This chicken chain opened its 25,000 location during the pandemic
Independracted by a difficult year, the beloved brand has reached a long-lived milestone.
During the unprecedented year of the carnage of the restaurant industry, the nature out-of-place ofFast food chain Authorized certain brands to survive not only, but even prosper between declining competition.KfcFor example, it is 2020 as a year of growth leading to an important reference: the channel opened its 25,000th global location.
In aGains For Miam! The brands, the parent company of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, CEO David Gibbs emphasized that the fried chicken chain, which is the largest brand of society, has proved extremely resilient. Since 2015, the chain has had fewer than 20,000 restaurants under its umbrella, demonstrating an impressive rate of unit growth not detected by the pandemic. (In touch:McDonald's makes these 8 major upgrades.)
"Even in difficult times, this brand grew up," said Gibbs. "And this kind of growth of 5,000 units over a five-year period is well forced for the future. We have always matched the surface to penetrate the world with KFC."
The company has published itsGains of the fourth quarter of last week, who showed that KFC was an autonomous artist among the group. While the sales of Pizza Hut and Taco Bell in 2020 fell compared to 2019 of 5% and 3% respectively, the chicken chain was able to draw a victory during the pandemic, with a 1% increase in comparable sales.
KFC closed the year with about 98% of its open pitches and operating in comprehensive or limited capabilities. The chain operates locations over six continents, the majority of its distributed imprint between the United States, China, Japan and Russia. However, the 25,000th location location was opened on December 31 in India.
For more information on channels that plan an expansion this year, checkThese fast food chains open hundreds of locations this year. And do not forget toSubscribe to our newsletter To get the latest news from the restaurant delivered directly to your inbox.
