![]() ![]() Sanders enjoyed cooking the food his mother had taught him to make: pan-fried chicken, country ham, fresh vegetables, and homemade biscuits. In 1929 Sanders opened a gas station in Corbin, Kentucky, and cooked for his family and an occasional customer in the back room. At age 15 he left that job to work at a variety of jobs, including painter, railroad fireman, plowman, streetcar conductor, ferryboat operator, insurance salesman, justice of the peace, and service-station operator. Sanders left home and school when he was 12 years old to work as a farm hand for four dollars a month. Sanders remarried, her new husband didn't tolerate Harland. The young Sanders learned to cook for his younger brother and sister by age six. ![]() Following the death of Sanders's father in 1896, Sanders's mother worked two jobs to support the family. Sanders was born on a small farm in Henryville, Indiana, in 1890. Kentucky Fried Chicken was founded by Harland Sanders in Corbin, Kentucky. In late 1997 the company expected to become a wholly owned subsidiary of Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc., to be formed from the spin off of PepsiCo's restaurant holdings. In addition to direct franchising and wholly owned operations, the company participates in joint ventures, and continues investigating alternative venues to gain market share in the increasingly competitive fast-food market. Internationally, KFC has more than 3,700 units, of which two-thirds are also franchised. until late 1997, operates over 5,000 units in the United States, approximately 60 percent of which are franchises. KFC, a wholly owned subsidiary of PepsiCo, Inc. KFC Corporation is the largest fast-food chicken operator, developer, and franchiser in the world. Incorporated: 1955 as Kentucky Fried Chicken ![]()
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