The most famous McDonald's brand of McDonald's Company has more than 365,438+0,000 fast food restaurants, which are distributed in 65,438+0,265,438+0 countries and regions around the world. In addition, McDonald's now controls some other catering brands, such as Aroma Cafe, Boston Market, Chipotle Mexican Tacos, Donatos Pizza and Pret a Manger.
KFC originated in the United States and was founded in 1930. It is a world-famous fried chicken fast food chain enterprise with more than 10000 restaurants in the world. By the end of June 2007, KFC had more than 2,000 restaurants in more than 200 cities in Chinese mainland. Strict and unified management and clean and elegant dining environment have made KFC leave a good impression on hundreds of millions of customers. The arrival of KFC not only took the lead in introducing the concept of modern fast food into China, but also made people feel the fundamental difference from food flavor to dining style for the first time in traditional diet, which brought great influence to people's service concept. KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and A & amp; W and Long John Silver (LJS) belong to Yum! Brands, one of the largest chain restaurants in the world.
Colonel Harland Sanders, founder of KFC. Born in 1890, the colonel's life is full of American success stories. When he was young, he worked in all walks of life, including railway firefighters, road maintenance workers, insurance companies, tire sales and gas station owners, and finally found a career in the catering industry. When he ran a gas station in KFC, he made various snacks for tourists in order to increase his income. As a result, business developed slowly and steadily, and his reputation for cooking delicious food attracted tourists in the past. Therefore, the governor of KFC named him Colonel in 1935 in recognition of his contribution to KFC catering. The colonel's most famous specialty is his carefully developed fried chicken. This has always been a popular product, and it took the colonel ten years to prepare it before he got a finger-sucking aftertaste. When the colonel was 66 years old, he drove his old Ford car 1946, carrying his eleven unique ingredients and his right-hand man pressure cooker, and started on the road. He went to restaurants in Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky to sell recipes and methods of fried chicken to interested restaurants. Surprisingly, in just five years, the colonel has 400 chain stores in the United States and Canada.
Delicious! When he founded KFC, he was a 66-year-old retired man, and his monthly social security payment was 105 USD. Today, KFC has become the largest fried chicken chain in the world. At the same time, the colonel has also received the attention of TV stations. Because he was busy cooking all day, he had to find the only clean-white palm suit, which has since become his unique registered trademark. Since then, people have associated this suit with KFC; And his white suit, white hair and goatee have become a national symbol.