The favored narrative amongst People is that KFC’s drop in high quality through the years is the results of value slicing from out-of-touch executives who wouldn’t know good fried hen if it hit them within the face. While you have a look at KFC in America, it’s an outdated, run-down, uncreative chain with a boring menu and horrible meals. However all over the world in South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Center East, KFC is a star model recognized for high quality hen, nice service, and distinctive choices.
So how is it that the identical firm may be so nice internationally and so poor in its own residence nation? On this episode, we’ll cowl the fried hen wars, the technique and missteps which have introduced KFC in America to the place it’s at present, and the way legacy and model energy may be simply as a lot a curse as it’s a blessing on the earth of enterprise.
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0:00 The Colonel Beneath Siege
3:47 Evolution of Fried Rooster
7:51 Bewildering Dichotomy
13:56 Legacy with a Facet of Nostalgia
17:58 A Failed Turnaround
23:47 Behind the White Go well with