Posted by: harikancha April 23, 2009
KFC and Pizza Hut in KTM to be open
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Kantipur Report
KATHMANDU, April 24 - Come
September, the world's two best known fast food chains will come to
Kathmandu -- KFC, also known as Kentucky Fried Chicken, and Pizza Hut.

Both
KFC and Pizza Hut are being brought by R.J. Crops who owns the soft
drink company Varun Beverages, the manufacturers of Pepsicola in Nepal.
R.J. Crops has the franchise of both for India. Both these food chains
will be opened at Annapurna Complex, Durbar Marg. There will be two
separate teams to handle daily operation.

KFC
is the world's most popular chicken restaurant chain specialising in
Original Recipe, based in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. KFC was founded by
Colonel Harland Sanders in 1952 and primarily sells chicken in pieces,
wraps, salads and sandwiches. While its primary focus is fried chicken,
KFC also offers a line of roasted chicken products, sides and desserts.
Sanders sold the entire KFC franchising operation in 1964 for US $2
million. Since then, it has been sold three more times, most recently
to PepsiCo. It made it part of its Tricon Global Restaurants division,
which has now been renamed Yum! Brands.

The
original handwritten recipe is kept locked away at the KFC corporate
headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky as a closely-guarded secret. Only
two members within the Yum! corporation know the recipe in its entirety.

Pizza
Hut is the world's largest pizza restaurant chain and international
franchise based in Addison, Texas, USA. Pizza Hut offers different
styles of pizza along with side dishes including pasta, buffalo wings,
breadsticks, and garlic bread. It has approximately 34,000 restaurants,
delivery-carry out units, and kiosks in 100 countries.

Pizza
Hut is also one of the flagship brands of Yum! Brands, Inc. Pizza Hut
is the world's largest pizza chain with over 12,500 restaurants across
91 countries. In India, Pizza Hut has 137 restaurants across 36 cities.

R.J.
Crops is one of PepsiCo India's largest franchisee bottler having
operation in India, Nepal and Africa. Of late, this group also has
investment in Nepal's housing sector. The Mega housing project - Park
View Horizon in Dhapasi is being built by this group.

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