Is Texas a winner winner chicken dinner? Louisville, Kentucky, mayor disappointed that chain “synonymous with Kentucky” will move to Lone Star State.

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When you think of Kentucky Fried Chicken, what's the one place that really comes to mind? Kentucky, of course! Now, the company is moving to Texas.

Kentucky is losing a piece of its identity as Kentucky Fried Chicken, known these days as just KFC, decamps to Texas nearly a century after its founder began serving his childhood favorite at a

"This strategic decision will involve relocating KFC U.S. corporate office employees currently in Louisville, Kentucky, to the KFC and Pizza Hut Global headquarters in Plano, Texas. In addition, U.S.-based remote employees will be asked to relocate to the campus where their work happens."

Texas Fried Chicken? KFC is relocating its headquarters from Kentucky to join Pizza Hut in Dallas suburb of Plano, TX.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has suggested Kentucky Fried Chicken should change its name to Texas Fried Chicken, after KFC announced it is moving its U.S. headquarters to the Lone Star State. Newsweek contacted Yum! Brands, KFC's parent company, for comment on Thursday outside of regular office hours.

This decision involves relocating 100 KFC U.S. corporate office employees who currently work in Louisville to the KFC and Pizza Hut Global headquarters in Plano, Texas. Also, U.S.-based remote employees will be asked to return to the office where their ...

KFC started in a motel in a small town in Kentucky 95 years ago and continued its operations in the Bluegrass State. It was Kentucky Fried Chicken until it was rebranded as KFC in the 1990s and had been headquartered in Louisville since 1997, The Lexington Herald-Leader reported.