Yum! Brands which owns the fried chicken chain KFC has announced plans to move the brand's U.S. headquarters to Plano, Texas.

Kentucky Fried Chicken is being uprooted from its ancestral home state in a shake-up announced Tuesday by its parent company that will relocate the chain's U.S. corporate office to Texas. The food chain now known as KFC — launched by Colonel Harland Sanders and his secret blend of 11 herbs and spices — will be based in Plano,

Pizza Hut, KFC’s sister brand, already has its HQ in Plano, where KFC will be run. KFC started in a motel in a small town in Kentucky 95 years ago and continued its operations in the Bluegrass State.

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In the press release, Yum! Brands Chief Executive Officer David Gibbs said this transfer will benefit the brand in the near future.

Some of Louisville's elected officials believe the city has reached an inflection point after Yum! Brands dropped the bombshell that home-grown, and internationally known, Kentucky Fried Chicken would be moving its U.

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KFC's corporate staff will relocate from the brand's headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky, to Plano, Texas, Yum says.

Kentucky Fried Chicken’s parent company is moving the restaurant chain’s U.S. headquarters out of its namesake state for the second time. KFC parent Yum! Brands said in a Tuesday statement that it would relocate the iconic fried chicken chain’s corporate office to Plano,

The KFC and Pizza Hut global teams from the Yum! Brands are already based in Plano, Texas, and the Taco Bell and Habit Burger & Grill teams are located in Irvine, Calif. “These

By Tom Latek Kentucky Today First, Kentucky Fried Chicken took Kentucky out of their name to become known as KFC. Now they are taking KFC out of Kentucky, as parent company Yum! Brands announced it is relocating the company headquarters from Louisville to the KFC and Pizza Hut Global headquarters in Plano,