Kentucky Fried Chicken is about to leave Kentucky as its owner, Yum! Brands said it would be leaving the state and opening two new brand headquarters in other states.

The brand formerly known as Kentucky Fried Chicken is ready to leave its home state and head west for good. KFC Is Leaving Kentucky Yum! Brands, the parent company of restaurant KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut,

“This strategic decision will involve relocating KFC U.S. corporate office employees currently in Louisville, Kentucky, to the KFC and Pizza Hut Global headquarters in Plano, Texas. In addition, U.S.-based remote employees will be asked to relocate to the campus where their work happens,” Yum! Brands said in a news release.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Fried Chicken is being uprooted from its ancestral home state in a shake-up announced Tuesday by its parent company that will relocate the chain’s U.S. corporate office to Texas.

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The fast-food chicken chain is moving its corporate headquarters to Plano, Texas, and is telling all remote workers to relocate to the

Kentucky Fried Chicken is leaving its roots behind, so to speak, with the infamous brand set to follow in the recent wake of a handful of companies relocating t

KFC, formerly named Kentucky Fried Chicken, disappointed state leaders when it announced it was moving to Texas.

KFC is moving its headquarters from Louisville, Kentucky ... Its KFC and Pizza Hut brands are now headquartered in Plano. Its Taco Bell and Habitat Burger & Grill brands are in Irvine, California.