Chick-fil-A widened its lead over rival KFC as the No. 1 chicken chain in the U.S. last year.
Preliminary data from food industry researcher Technomic shows that Atlanta-based Chick-Fil-A held the lead because its locations are much busier, even though there are far fewer of them.
Chick-fil-A first surpassed KFC as the top chicken chain in 2012. KFC is still much bigger globally.
KFC, owned by Yum Brands Inc., has been struggling in recent years, despite a variety of new menu items like boneless chicken pieces and snack cups designed to fit in a car cup holder. It even began testing a more upscale restaurant concept called "KFC eleven." Sales at established locations nevertheless fell 2 percent last year.
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ReplyDeleteThey're both horrible.
ReplyDeleteAll fast food should be a last resort in the event of starvation. None of it is healthy or good for you. A Chik fil A chicken sandwich has almost 1400mg of sodium (over 50% of daily allowance). Couple that with some fries and cigarette afterwards is a recipe for a heart attack. Even the big mac has less sodium (970 mg) as does a double quarter pounder w/ cheese (1280mg.).
ReplyDeleteRoyal Farms chicken tastes better and less sodium and calories. They pressure cook fresh chicken.
ReplyDeleteKFC serves pigeon sized parts. Maybe it's seagull, I don't know. 3 bites and you're done.
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