They are allowed to, and stores built in the U.S. since 2007 are fitted with signs using the original name "Kentucky Fried Chicken". The use of the initials "KFC" began in the 1991, in part to have a shorter, more hip sounding name but also to avoid the use of the word "fried" at a time when people were becoming more diet-conscious.
There is an urban myth that Kentucky Fried Chicken was told by the FDA to stop using the word "chicken" because the meat was not chicken. This urban myth is not true, nor is the one that says that KFC chickens have six legs in order to produce more drumsticks. The food is greasy and not very nutritious, and the birds are not treated very humanely, but they are genetically normal chickens.
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PCH=The word "Fried" does not sound healthy. And you can make the letters on the sign bigger. Actually, it is because the state of Kentucky decided to trademark their state name, meaning it would cost each KFC money to obtain license fees to pay for this. So KFC was used instead. It turns out that a LOT of businesses removed "Kentucky" from their names after the State of Kentucky did this. For instance, the Kentucky Derby became "The Run for the Roses."
They didn't, they just added KGC to their menu. Get it? "Kentucky Grilled Chicken".
Kentucky was the state it originated in and fried chicken is what was invented.
it stands for Kentucky fried chicken, but abbreviated it to kfc because people were worried about health.
KFC stands for Kentucky Fried Chicken.
To de-emphasize "fried"
they changed it in 2005
KFC originated in Kentucky.
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KFC began as Kentucky Fried Chicken in the state of Kentucky in the United States.
His name is Colonel Harland Sanders and he founded Kentucky Fried Chicken, now KFC.
The KFC where I am employed receives their chicken from Tyson Chicken.
its in the name numb nuts
On June 5th 2012
The Actress name is Jessy Schram. You can look her up on IMDb and see where you recognize her from The actress's name is Jessy Schram. She is sitting on steps in the commercial and holding a KFC snacker. You can look her up on IMDb and find out where it is that you recognize her from.
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2004. It was sent in by a mother in central California.
No, KFC originated in Kentucky, USA.