Ass'n.

The Kitchen Fresh Chicken is just "clever" marketing.

 

[Turkish]

kitchen fresh chicken? i see nothing fresh about it.

 

[BigSmooth]

The official name of the company is "KFC". The kitchen-fresh chicken thing is basically an advertising slogan.
Edit: too slow

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: Xiety
kitchen fresh chicken? i see nothing fresh about it.

 

[RossMAN]

Popeye's > KFC > Pontiac

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
Popeye's > KFC > Pontiac

yeah popeye's is great. to bad its an hour drive

 

[Reliant]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
Popeye's > KFC > Pontiac

I've never heard of Popeye's....are they regional?

 

[Lvis]

They don't care what you call them, they just don't want the word "fried" in the name.

 

[TitanDiddly]

We have some sparsely in the northeast.

 

[jcwagers]

I guess I'm not a KFC fan. We have the original restaurant and I rarely ever go in there. It's pretty greasy and there isn't a lot of chicken for what you get so I usually just go somewhere else. It's kinda neat that it originated here but it still doesn't tempt me to go very often.

jc

 

[RossMAN]

Popeye's and Church's chicken are regional.

AFAIK we only have two Popeye's here in Portland, OR and they're in oh how do I say (Portlanders help me out, how would you describe the NE MLK neighborhood)?

 

[KevinH]

You haven't had chicken's til you've had Roscoe's chicken and waffle out here in So Cal...mostly ghetto areas though...but damned...whoever thought of putting waffles and fried chicken together is a genius.

 

[BigSmooth]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
Popeye's and Church's chicken are regional.

AFAIK we only have two Popeye's here in Portland, OR and they're in oh how do I say (Portlanders help me out, how would you describe the NE MLK neighborhood)?

Uh... the "wrong side of the tracks"?

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: BigSmooth

Originally posted by: RossMAN
Popeye's and Church's chicken are regional.

AFAIK we only have two Popeye's here in Portland, OR and they're in oh how do I say (Portlanders help me out, how would you describe the NE MLK neighborhood)?

Uh... the "wrong side of the tracks"?

Thank you, I was trying to think of a diplomatic way of describing that neighborhood

 

[maddogchen]

I think they changed their marketing from calling it Kentucky Fried Chicken to Kitchen Fresh Chicken because the Fried part sounded unhealthy.

 

[TwinkleToes77]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
Popeye's and Church's chicken are regional.

AFAIK we only have two Popeye's here in Portland, OR and they're in oh how do I say (Portlanders help me out, how would you describe the NE MLK neighborhood)?

i dont think they are that regional... I have popeye's here in Toronto.. and there was one down the street from my house in PA.. and where i lived in michigan 2 years ago there was also one within 10 minutes.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

If by Kitchen Fresh Chicken they mean deepfried alleycat and rats, then yes. Their marketing time is correct.

 

[rahvin]

Originally posted by: jcwagers
I guess I'm not a KFC fan. We have the original restaurant and I rarely ever go in there. It's pretty greasy and there isn't a lot of chicken for what you get so I usually just go somewhere else. It's kinda neat that it originated here but it still doesn't tempt me to go very often.

jc

KFC did not originate in Kentucky. KFC was orginated in Utah.

 

[cliftonite]

Originally posted by: FFMCobalt
If by Kitchen Fresh Chicken they mean deepfried alleycat and rats, then yes. Their marketing time is correct.

haha

 

[bunker]

That settles it....KFC for dinner it is..

 

[jcwagers]

No, KFC originated in KY. Colonel Sanders lived here and ran the business.

Link

 

[KEV1N]

The word "Fried" has a bad (unhealthy) connotation, which is why they changed it to KFC.