Signage outdoors a Yum Manufacturers Inc. KFC restaurant in Shelbyville, Kentucky, on Jan. 29, 2021.
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KFC is leaving Kentucky.
The fried rooster chain’s U.S. headquarters will transfer from Louisville, Kentucky, to Plano, Texas, proprietor Yum Manufacturers mentioned Tuesday.
About 100 KFC U.S. workers will likely be required to relocate over the subsequent six months.
The relocation is a part of Yum’s broader plan to have two company headquarters: one in Plano, the opposite in Irvine, California. KFC and Pizza Hut’s world groups are already primarily based in Plano, whereas Taco Bell and the Behavior Burger & Grill’s groups are positioned in Irvine.
Moreover, Yum’s U.S. distant workforce, roughly 90 employees, may even be requested to maneuver to the campus the place their work is predicated.
However Yum is not completely abandoning Kentucky. The corporate and the KFC Basis plan to keep up company places of work in Louisville. Plus, KFC nonetheless plans to construct a brand new flagship restaurant in its former hometown.
For the reason that Covid-19 pandemic, many employers have been rethinking the placement of their company headquarters, typically spurred to maneuver due to decrease taxes and modifications to workplace house wants as a result of hybrid or distant workforce. With its business-friendly insurance policies, Texas has been the preferred relocation alternative, in keeping with a 2023 report from CBRE.
In 2020, Yum rival Papa Johns moved its headquarters from Louisville to Atlanta. It later canceled plans to promote its outdated headquarters, as an alternative opting to carry on to the constructing for the company employees who stayed in Louisville.
