"Colonel" Harland David Sanders (September 9, 1890 December 16, 1980) was an American restaurateur who founded the

e Kentucky Fried Chicken(KFC) fast food chain. Harland David Sander had a hard time selling his chicken at first. In fact , his famous secret chicken recipe was rejected 1,009 TIMES before a restaurant accepted it.

IN 1930 Harland was 40.

He buys a roadside Motel and Cafe in Corbin, Kentucky. Always an avid cook, he puts his talents to use and starts to serve his take on southern fried chicken to the public. Sanders opened a service station in Corbin, Kentucky where he cooked chicken dishes and other meals such as country ham and steaks for customers. Since he did not have a restaurant, he served customers in his adjacent living quarters. His local popularity grew, and Sanders moved to a motel and 142 seat restaurant, later Harland Sanders Caf and Museum. Over the next nine years he developed his "secret recipe" for frying chicken in a pressure fryer that cooked the chicken much faster than pan frying. Sanders was given the honorary title "Kentucky Colonel" in 1935 by Governor Ruby Laffoon.

IN 1935
The restaurant is doing well.
So well that State Governor, Ruby Laffoon commissions Harland as ''Kentucky Colonel'' for outstanding achievement in the community.

IN 1939
Food critic Duncan Hines visited Sanderss restaurant incognito and was so impressed he listed the place in Adventures in Good Eating, his famous guide to restaurants throughout the US.

IN 1955 Disaster strikes: Interstate 75 opens up and sucks away trade.

The restaurant closes and at 65 Harland has to start again from scratch. Down, but not out, he takes his first social security check, pressure fryer and recipe, and sets out to sell the idea of southern fried chicken

Harland David Sanders founder of KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN , had a hard time selling his chicken at first. In fact , his famous secret chicken recipe was rejected 1,009 TIMES before a restaurant accepted it again.

Nine years later and with a growing network of franchisees across the US, Harland feels it's time to slow down. He is 74 after all. So he sells the Kentucky Fried Chicken Company to a group of investors for $2 million. But he keeps his hand in, making sure quality is still high and lending his image to the brand.

1964 A growing network of franchisees across the US.

1980 December 16, 1980

At 90, Colonel Harland Sanders passes away, but the KFC brand continues to grow, with restaurants now all over the world.

2006 November 16
It's time to refresh our image with a new logo.
To celebrate we make a version so big you can see it from space. It took around 24 days to assemble the 87,000 square foot image deep in the Mojave Desert.

In fact, KFC is the world's most popular chicken restaurant chain, specializing in Original Recipe, Extra Crispy, Colonel's Crispy Strips and Honey BBQ Wings, with home-style sides and freshly made chicken sandwiches. Since its founding by Colonel Harland Sanders in 1952, KFC has been serving customers delicious, already prepared complete family meals at affordable prices. There are over 15,000 KFC outlets in 105 countries and territories around the world.

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