Kentucky is losing a piece of its identity as Kentucky Fried Chicken, known these days as just KFC, decamps to Texas nearly a century after its founder began serving his childhood favorite at a

Kentucky Fried Chicken is about to leave Kentucky as its owner, Yum! Brands said it would be leaving the state and opening two new brand headquarters in other states.

KFC U.S. corporate office employees currently in Louisville will relocate to the KFC and Pizza Hut Global headquarters in Plano, Texas.

Louisville-based Yum Brands Inc. announced Tuesday that it is relocating KFC’s corporate brand headquarters to Plano, Texas, combining with the Pizza Hut brand HQ in the Dallas suburb.

Yum! Brands relocates KFC's U.S. headquarters from Kentucky to Texas as part of a strategic operational shift.

Yum! Chief Digital & Technology Officer Joe Park will serve as president of Byte by Yum!, a tech platform enabling easy-to-manage operations across the company's Taco Bell, KFC, Pizza Hut, and Habit Burger & Grill brands.

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Yum Brands is planning to move its KFC U.S. corporate office from its home in Louisville, Kentucky, to the KFC and Pizza Hut Global headquarters in Plano, Texas. The plan is to have two brand headquarters in the U.

Daily Yum! Brands, Inc. Yum Brands, the parent of KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell, missed third-quarter earnings expectations, reporting adjusted EPS of $1.37 versus an anticipated $1.41 ...

KFC is the largest division of Yum Brands Inc., which also owns Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and the Habit Burger Grill. Last month, KFC named Scott Mezvinsky as its new CEO, effective March 1.

The famed chicken brand will not be the only property of Yum! Brands affected. Employees for Pizza Hut will also report to Plano alongside KFC employees. Corporate employees for Taco Bell and ...