KFC

American fast food restaurant chain specializing in fried chicken
Organization fast_food_restaurant_chain Q524757
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KFC

Summary

KFC is a fast food restaurant chain[1]. KFC ranks in the top 2% of fast_food_restaurant_chain entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,512 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • KFC is in the country of United States[3].
  • KFC's image is recorded as A modern KFC restaurant in Murphy, North Carolina.jpg[4].
  • KFC's instance of is recorded as fast food restaurant chain[5].
  • KFC's instance of is recorded as brand[6].
  • KFC's instance of is recorded as public company[7].
  • KFC's founder is recorded as Colonel Sanders[8].
  • Kentucky is named after KFC[9].
  • KFC's logo image is recorded as Kfc textlogo.svg[10].
  • KFC's logo image is recorded as KFC logo wordmark.svg[11].
  • KFC's headquarters location is recorded as Louisville[12].
  • KFC's flag is recorded as flag of KFC[13].
  • KFC's chief executive officer is recorded as Sabir Sami[14].
  • KFC's ISNI is recorded as 0000000103528837[15].
  • KFC's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 154723534[16].
  • KFC's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n88079677[17].
  • KFC's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 40323868z[18].
  • KFC's IdRef ID is recorded as 292161573[19].
  • KFC's Commons category is recorded as Kentucky Fried Chicken[20].
  • KFC's industry is recorded as quick service restaurant sector[21].
  • KFC's industry is recorded as fast food[22].
  • +1930-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of KFC[23].
  • KFC's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 38.198055555555555, 'lon': -85.69572222222223}[24].
  • KFC's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/09b6t[25].
  • KFC's location of formation is recorded as North Corbin[26].
  • KFC's parent organization or unit is recorded as Yum! Brands[27].

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Founding

KFC's founder is recorded as Colonel Sanders[8]. +1930-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of KFC[23]. KFC's location of formation is recorded as North Corbin[26].

Leadership

KFC's chief executive officer is recorded as Sabir Sami[14].

Operations

KFC's headquarters location is recorded as Louisville[12]. KFC's parent organization or unit is recorded as Yum! Brands[27].

Industry

Industries include quick service restaurant sector[21] and fast food[22].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for KFC include KFC Yum! Center[28], an arena[29], in United States[30], founded in 2010[31]; KFC Index[32], an economic indicator[33]; and KFConsole[34], a computer model[35].

Why It Matters

KFC ranks in the top 2% of fast_food_restaurant_chain entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,512 views/month).[2] KFC has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] KFC is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

Entities named for KFC include KFC Yum! Center[28], an arena[29], in United States[30], founded in 2010[31]; KFC Index[32], an economic indicator[33]; and KFConsole[34], a computer model[35].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  23. [25] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [34] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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