Editing KFC (section)

==Operations==
{{Main|Operations of KFC by country}}
{{See also|List of countries with KFC franchises}}
[[File:KFC worldmap.svg|thumbnail|Map of countries with KFC franchises as of December 2023]]
KFC is a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, one of the largest restaurant companies in the world. KFC had sales of $23 billion in 2013.<ref name=yumpresentation>{{cite book|title=Iconic Global Brand|date=2014|publisher=Yum! Brands|location=Louisville|page=98|url=https://sites.media-server.com/mmc_m/instances/sigw4yo7/items/z3i7rq3o/assets/srvq5grd/0/Yum_2013_NY_Investors_Conference.pdf|access-date=September 1, 2016|archive-date=July 16, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140716165312/https://sites.media-server.com/mmc_m/instances/sigw4yo7/items/z3i7rq3o/assets/srvq5grd/0/Yum_2013_NY_Investors_Conference.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> KFC is incorporated under [[Delaware General Corporation Law]],<ref name="thimmesch">{{cite journal |author=Thimmesch, Adam B. |title=The Fading Bright Line of Physical Presence: Did ''KFC Corporation v. Iowa Department of Revenue'' Give States the Secret Recipe for Repudiating ''Quill''? |journal=Kentucky Law Journal |volume=100 |year=2011–2012 |pages=339–389}}</ref> and has its headquarters at 1441 Gardiner Lane, [[Louisville, Kentucky]], in a three-story [[colonial style]] building known colloquially as the "White House" due to its resemblance to the [[White House|US president's home]].<ref name="Kleber2000" /><ref name=storey>{{cite news|last=Wolf |first=Barney |title=David Novak's Global Vision |url=http://www.qsrmagazine.com/executive-insights/david-novak-s-global-vision |access-date=April 3, 2014 |newspaper=QSR Magazine |date=May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309202621/http://www.qsrmagazine.com/executive-insights/david-novak-s-global-vision |archive-date=March 9, 2014 }}</ref> The headquarters contain executive offices and the company's [[research and development]] facilities.<ref>{{cite web|title=Yum! Brands 10K 31/12/2011|url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041061/000104106112000005/yum10k123111.htm|publisher=Yum! Brands|access-date=March 24, 2013|archive-date=May 17, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517230814/http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041061/000104106112000005/yum10k123111.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

Yum! Brands plans to move the KFC headquarters to Plano, Texas, in 2025.<ref>{{cite web | last=Partridge | first=Joanna | title=KFC to become Texas fried chicken in HQ move to low-tax state | website=the Guardian | date=February 19, 2025 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/feb/19/kfc-to-become-texas-fried-chicken-in-hq-move-to-low-tax-state | access-date=February 19, 2025}}</ref>