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KFC
KFC traces its origins to Harland Sanders, who began selling fried chicken from a roadside restaurant in Corbin, Kentucky during the Great Depression, developing his "Original Recipe" of 11 herbs and spices, a formula the company has maintained as a closely guarded trade secret for decades. Sanders began franchising the Kentucky Fried Chicken concept in 1952, and Colonel Sanders's own image, based on the honorary Kentucky Colonel title he received, became one of the most recognizable branded mascots in the entire fast-food industry, still used in the company's marketing decades after Sanders's death. KFC became part of Yum! Brands following PepsiCo's 1997 restaurant division spinoff, and the company played a historically significant role as one of the first major Western fast-food chains to successfully expand into China, becoming particularly dominant in that market well ahead of most other American fast-food competitors. KFC's combination of Colonel Sanders's closely guarded Original Recipe and its historically significant early expansion into the Chinese market has made it one of the most internationally significant fast-food chains in the world.
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Taco Bell
Taco Bell was founded in 1962 in Downey, California by Glen Bell, who had previously operated a series of hot dog and hamburger stands before developing a hard-shell taco recipe and pivoting his business entirely toward Mexican-American fast food. The chain became known for aggressively low pricing on its core menu items and for introducing a stream of novelty menu items over the decades, including the Doritos Locos Tacos, launched in 2012 in partnership with Frito-Lay, which became one of the most successful single product launches in fast-food history by units sold. Taco Bell became part of Yum! Brands alongside KFC and Pizza Hut following PepsiCo's 1997 spinoff of its restaurant division, and the chain has continued positioning itself with youth-oriented, culturally irreverent marketing distinct from more traditionally family-oriented fast-food branding. Taco Bell's combination of its founder's pivot from hot dogs to Mexican-American fast food and its record-setting Doritos Locos Tacos launch has made it one of the most commercially innovative fast-food chains in the industry.
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