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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Joanna Partridge

KFC to become Texas fried chicken in HQ move to low-tax state

Drive-through restaurant with KFC logo
A KFC drive-through in Louisville, Kentucky, the state where sales began in 1932 and where the chain has had its headquarters. Photograph: Bryan Woolston/Reuters

KFC, the fast food chain previously known as Kentucky Fried Chicken, has come in for some heat after announcing plans to move its corporate headquarters from the state after which it is named to Texas.

The chain’s parent company, Yum! Brands, told investors it would move about 100 employees from its office in Louisville, Kentucky, more than 800 miles south-west to the city of Plano in Texas, where the group’s Pizza Hut chain is headquartered.

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