Is Texas a winner winner chicken dinner? Louisville, Kentucky, mayor disappointed that chain “synonymous with Kentucky” will move to Lone Star State.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has suggested Kentucky Fried Chicken should change its name to Texas Fried Chicken, after KFC announced it is moving its U.S. headquarters to the Lone Star State. Newsweek contacted Yum!

On Tuesday it was announced that KFC, the fast food giant formerly known as Kentucky Fried Chicken, is moving its U.S. headquarters from Louisville in Kentucky to Plano, a city on the northern outskirts of Dallas.

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There has been a lot of shocking and confounding news of late, but for The Late Show‘s Stephen Colbert, perhaps nothing has upset him more than the announcement that KFC is moving to Texas. The late-night host opened Wednesday’s (February 19) show by telling viewers,

KFC will join Pizza Hut Global headquarters in Plano, about 20 miles north of Dallas. The decision to relocate its corporate employees means more people will be looking for housing in the fastest-growing state in the U.

In the press release, Yum! Brands Chief Executive Officer David Gibbs said this transfer will benefit the brand in the near future.

KFC's corporate staff will relocate from the brand's headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky, to Plano, Texas, Yum says.

Kentucky Fried Chicken is moving out of Kentucky for greener pastures in Texas, its parent company said on Tuesday.

Yum Brands said it will shift the office from Louisville to Plano though KFC will keep some operations in Kentucky, including its KFC Foundation. However, Andy Beshea, governor of the state of Kentucky,

KFC is shifting its US headquarters from Kentucky to Texas. KFC's parent company, Yum Brands, said in a press release on Tuesday that the group would designate two brand headquarters in the US: one in Plano,

Yum! Brands, the parent of KFC U.S., announced Feb. 18 the headquarters of the chicken chain founded by Col. Harland Sanders will be leaving Louisville for Texas. But honestly, when was the last time you referred to the home of “finger-lickin’ good” chicken as Kentucky Fried Chicken?