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Angola
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First outlet opened in Maianga in Luanda . |
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Antigua and Barbuda
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3 branches in Antigua in 2012. |
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Argentina
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First present from 1979 - 1990. In 2013, first store opened in Buenos Aires . |
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Australia
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The first Australian KFC was built in Guildford on the western suburbs of Sydney |
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Austria
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First entered the country in 1970 but withdrew. Returned in 2005 with a store in Vienna . |
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Azerbaijan
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In October 2012, the world's largest KFC was opened in Baku . The 1,600-square-meter outlet, with a seating capacity of 300, is housed in the city's Sabunçu rail station built in 1926. AFK Ltd reportedly invested 3 million euros to restore the nearly destroyed building. |
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Bahrain
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One store in Manama . |
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Barbados
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Bermuda
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First KFC restaurant on Queen Street, Hamilton . There is just one outlet. |
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Botswana
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First outlet opened in Gaborone . Currently 9 outlets. |
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Brazil
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First entered the market in 1973, but eventually pulled out. Returned in 1993. The company entered a change in strategy in 1997, when it announced plans to close its 7 urban locations and relocate to 8 shopping centre locations. |
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Bulgaria
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First store opened in Sofia . The first international fast food brand in Bulgaria. |
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Canada
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First restaurant in Calgary . |
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Cayman Islands
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Was the first food franchise in the Caymans. |
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Chile
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First store in Santiago . |
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Colombia
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Three outlets in Colombia. |
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Costa Rica
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First restaurant on Paseo Colon. |
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Croatia
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First store opened in Zagreb . |
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Curacao
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Czech Republic
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66 outlets by 2014. First outlet in Prague . |
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Denmark
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4 outlets in Greater Copenhagen . |
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Dominican Republic
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There are 15 KFC locations throughout the Dominican Republic. |
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Ecuador
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First store in Quito . KFC has become the largest fast food chain in Ecuador since opening in 1975, and is one of KFC's largest markets in the region with more than 100 restaurants. |
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Egypt
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120 outlets in 2013. |
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El Salvador
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15 outlets. |
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France
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Opened in 1991, but all seven stores were closed by 1992. Returned in 2001, with 156 stores by 2013. |
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Germany
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Struggled to reach 12 stores by 1995. 90 outlets by 2012. |
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Ghana
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First outlet opened in Accra . |
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Greece
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First outlet in Piraeus near Athens . |
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Guam
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First store in Tamuning . |
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Guyana
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First outlet opened in Stabroek . |
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Honduras
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First restaurant was in San Pedro Sula . |
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Hungary
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Iceland
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8 outlets in the Reykjavik area. |
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Ireland
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First opened in Phibsborough shopping centre. 40 restaurants as of 2013. Major franchisees include MBCC Foods and Herbel Restaurants (Ireland) Ltd |
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Israel
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First store in Rishon LeZion . KFC had wanted to open a store earlier but were worried about facing an Arab boycott if they did so. |
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Jamaica
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First KFC at Kingston . 32 outlets. |
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Kenya
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Lebanon
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An outlet in Tripoli was destroyed by protesters in 2012. |
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Malawi
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First outlet in Blantyre . |
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Malta
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2 outlets as of 2013. |
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Mauritius
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First outlet in Curepipe . 20 outlets. |
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Mexico
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300 outlets. First outlet opened in Monterrey . |
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Moldova
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First opened in Chișinău in MallDova mall. |
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Morocco
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3 branches in Casablanca |
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Mozambique
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First outlet opened in Maputo |
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Netherlands
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First branch was in Rotterdam . Headquarters are in Amsterdam-Zuidoost . There are 41 Dutch KFC restaurants. |
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New Zealand
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First store opened in Auckland . 100 outlets in 2013. |
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Nigeria
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First branch opened in Lagos in 2009. 18 outlets by 2013. |
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Oman
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One store in Muscat . |
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Palestine
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Two outlets |
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Peru
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KFC is the largest US fast food chain in Peru. |
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Poland
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160 outlets. |
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Portugal
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18 outlets in 2014. |
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Puerto Rico
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90 outlets in 2013. |
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Romania
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First opened in Bucharest , Magheru Blvd. 51 stores as of 2014. |
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Russia
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Originally had two outlets in Moscow in the 1960s, but these soon closed. Reopened in Russia in 1993. It closed in 1998, but the chain returned in 2000. As of 2013, there are 190 outlets in Russia. |
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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First outlet opened in Kingstown . 3 outlets. |
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Saudi Arabia
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170 outlets. |
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Serbia
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First store opened in Belgrade . |
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Slovakia
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5 outlets by 2014. First restaurant in Trnava . |
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South Africa
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Divested its holdings from 1987 until 1994 to a holding company after U.S. Congress passed a law forbidding U.S. companies from owning South African assets. KFC sold its assets to Devco, an administrative entity, which managed the trademark. |
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Spain
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20 restaurants by 1991. 69 outlets by November 2012. |
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Swaziland
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First outlet opened in Mbabane |
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Tanzania
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First outlet opened in Dar es Salaam |
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The Bahamas
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9 branches in 2012. |
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Uganda
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First outlet opened in Kampala |
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Ukraine
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In 2012 the first KFC was opened in Kyiv . There are 4 restaurants in Kyiv as for 2013. |
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United Arab Emirates
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Opened 100th store in 2013. |
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United Kingdom
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First restaurant was located in Preston, Lancashire . Currently over 800 restaurants, by far the largest amount in Europe. |
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United States
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First franchise in Salt Lake City , Utah in 1952 |
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Zambia
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By the end of 2011, four outlets had been opened in shopping centres in the capital city of Lusaka . |
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Zimbabwe
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KFC left the country in 2008, after the franchise holder failed to meet Yum!'s standards. KFC is scheduled to return to Zimbabwe in December 2013, with an outlet in Harare . |
