When was kernal sanders born

At the age of 40, Harland Sanders was running a popular Kentucky service station that also served food—so popular, in fact, that the governor of Kentucky designated him a Kentucky colonel.

Eventually, Sanders focused on franchising his fried chicken business around the country, collecting a payment for each chicken sold. The company went on to become the world's largest fast-food chicken chain, Kentucky Fried Chicken. Sanders died in Louisville, Kentucky, on December 16, After his father died when he was 6 years old, Sanders became responsible for feeding and taking care of his younger brother and sister.

Beginning at an early age, he held down numerous jobs, including farmer, streetcar conductor, railroad fireman and insurance salesman. At age 40, Sanders was running a service station in Kentucky, where he would also feed hungry travelers.

Sanders eventually moved his operation to a restaurant across the street and featured a fried chicken so notable that he was named a Kentucky colonel in by Governor Ruby Laffoon. In , Sanders began franchising his chicken business. When a new interstate reduced traffic at Sanders' own restaurant in North Carolina, he sold the location in He then started traveling across the country, cooking batches of chicken from restaurant to restaurant, striking deals that paid him a nickel for every chicken the restaurant sold.

Because he felt it took too long to cook, his original restaurant did not start out serving fried chicken. That did not come until later when he developed his secret recipe of 11 herbs and spices and began to cook his chicken in a pressure cooker he invented to speed the frying process. Sanders was an aggressive marketer of his restaurant and service station, and his talent and temper landed him in a bit of trouble with one of his local competitors.

Sanders began to paint advertising for his service station and restaurant on barns for miles around his location. Sanders went to see Stewart, accompanied by two Shell executives. Stewart was convicted of murder, but the charges against Sanders were dropped after his arrest. Sanders successfully operated a motel with an attached seat restaurant in Asheville, North Carolina during the s.

But, during World War II with gas rationing, the motel and restaurant began to fail. It was in that restaurant that he perfected his secret recipe and the construction of his pressure fryer. Sanders began traveling across the country, cooking along the way, determined to franchise his fried chicken. Many of the restaurant owners he met laughed at his signature dress of a starched white shirt, black tie, and white jacket and pants.

It was Don Anderson, a painter hired by Harman, who came up with the name "Kentucky Fried Chicken" and it was Harman that created the original bucket that still exists today. Soon several more restaurant owners signed franchise agreements with Sanders for the princely franchise fee of four cents per chicken.

It was during this early franchise period that the Colonel met Dave Thomas. Dave at the time was working as a cook for the Clauss family operators of the Hobby House restaurants. It was Dave who developed the classic wobbly red-and-white-striped chicken bucket that became the classic sign outside of each Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant. By there were over franchised Kentucky Fried Chicken locations in the U.

Brown and Jack Massey for two million dollars. He retained the locations in Canada for himself and excluding England, Florida, Utah, and Montana—because those were already sold to others. Sanders continued visiting Kentucky Fried Chicken locations and, as its brand ambassador , filmed many TV commercials and made personal appearances.

Heublein Inc. The restaurant was sold in the s. His strong belief in himself and conviction to succeed led him to become one of the most famous people in the world. Every child and adult is familiar with the colonel who created the best chicken recipe ever, devoured by people all over the world. Sanders died on 16 th September due to pneumonia in Louisiana, Kentucky.

He had been diagnosed with serious leukemia the year before. Famous Entrepreneurs Biographies, Pictures and Facts. Home List Blog Contact.

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