In the press release, Yum! Brands Chief Executive Officer David Gibbs said this transfer will benefit the brand in the near future.

KFC is taking the Kentucky out of Kentucky Fried Chicken. The fried chicken chain is officially moving to Texas. Its owner, Yum! Brands, which is also parent to Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and Habit Burger & Grill,

Kentucky Fried Chicken is being uprooted from its ancestral home state in a shake-up announced Tuesday by its parent company that will relocate the chain's U.S. corporate office to Texas. The food chain now known as KFC — launched by Colonel Harland Sanders and his secret blend of 11 herbs and spices — will be based in Plano,

KFC is moving from Kentucky to Texas. Hewitt has lost a Dairy Queen and will gain a McDonald's elsewhere. Magnolia introduced a faux flower line, and more Waco-area business news.

Pizza Hut, KFC’s sister brand, already has its HQ in Plano, where KFC will be run. KFC started in a motel in a small town in Kentucky 95 years ago and continued its operations in the Bluegrass State.

KFC is packing up and moving its U.S. headquarters from Kentucky to Texas.

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