Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) is the most prolific fast-food brand in South Africa, with the American fried chicken giant boasting 1,052 stores in the country – the fifth-largest market globally.

KFC first opened its doors 75 years ago when the famous Colonel Harland Sanders created a recipe for fried chicken with a list of 11 secret herbs and spices scratched out on the back of his kitchen door.

Today, the company still follows this recipe in its 27,000 restaurants in over 145 countries and territories around the world.

KFC has rapidly grown, with a new restaurant opening somewhere in the world every six hours.

South Africa has not been excluded from this growth, as the American fast-food giant now has 1,052 stores in the country.

However, its growth in South Africa has been far from easy. KFC had to contend with international sanctions and stiff local competition.

KFC launched in South Africa in 1971 and grew quickly around the country. This growth was halted in 1987 as the company was forced to divest its outlets and trademarks to a South African holding company called Devco.

This was after the US Congress passed a law forbidding American companies from owning South African assets due to the government’s policy of Apartheid.

KFC continued to earn an administrative fee from Devco, and its 120 franchisee-owned stores were unaffected.

The company reacquired its former assets when sanctions were lifted in 1994. By then, there were around 300 KFC outlets in the country.

KFC has since grown into South Africa’s largest fast-food outlet, with 1,052 stores in the country, according to its owner Yum! Brands’ financial results for the third quarter of 2023.

Only 49 are directly owned by the company, and the other 1,003 are franchisee-owned. The company has grown by 44 stores in the past year.

The fried chicken giant is also the most popular fast-food brand in the country, with 10 million South Africans eating there at least once in the past four weeks, according to a study by Eighty20.

WannaHowzit:
Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) is the most prolific fast-food brand in South Africa, with the American fried chicken giant boasting 1,052 stores in the country – the fifth-largest market globally.

KFC first opened its doors 75 years ago when the famous Colonel Harland Sanders created a recipe for fried chicken with a list of 11 secret herbs and spices scratched out on the back of his kitchen door.

Today, the company still follows this recipe in its 27,000 restaurants in over 145 countries and territories around the world.

KFC has rapidly grown, with a new restaurant opening somewhere in the world every six hours.

South Africa has not been excluded from this growth, as the American fast-food giant now has 1,052 stores in the country.

However, its growth in South Africa has been far from easy. KFC had to contend with international sanctions and stiff local competition.

KFC launched in South Africa in 1971 and grew quickly around the country. This growth was halted in 1987 as the company was forced to divest its outlets and trademarks to a South African holding company called Devco.

This was after the US Congress passed a law forbidding American companies from owning South African assets due to the government’s policy of Apartheid.

KFC continued to earn an administrative fee from Devco, and its 120 franchisee-owned stores were unaffected.

The company reacquired its former assets when sanctions were lifted in 1994. By then, there were around 300 KFC outlets in the country.

KFC has since grown into South Africa’s largest fast-food outlet, with 1,052 stores in the country, according to its owner Yum! Brands’ financial results for the third quarter of 2023.

Only 49 are directly owned by the company, and the other 1,003 are franchisee-owned. The company has grown by 44 stores in the past year.

The fried chicken giant is also the most popular fast-food brand in the country, with 10 million South Africans eating there at least once in the past four weeks, according to a study by Eighty20.

"Only the whites eat there" I can almost see it coming

KingCold:
"Only the whites eat there" I can almost see it coming

😂😂😂😂

That time there are whites all over Europe but they're not in the Top 10.

WannaHowzit:


😂😂😂😂

That time there are whites all over Europe but they're not in the Top 10.

LOL. Ja neh

You guys have learnt the Nigerian ways, the jabs and banters. You want to give it to us wotowoto

Good for them 👏 👏

How is this newsworthy?

Unhealthy preservatives infused deep fried greasy chicken.

Good information 👍

But,

Nothing like MANNA Barbecue.

Barbecue is life !!


❤️ 😍 💖

Still better than India If we do a population to KFC ratio.

WannaHowzit:
Nigeria has 38 KFC outlets according to Yum! Brands Q3 results.

ok. so what should happen now?

Where our people want see money buy when poverty dey use us catch cruise.

Stats and ads




Wittyness

No

They will rob and kill to get in there.

Hmmm, KFC gini?

I dont think KFC is even in any northern state of Nigeria.

Pre-matured chicken

Nigeria is a poor country.

It is obvious that South africa is more developed and richer than Nigeria.

South Africa has more than 1k kfc stores, nigeria has 38 stores

There is one kfc i visited in Nigeria that served me spoilt chicken

The whites are running SA economy

Why does KFC not have toilet paper?






Because it's finger lickin good

why the barrage of SA new lately ..


wetin concern me with south Africa shey all of una dey craze n

We have the highest number of mama-puts in the world. Any other record can go to the trash

KFC finger licking. Come to Delta State na

When I was in Cyprus na burger king I dey visit every day until I swell up like bag of beans

Junks won kill me that year

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Good information 👍

Vacuum head

Ok. Is it an African business?

Wetin concern us with KFC.... We have mamaput and we are number one in the world