Colonel Sanders wasn't just loud about KFC's subpar food. He started making plans to franchise a restaurant he and his wife launched in Shelbyville, Kentucky, in 1968 called The Colonel's Lady.

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How did a broke 65-year-old man with a pressure cooker and a secret recipe build one of the world’s most iconic fast-food brands? This video dives into the real story of Colonel Harland Sanders ...

7. Japan Loves KFC for Christmas. In Japan, KFC is a holiday tradition. Thanks to a wildly successful 1970s marketing campaign, families across Japan now celebrate Christmas with KFC meals.

Business in Kentucky dried up by the mid-’50s, when the creation of Interstate 75 leeched business from Sanders’ roadside restaurant, motel and service station on the old U.S. 25.

Colonel Sanders is probably the most recognizable icon in fast food history. However, most people don't know too much about the man himself. Much of what you may have heard is little more than ...

Born on September 9, 1890, Harland Sanders life as the founder of America's most popular chicken shop might seem touched with ...

Since Colonel Harland Sanders opened the doors to the first KFC in Salt Lake City in 1952, the fast food chain has had people hooked on its finger lickin' chicken. Well now, it's good news for ...

Kentucky Colonel Harland Sanders was one of the first 31 Hometown Heroes banners installed across Louisville 20 years ago. Advertisement Sanders’ banner was starting to show its age, however.