Signage outside aYum Brands Inc KFC dining establishment in Shelbyville, Kentucky, onJan 29, 2021.
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KFC is leaving Kentucky.
The fried hen chain’s united state head office will certainly relocate from Louisville, Kentucky, to Plano, Texas, proprietor Yum Brands said Tuesday.
About 100 KFC united state workers will certainly be needed to transfer over the following 6 months.
The moving becomes part of Yum’s more comprehensive strategy to have 2 home offices: one in Plano, the various other in Irvine,California KFC and Pizza Hut’s international groups are currently based in Plano, while Taco Bell and the Habit Burger & & Grill’s groups lie in Irvine.
Additionally, Yum’s united state remote labor force, about 90 employees, will certainly likewise be asked to transfer to the university where their job is based.
But Yum isn’t completely desertingKentucky The firm and the KFC Foundation strategy to keep company workplaces inLouisville Plus, KFC still intends to develop a brand-new front runner dining establishment in its previous home town.
Since the Covid -19 pandemic, numerous companies have actually been reconsidering the place of their home office, typically stimulated to relocate due to reduced tax obligations and adjustments to workplace demands because of the crossbreed or remote labor force. With its business-friendly plans, Texas has actually been one of the most preferred moving option, according to a 2023 report from CBRE.
In 2020, Yum competitor Papa Johns moved its headquarters from Louisville toAtlanta It later on terminated strategies to offer its old head office, rather deciding to hang on to the structure for the company employees that remained in Louisville.
