The signaling outside a Yum Brands Inc. KFC restaurant in Shelbyville, Kentucky, on January 29, 2021.
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KFC leaves Kentucky.
The headquarters of the United States of the fried chicken chain will move from Louisville, Kentucky, A Plane, Texas, owner Yum Brands He said Tuesday.
It will be required that around 100 KFC employees in the US.
The relocation is part of Yum's broader plan to have two corporate headquarters: one plane, the other in Irvine, California. The global KFC and Pizza Hut teams already have their headquarters in plane, while Taco Bell and Burger & Grill habit teams are in Irvine.
In addition, Yum Us remote workforce, approximately 90 workers, will also be asked to move to the campus where its work is based.
But Yum is not completely abandoning Kentucky. The company and the KFC Foundation plan to keep corporate offices in Louisville. In addition, KFC still plans to build a new flagship restaurant in its old hometown.
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, many employers have rethink the location of their corporate headquarters, often stimulated to move due to lower taxes and changes to the needs of the office space due to the hybrid or remote workforce. With its friendly business policies, Texas has been the most popular relocation option, according to a 2023 CBRE report.
In 2020, Yum Rival Dad Johns He moved his Louisville headquarters to Atlanta. He later canceled the plans to sell his former headquarters, instead of choosing to hold on to the corporate workers building that stayed in Louisville.
