Tag Archives: KFC

The House That Chicken Built

To atone for its creation of the Double Down Sandwich, KFC-parent conglomerate and Louisville-based grease-merchant Yum! Brands has awarded grants totaling $7,800 to six area non-profit organizations as part of Operation Brightside’s “NatureScape” program. Although none of these programs include provisions for emergency bypass surgery, the money is being used to fund, among other things, vegetable gardens [...]

Yum! Brands Makes Empty Envrionmental Gesture

What? Just because the toilet water in that KFC bathroom is rain water run-off somehow offsets the vast, fossil-fuel dependent distribution system required to transport millions of unsustainably harvested mutant chickens to your thrice-stapled American stomach?
A KFC/Taco Bell co-branded store in Northampton, Mass., has been awarded LEED Gold certification, according to Yum Brands.
Leadership in Energy [...]

Oprah Fans Rabid For Trends, KFC

Yet another sign that the economy is recovering only to get even sicker: Oprah Winfrey has singlehandedly heralded a return to inane consumer spending as we know it by imploring her legions of Snuggie-devotees to devour as much *free* grilled chicken sandwiches as they possibly can:
A free grilled-chicken meal promotion touted by the talk show [...]

More About That Chicken…

Hopefully Rep. Yarmuth didn’t give his colleague, Rep. Joe Courtney, one of those exploding boxes of KFC (as per their little bet)… cause that would be bad.
Oh yes: KFC’s popcorn chickens packages apparently have a tendency to ignite themselves when placed in the microwave. Like normal. [via The C-J]
Should this fail to further disincentivize you [...]