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Take a trip down KFC's memory lane
1890 Colonel Harland Sanders is born just outside Henryville, Indiana
1900 – 1924 The Colonel holds a series of job as a farm hand, streetcar conductor, army private in Cuba, blacksmith helper, rail yard fireman, salesman and service station operator for Standard Oil.
1930 The Colonel starts serving meals to travelers in a small room of a gas station in Corbin.
1937 The Colonel bought over a motel and café, which caters for 142 people.
1939 The Sanders Court & Café is first listed in Duncan Hines' "Adventures in Good Eating".
The pressure cooker is introduced. It enables the Colonel to fry his chicken within a shorter time.
1940 The Colonel perfects the Original Recipe of the secret blend of 11 herbs and spices.
1952 - 1955 An interstate highway is built to bypass Corbin. The Colonel sells off his restaurant and goes on the road to seek new franchisees.
Pete Harman in Salt Lake City becomes the first KFC franchisee.
1957 KFC is first sold in buckets.
1960 KFC has more than 600 franchise outlets in the United States, Canada and the first overseas outlet in England.
1964 The Colonel sells his interest in the U.S. company to a group of investors headed by John Y. Brown Jr. and Jack Massey for US$2 million.
1966 KFC goes public.
1971 Heublein Inc acquires KFC.
1980 The Colonel dies from leukemia.
1982 KFC becomes a subsidiary of R.J. Reynolds Industries Inc. as Heublein Inc. is acquired by RJR Nabisco, Inc.
1986 KFC becomes a subsidiary of PepsiCo, Inc. for US$840 million.
1997 PepsiCo, Inc. announces the spin-off of its quick service restaurants - KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut - into Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc.
2002 Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc., the world's largest restaurant company, changes its corporate name to YUM! Brands, Inc. In addition to KFC, the company owns A&W® All-American Food® Restaurants, Long John Silvers®, Pizza Hut® and Taco Bell® restaurants.
2006 More than a billion of the Colonel's "finger lickin' good" chicken are served annually in more than 80 countries and territories around the world.
KFC Singapore
1977 Opening of KFC Singapore's very first restaurant on Somerset Road.
1988 KFC Singapore launches the Colonel Burger.
1990 Launch of the Hot & Crispy Chicken.
1992 KFC Singapore is sold to KFC Internationals as a wholly owned company and in the same year, KFC Singapore opens its 40th restaurant at Northpoint.
1993 KFC Singapore is the first KFC in Asia to develop and launch the popular Zinger, a hot and crispy fillet sandwich.
1994 KFC Singapore receives its Halal certification from The Islamic Council of Singapore (MUIS).
PepsiCo, Inc. operator of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell creates PepsiCo. Restaurants International to centralise management of all PepsiCo, Inc. fast food business outside of USA. KFC Singapore becomes part of PepsiCo Restaurants International, the world’s largest restaurant with over 28,000 units worldwide.
1996 KFC Singapore is recognised during the National Council of Social Service (NCSS)'s disability campaign as being one of Singapore's leading employers of people with disabilities.
KFC Singapore opens its 60th restaurant at Bukit Batok.
1997 KFC Singapore is awarded Official Restaurant for NDP. It also adopts Club Rainbow and raises funds for the non-profit charitable organization.
2000 The launch of KFC Chicky Club, Soft serve and Multibrand stores (KFC, Pizza hut & Taco Bell) at IMM and Lido.
2002 KFC Singapore, together with Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, officially becomes subsidiary of KFC (Malaysia) Holdings Bhd.
KFC Singapore celebrates its silver 25th Anniversary.
2003 – 2005 Opening of 2 Deaf –operated stores at Toa Payoh and Fuchun Community Club.
2006 Nominated by Singapore Association for the Deaf (SADeaf) to receive the prestigious President’s Social Service Award 2006.
2007 KFC 30th Anniversary
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