KFC is the most popular chicken restaurant around the world. KFC is famous for its Original Recipe and Extra Crispy chicken, as well as its homestyle side dishes. Almost 8 million customers sample KFC food every day in more than 11,000 restaurants in 80 countries around the world. KFC is also part of the Yum! Brands family, the largest restaurant company in the world with over 32,500 units. Family members include A & W Restaurants, Long John Silver�s, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell. Multi-branding opportunities are available to expand a franchise�s customer appeal and market share.

 

Investment Required
The initial fee for a KFC franchise is $25,000.

KFC provides the following range of investments required to open your initial franchise. The range assumes that all items are paid for in cash. To the extent that you choose to finance any of these expense items, your front-end investment could be substantially reduced.

 

On-Going Expenses
KFC franchisees pay a royalty fee equal to 4% of gross revenues (minimum of $600 per month), a local advertising fee equal to 3% of gross revenues and a national cooperative advertising fee equal to 2% of gross revenues.

What You Get�Training and Support
All Yum! Franchisees receive extensive training, support and marketing. Yum! spends more than $600 million a year on consumer advertising. Multi-branding opportunities for KFC are offered with Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, Long John Silver�s and A&W Restaurants.

Franchise recruiters walk interested candidates through the entire process of becoming a franchisee, providing information on the site registration process, start-up costs, training and the sites with the greatest development potential. Franchisees are later assigned Franchise Business Coaches or Franchise Business Leaders who provide support as operations begin. Each franchisee completes Management Team Training, and is offered further training opportunities and support through the Yum! University.

KFC franchisees also benefit from the tremendous purchasing power of the Yum! family.  UFPC provides supply chain management services for all Yum! brands, and since March of 1999, UFPC has saved Yum! more than $539.6 million. UFPC reduces suppliers� costs by negotiating costs, making volume purchase deals and assuming other procurement functions and risks.

Territory
KFC does not grant exclusive territories. Franchisees get a protected area with a radius of 1� miles or containing a population of 30,000 people, whichever is smaller.