fried-chicken

Who Is This Strange Goateed Man Trying To Sell Us KFC Products?

By Chris Morran on September 9, 2010 2:30 PM 77 Comments

For those of us who grew up watching Colonel Sanders (or rather, some guy dressed up as Colonel Sanders) on ads for Kentucky Fried Chicken, it might come as a shock to learn that the fast food chain's own survey found that more than 60% of Americans between the ages of 18-25 couldn't identify the man. More »

cockfight

Popeyes Decides It's Time To Play Chicken With KFC

By Chris Morran on August 26, 2010 1:15 PM 132 Comments

For years, Popeyes has been bragging about the quality of its fried chicken, but now that the fast food chain says they beat KFC in an independent national taste test, it's decided to take the battle right to the Colonel with a new marketing campaign that pits Louisiana against Kentucky. More »

have your cake and fry it too

Two Delicious Worlds Collide With Red Velvet Fried Chicken

By Chris Morran on August 16, 2010 11:15 AM 35 Comments

San Francisco continues to confound us... On one hand the city is trying to take all the happy out of Happy Meals; on the other hand, it's the same place you can now order up a plate of fried chicken coated in a red velvet cake batter. More »

recession watch

It's Tough Being The Only Popeye's In Minnesota

By Laura Northrup on April 30, 2009 1:28 AM 137 Comments

—>What happens when you mix a chicken promotion, a national ad buy, and a franchisee not taking part in the promotion? You get a lot of hungry and annoyed people. And, last Thursday in Minneapolis, you have to call the police. More »