A name that has marked its presence in the hearts of hundreds and thousands of chicken lovers doesn't need any introduction. Well even if you don't have a love for chicken. The inspirational story of Colonel Sanders will beg you to know more about this story is about a man, who has been an excellent example of persistence, commitment, and determination. Today we are going to talk about the founder of the most loved chicken brand in the world KFC acted as the success story of Colonel Sanders at how these fast food icons follow an unlikely path to creating a multi-billion dollar international company.
The story starts with Heartland Sanger was born in a small town of Indiana in the year 1890. At the age of 12 after his father passed away he took the responsibilities on his shoulder and left home to find some jobs to support his poverty-stricken family. Later his mother remarried when he was 12 years old. Because his new stepfather didn't like the boys around. Colonel Sanders brother was sent to live with the knight. While he was sent to work on a farm about 80 miles away. Colonel Sanders soon realized that he would rather work all day than go to school. So he dropped out in the seventh grade. Later he started working at various places without a proper goal, in addition to extended Cuba with the army. Colonel Sanders spent the first half of his life doing a series of odd jobs including stoking the steam engines of trains throughout the south, selling insurance, selling tires, making lighting systems, and operating a ferry-boat. However, the only skill that he possessed was cooking, that his mother had taught him from the age of seven. After trying his hand at many odd jobs, he couldn't say at any place for long. Later he became a cook and a dishwasher in a small cafe. Finally, in the year 1930, he settled into a permanent job at the Shell filling station just outside a small city called North Cor bin. In his free time, he used to cook dishes his mother had taught him and serve them in his stereo house which he had converted into a small eat tree and soon his take and the country have recipes were a big hit with the travelers would regularly stop by to eat at his place.
It's all the savings that he has Colonel Sanders bought a larger place nearby to accommodate the ever-increasing customers. He increased the dishes and included the legendary fried chicken recipe for the first time in 1936. By the Year 1937, he again expanded the hood which now accommodated up to 150 people at the same time. He was extremely happy that he had become successful at his new business. But he was always looking to improves the production process and expand his customer base. Later in order to expand his food chains, he started traveling by car to different restaurants and cook his fried chicken on the spot for restaurant owners. However, Colonel Sanders recipe was rejected by 1009 restaurants as they did not like the taste. But Colonel Sanders never gave up. He knew that his recipe was one-of-a-kind and unique. He went ahead with the same conviction as he used to have and finally a restaurant owner agreed to sell Colonel Sanders chicken. Soon more restaurants were waiting to sell these new recipe of fried chicken in their restaurant. By 1963 nearly 600 restaurants were selling the recipe. After four years Kentucky Fried Chicken was at the peak of glory. But Colonel Sanders decided to sell the corporation to a private investor named John Y Brown under the deal he receives $2 million dollars in cash and remains the official face of the company for which he was paid about $250,000 dollars every year. Colonel Sanders wasn't happy to let go of his baby, but at the age of 75, he decided that it would be best to see his company continued to grow beyond his capacity also Colonel Sanders was never really worried about making money. He always focused on quality and customer experience than anything else. Soon KFC implemented standalone stores but specialized in the take-home model. By the year 1967 KFC had gone on to become the sixth-largest restaurant change by sales volume in the U.S. Later KFC started off by starting stores in Canada and soon spread itself into more than 40 countries with 3,000 outlets.
By the end of the year, 1970 KFC changes many hands before it came under the ownership of Yum Brands in 1997. Soon they added many more recipes into their menu like deserts, sandwiches, and drinks that would complement its best-selling fried chicken recipes. By the year 1991, their sales are double and reinstate estimates $6.2 billion dollars for a total of 8,500 outlets around the world. Well, that was just the beginning of expansion for KFC as there was no stopping to this ever-growing company. Today's KFC is the second-largest restaurant chain in the world. It has faced many ups and downs, but has remained a crowded favorite ever, with over 20,000 stores across 123 countries and with a revenue of over $23 billion dollars KFC today is one of the biggest brands in the world. Colonel Sanders may have lacked the motivation to become as wealthy as he could've been but, he's now known in 123 countries for his favorite fried chicken recipe which is more than he could have ever hoped for when he hit the road at the age of 65 with the cars full of cooking supplies. The success of KFC is the result of endless trials and experiments and the persistence of Colonel Sanders you eventually make it one of the biggest brands in the world.
We salute Colonel sanders for his impeccable persistence and determination and we wish KFC all the very best for their future and events.