KFC *used* to be good. Back in the 90s that shit was crack, then i dont know wtf happened, it's like every aspect of the chicken went bad, taste, freshness, crispness.
Never had the privilege of eating churches or popeyes but in the UK they got no-brand chicken shops and some are pretty darn good; there's a guy in east ham of london that makes it with super thick hyper-ultra-mega-sharknado crunchy skin that goes CCRRRRUUUUNNKKkk when you bite it which is the way god intended it to be.
And they' like, half as expensive as kfc is.