KFC stands for three simple words — Kentucky Fried Chicken. But the chain’s parent company is taking it out of Kentucky. Yum! Brands announced that the chicken fast food chain will move its U.S.

The chicken chain is moving its operations and joining its sister brand Pizza Hut in Texas Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg/Getty KFC, formerly known as Kentucky Fried Chicken, is leaving its birthplace of ...

First they took the Kentucky out of KFC; now they’re taking KFC out of Kentucky: KFC, the company known until the 1990s as Kentucky Fried Chicken, is leaving the state. Yum! Brands, the parent of KFC ...

The famed Kentucky Fried Chicken, part of Yum! Brands, will soon be leaving its home state of Kentucky. On Tuesday, Yum! Brands, a Fortune 500 company that has been based in Louisville since 1997, ...

New York (CNN) — KFC, the fast food chain formerly known as Kentucky Fried Chicken, is leaving the state where it all began. The chicken chain’s parent company, Yum Brands, announced Tuesday that ...