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NEWS ABOUT: Kentucky Fried Chicken

Kentucky Fried Chicken stories: 7 news summaries

 Col. Sanders 
 Impersonator Punks UN 

Impersonator dupes security in publicity stunt

Oct 27, 09 2:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Colonel Sanders lookalike got a diplomat’s welcome at the United Nations, somehow tricking the security guards into letting him in, UN officials sheepishly admitted. Once inside, the KFC mascot met with UN General Assembly President Ali Treki of Libya, even getting his picture snapped shaking hands beneath the... More »

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Iraq • United Nations • publicity stunt • KFC • breach of security • Ban Ki-Moon • Kentucky Fried Chicken • Colonel Sanders

OPINION

 How We Get 
 bin Laden: 
 KFC's New 
 Double Down 

It's a bacon and cheese sandwich, except with fried chicken instead of bread!

Sep 27, 09 5:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fed up with all haute cuisine? Foodie babble? An organic garden at the White House? KFC looks to have just what you need in the Double Down, a bacon and cheese sandwich in which the bread is replaced by fried chicken fillets! “Forget food porn,” Scott Gold writes... More »

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obesity • entertainment • Canada • socialism • cheese • Osama bin Laden • KFC • bacon • Kentucky Fried Chicken • tofu • salad

OPINION

'Healthy' Fast Food Eaters
Mull the Salad, Buy the Fried

Companies like KFC know how to play to customers' cravings

May 17, 09 9:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - KFC's grilled chicken giveaway may have been a bust, but the company actually got what it wanted—luring health-conscious eaters back to the franchise, argues Steve Almond in the Washington Post. The chicken chain's CEO appeared on Oprah to apologize for pulling the plug on the offer, yet "... More »

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McDonald's • fast food • Oprah Winfrey • psychology • fast food industry • KFC • fried food • Kentucky Fried Chicken

 Behind KFC's 
 Marketing 
 Meltdown 

How does a TV ad blitz and an Oprah endorsement result in a brand nightmare?

May 11, 09 11:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - How to engineer a marketing disaster: Make offer, rescind offer, turn away hungry customers. Kentucky Fried Chicken’s grilled-chicken promotion was to be the largest launch in the chain’s history but turned out to be a promotional nightmare, Advertising Age reports in a look at how a massive TV... More »

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marketing • Oprah Winfrey • KFC • branding • ad campaign • Kentucky Fried Chicken • Jay-ZTV

 Economy Spurs 
 Renewed Thai Protests 

20,000 Thaksin supporters march on PM's office

Mar 26, 09 7:48 AM CDT
(AP) - More than 20,000 supporters of Thaksin Shinawatra surrounded the Thai prime minister's office today to demand the resignation of the government and new elections. The latest mass protest in Bangkok began shortly after the government of PM Abhisit Vejjajiva began doling out $55 checks to millions of Thais to... More »

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Thailand • Bangkok • Thaksin Shinawatra • Thai protesters • financial crisis • Abhisit Vejjajiva • Kentucky Fried Chicken

(Newser) - The recent recovery of a statue of KFC’s Col. Sanders from a Japanese river is said to have ended a curse on a baseball team there. Which gave the company a clever idea: offer the effigy to the notably hexed Chicago Cubs, Deadspin reports. PETA strenuously objects. “If... More »

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Chicago Cubs • animal cruelty • curse • PETA • statue • KFC • baseball • Osaka, Japan • Kentucky Fried Chicken • Colonel Sanders

Col. Sanders Gives Hope to Baseball Fans

Recovery of statue from river may lift 'curse' on Japanese team

Mar 11, 09 2:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - A statue of KFC founder Colonel Sanders tossed into a river in Osaka, Japan, over 2 decades ago has been recovered, possibly ending the "curse" that's widely believed to be shadowing the Hanshin Tigers baseball team, the Mainichi Daily News reports. Jubilant fans tore the mascot from... More »

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sports • Japan • fast food • curse • KFC • baseball • Osaka, Japan • Kentucky Fried Chicken • Colonel Sanders

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