History: KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) is a fast food restaurant chain headquartered in Louisville‚ Kentucky‚ United States‚ which specializes in fried chicken. An "American icon"‚ it is the world’s second largest restaurant chain overall (as measured by sales) after McDonald’s‚ with over 18‚000 outlets in 120 countries and territories as of December 2012. The company is a subsidiary of Yum! Brands‚ a restaurant company which also owns Pizza Hut and Taco Bell. KFC was founded by Harland Sanders
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387 From supply chains to value chains: A spotlight on CSR Malika Bhandarkar and Tarcisio Alvarez-Rivero* 1. Introduction Corporate social responsibility (CSR)1 has become a hot topic in boardrooms across the world. Changes in corporate value systems are being driven by pressures from different actors‚ including governments‚ consumers‚ non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and institutional investors (diagram 1). Multinational corporations (MNCs) have operations spread across the globe‚ relying
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Fast food chains are amongst the most rapidly globalising businesses in the world. Their ability to internationalise into foreign markets with relative ease and multiply their worth makes for an exciting prospect for owners and directors of such firms. This paper will look broadly into the internationalisation of KFC into India‚ and will discuss the key issues that led to the successes and failures of their internationalisation process. From the outset‚ expanding into a foreign market such as India
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CONTROL OF FOOD QUALITY IN KFC In theory an employer must eliminate risks‚ or if not control them to the fullest extent possible. In the fast food industry there are certain regulations that are intended to eliminate the risk of bad food quality but these regulations do not eliminate the ability of a fast food outlet to produce food that is harmful to those who consume it. For example the Food Act (2003) and the Food Regulation Act (2004)‚ that cover issues such as food standards and handling
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knows as KFC‚ the world most large and well knows fast food restaurant that have more than 10 thousands locations worldwide in more than 80 countries. People from younger age to older age also know the slogan of KFC‚ which is “Finger lickin’ Good”‚ and the old man with white suits hand holding a black color crutch. Nowadays‚ we can see KFC in any shopping centre‚ or some popular location. We can get service or their product easily‚ it really convenient. I want to conduct a PEST analysis of this company
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countries and territories around the world.8million customers each day. This is a fast food restaurant chain headquarteredin Louisville‚ Kentucky United States‚ which specializes in fried chicken. An"American icon"‚ it is the worlds largest fried chicken chain and the second largestrestaurant chain overall after McDonalds ‚ "Kentucky Fried Chicken" franchiseopening in Utah in the early 1950s. The chain primarily sells fried chicken piecesand variations such as chicken burgers‚ chicken sandwiches and
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KFC‚ known as Kentucky Fried Chicken‚ is a chain of fast food restaurants based in Louisville‚ Kentucky. In the midst of the depression‚ Harland Sanders who was born just outside Henryville( Indiana)‚ opens his first restaurant in the small front room of a gas station in Corbin‚ Kentucky. Sanders serves as station operator‚ chief cook and cashier and names the dining area "Sanders Court & Café. In 1936‚ Kentucky Governor Ruby Laffoon makes Harland Sanders an honorary Kentucky Colonel in recognition
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BCG Matrix of KFC The need for strategy‚ in order to expand its existing product in very promising markets for KFC is very essential. KFC‚ along with McDonalds‚ and other major fast food chains have dominated the American continent as well as else where. Since the1950’s when the founder of KFC had a dream‚ of building an empire in the fast foodmarket‚ the company has undergone lots of changes. The company has changedownership; it has taken over from Pepsi and passed over to Tricon‚ which owns
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I. Information 1. Introduction There is basic information we should be known about KFC KFC‚ known as Kentucky Fried Chicken‚ is a chain of fast food restaurants based in Louisville‚ Kentucky‚ in the United States. It is found by Harland Sanders in 1952 at Utah‚ U.S. KFC has been a brand and operating segment‚ termed a concept of Yum! Brands since 1997 when the company was spun off from PepsiCo as Global Restaurants Inc. The main website is www.kfc.com The largest system restaurant company
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Content 1. Since its entry into India in 1995‚KFC has been facing protests by cultural and economic activists and farmers. What are the reasons for these protests and do you think these reasons are justified? Exaplain…………………………………………………………………….. 5-6 2. PETA has been protesting against KFC in India since the last 1990s. What are the reasons for PETA’s protests against KFC and how did KFC’s management react to them? Do you agree with PETA that KFC has been cruel toward the birds and hence
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