Success story of Colonel Sanders, Founder of KFC

This is the story of perseverance Colonel Sanders, founder of the famous fried chicken franchise KFC. He started at the age of 66 years. Retired U.S. army does not have any money except from old age allowance, which is running low. But he has expertise in cooking and food recipes to offer more than 1,000 restaurants in the country. Colonel Harland Sanders is a pioneer of Kentucky Fried Chicken or KFC has grown into one of the largest in the industry a fast food franchise in the world.

And Colonel Sanders, and even now a symbol of entrepreneurial spirit. He was born on September 9, 1890 in Henryville, Indiana, but just started actively franchising his chicken business in the age of 65 years. At the age of 6 years old, his father died and his mother was not able to work longer so young Harland had to take care of her brother who was only 3 years old. In this condition she had to cook for her family. In this period he was beginning to show skill.

At the age of 7 years he was a good cook cook in several places. At age 10, he got his first job nearby farm for $ 2 a month. When he was 12 years old his mother remarried, so he left the house where he lived for a job on a farm in Greenwood, Indiana. After that, he was changing jobs for a few years.

First, as parking at the age of 15 years in New Albany, Indiana, and later became a soldier who was sent for 6 months to Cuba. After that he became a fireman, studied law by correspondence, practiced in the courts, insurance, ferry operators, sold tires, and operated service stations.

At the age of 40 years, the Colonel began cooking for people traveling who stopped at his service station in Corbin. Colonel Sanders did not have a restaurant at the time. He presents food in the dining room in the garage. As more people are coming just for food, he moved across the street to a motel and restaurant can accommodate 142 people.

For nearly 9 years he used a recipe made with basic cooking techniques to the present. Sander's image better. Governor Ruby Laffoon reward Kentucky Colonel in 1935 for his contribution to the state of Cuisine. And in 1939, its existence was first listed in Duncan Hines' "Adventures in Good Eating."

In early 1950 a new highway planned interstate through the town of Corbin. Seeing an end to his business, the Colonel is finally closing the restaurant. After paying his bills, he received a social allowance on his $ 105.

Due to a strong sense of confidence about the quality fried chicken, Colonel opening a franchise business that started in 1952. He traveled across this state by car from restaurant to restaurant, cooking batches of chicken for restaurant owners and employees. If the reaction was favorable, he was offered an appointment to get payment from each chicken sold.

In 1964, Colonel Sanders had more than 600 franchised outlets for his chicken in the United States and Canada. In the same year he sold his interest from the U.S. company for $ 2 million to a group of investors including John Y Brown Jr., (later became governor of Kentucky). In 1976, an independent survey put Colonel Sanders as the second rank of the row of famous celebrities in the world.

Under new owners, Kentucky Fried Chicken Corporation grew rapidly which later became public on March 17, 1966, and listed on the New York Stock Exchange on January 16, 1969. More than 3500 franchised and company-owned restaurants operate almost everywhere in the world. Kentucky Fried Chicken becomes a subsidiary of RJ Reynolds Industries, Inc.. (now RJR Nabisco, Inc..), when Heublein Inc.. acquired by Reynolds in 1982. KFC was acquired in October 1986 from RJR Nabisco Inc. by PepsiCo Inc., for approximately $ 840 million dollars.

In January 1997, PepsiCo, Inc. announced the spin-off of fast food restaurants - KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut - into an independent restaurant company, Tricon Global Inc. Restorans. In May 2002, the company announced the approval of the shareholders to change corporate name to Yum! Brands Inc.. Company, owned by A & W All-American Food Restorans, KFC, Long John Silvers, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell restorans, is the largest restaurant company in the world in the category of system units with a number close to 32.500 in over 100 countries and territories.

KFC growing rapidly. Today, more than a billion chicken dinners are enjoyed Col. each year, not only in North America, even available in almost 80 countries around the world. But Colonel Sanders was no longer able to watch. In 1980, at the age of 90 years, he was stricken with leukemia. He died after traveling 250,000 miles a year visiting KFC restaurants around the world.
"Dreams do not have success in the childhood. The dream may also at old age. "Colonel Sanders, founder of KFC