KFC was what’s for dinner on Friday, due to being tired of home cooking, as well as not having a great variety to choose from in my smallish town. It had been years since I’d had it. Mashed and gravy were excellent, as was coleslaw and ethereal biscuits this time. Chicken was meh, crust was flabby, and pretty damn salty. I much prefer Popeye’s for the chicken and sides, they do a really good job IMO. However, I’ve eaten at some Popeye’s franchises I couldn’t recommend. LOVE the cajun gravy! Haven’t had their chicken sandwich…
Favorite chicken sandwich is the Asiago Bacon Chicken Ranch from Wendy’s in certain areas. Really good.
KFC was really good back in the 70’s. My latest brush with that place was a few years ago. In addition to the chicken not tasting anywhere near as good as it used to. The “bucket” of chicken is only half full. There’s a cardboard partition half way up.with empty space down below. They always show the chicken propped up in TV commercials. False advertising if you ask me.
If you’ve seen this map in the news lately you may be interested in knowing that CBS news has found that it is based only on sales growth during Covid and NOT on general consumer preference. I suppose one could say that the growth comes from preference but I don’t think that is the only factor, especially not during a strange time like this.
Hmmmm. Lesson 3: Make a logo that people can actually read. I couldn’t tell either. They could argue that at higher resolution I’d see it, but that’s not a reasonable argument for a logo.
You can tell from the name that they’ve really put all their eggs in a row. Or they know not to count their chickens till the cows come home. Or something.
In my little town, we don’t have a lot of these national chains. We’ve got KFC which I have maybe once a year to remind myself that I don’t like it. Overbattered and way oversalted. And I love salt. I went out of my way to have the Popeye’s sandwich last year and it was fine. Whatever. I routinely got the ChicFilA when I had the occasion to drive by a location, sandwich, tenders, and nuggets. For me, it’s by far and away the best chicken (politics aside). The chicken is more tender, the outside is crunchy but not overly thick or overly salted, and it has a very pleasant slight sweet note to the crust which I love, although ymmv. Hands down the best. Very long lines, agreed, but they generally move fast.
