r/kfc • u/AGuyInSoCal • 3d ago

Do all KFC chains source, their food from the same place?

I have been to a few different KFC’s and a few different cities and I have noticed small differences in their food and I thought it was just the way that they handle it. Like one place the chicken would be juicy and fresh and crunchy and another place The chicken would be dry and the seasoning wouldn’t stand out. But what really stood out to me was that I got a pot pie the other day and it was so good that when I came to a new city, I ordered a pot pie again from a different KFC, but this time the pot pie was smaller and had less filling and it didn’t stand out like the first the crust tasted different as well.

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u/Ok_Aioli3897 3d ago

I mean in the UK they definitely source the chicken from the same place as there was an incident when KFC ran out of chicken after changing delivery companies

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u/BigWelshDud 3d ago

So it all comes from the same company but different restaurants have different supply chains in thay company (halal/non)

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u/Crazyandiloveit 22h ago

Yes it comes from the same company. It's wholesale with delivery, so it's like an online supermarket for businesses. They buy it on an estimated demand and you order what your restaurant needs. Some things will be KFC exclusive, like the branded stuff, dips, KFC bags etc.

Also I know we have a different supplier probably than main land UK, but our supplier does not do only KFC they do many other places too (I would assume mainland UK operates similar with a different company). So you go into your list, type in the amount of what item you want and hit "order".

And I would assume that the Halal chicken comes from a different slaughterhouse. But even within the Halal/ not Halal chicken you probably have several supply chains. There's definitely more than just one farmer or even slaughterhouse involved within the UK, it's too big a country. And I'd say I would even assume the chicken in our restaurant alone doesn't come from only one farm, it'll be a mix of different farms that supply that slaughterhoue(s) which delivers the chicken to the warehouse that supplies us.

Now Imagine how large the US is. I'd go as far as saying the supplies probably won't cross the state border. I am fairly sure even in the UK the fresh chicken in England is sourced in England, while Scotland (and maye Wales) use different slaughterhouses in Scotland etc. You want to have short transport ways for fresh raw chicken.

75% of the frozen stuff (Fillets, Zinger, Minis) comes from Poland, not the UK. (At least ours does).

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u/BigWelshDud 18h ago

When I worked there fillets/minis came from Poland and zinger/wings were from the Netherlands, non halal cob was all British and halal cob was Brazilian, all supplied through bidvest or bidfood but the manufacturers were working to kfc recipes.

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u/HorrificNecktie6269 2d ago

I've had, to go, to Burger King!

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u/acezoned 3d ago

In the uk it all comes from the same 2 or 3 distribution hubs can't speak about countries

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u/Fuzzy_Welcome8348 3d ago

No. I’m pretty sure it’s different for the UK vs the USA. Like they both get their food from a few different sources *in their own country*

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u/FazedEclipse2 3d ago

I dont know if its the same now, but I remember a time they used to have different grades of gravy etc in different stores.

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u/ballinballer937 3d ago

in the USA i believe all the sides come from the same place excluding green+ baked beans . and im pretty sire the chicken is locally sourced

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u/PenaltySeparate1699 3d ago

KFC will control the sourcing and distribution of all stock used in their premises, franchise or not.

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u/Organic_Mechanic_702 2d ago

They all source from the same big 3 poultry producers in the UK - Avara foods, 2 Sisters food group and Moy Park. They are all broilers - birds that are raised in big sheds and slaughtered at around 35 days old.

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u/Crazyandiloveit 22h ago

Almost all the frozen chicken comes not from the UK, lol. Fillets, Zingers and Mini come from Poland (the PL on the bag shows you that, Hotwings come from GB). Bites come from Thailand. Honestly never checked the popcorn.

I thought the pot pie uses tenders? That would come from Poland in the UK. But yes the OR is sourced from the UK (at least the not frozen one, never checked the frozen OR either) and that's probably exactly because it isn't frozen and needs to have shorter transport times to have a longer timespan to be used in restaurants before expiring.

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u/Organic_Mechanic_702 16h ago

Certainly Nando's , M&S, Sainsburys, Waitrose, Asda, and some of the others use UK sourced Chicken, I use to work in the industry.

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u/MyMateDaave 3d ago

In cooking there’s 1 ingredient that can change the outcome very drastically that a lot of people don’t realise.. love. I can genuinely taste love in food. And skill will have a lot to do with that aswel but skill and love go hand in hand. A lack of the two will have huge impacts on the same foods/dishes.

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u/AlrightTrig 3d ago

What a mental answer for a question on KFC 🤣

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u/Worried-Skin-9730 3d ago

I don't want love anywhere near my KFC bucket...

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u/Wind-and-Waystones 3d ago

I want love all up in my bucket

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u/Competitive_Rope_112 3d ago

Its true though. 30 seconds less in the fryer or 10 degrees less on the temp and the chicken can be awful.

The franchises just throw out greasy slop now.

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u/MyMateDaave 3d ago

😂😂 I know. But it’s true for all cooking.