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 A stand-alone KFC drive-through unit in Hachinohe, Japan | |
Native name | 日本KFCホールディングス株式会社 |
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| Formerly | "Old" Kentucky Fried Chicken Japan, Ltd. (1970–2014) |
| TYO: 9873 | |
| Industry | Fast food |
| Founded | July 4, 1970 |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Japan |
Key people | Masaki Kondo (President) |
| Brands | Redroof Pizza, Pizza Hut Japan, Natural Dining |
| Owner | Mitsubishi Corporation (35.12%) |
| Subsidiaries | Kentucky Fried Chicken Japan, Ltd. |
| Website | japan |
KFC (the name was originally an initialism for Kentucky Fried Chicken) is a fast food restaurant chain that specializes in fried chicken and is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, United States (US). It is the world's second largest restaurant chain (as measured by sales) after McDonald's, with 18,875 outlets in 118 countries and territories as of December 2013[update].
Japan is the third-largest market for KFC after China and the United States with 1,165 outlets as of December 2014.[1] In Japan, 70 percent of sales are takeout, with customers tending to buy fried chicken for parties and other special occasions and eating it as a side dish.[2]
- ^ "Restaurant counts". Yum!. Archived from the original on December 7, 2015. Retrieved Jan 3, 2016.
- ^ Tanikawa, Miki (August 18, 2001). "Fried Chicken Dilemma Is Puzzler for KFC Japan". New York Times. Archived from the original on October 5, 2013. Retrieved June 29, 2013.