Colonel Harland Sanders Biography

        Colonel Harland David Sanders was known as Colonel Sanders (September 09, 1890 – December 16, 1980) was an American businessman, best known for founding fast food chicken restaurant chain Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) and later acting as the company's brand ambassador and symbols. His name and image are still symbols of the company.

          Colonel Harland David Sanders was known as Colonel Sanders (September 09, 1890 - December 16, 1980) was an American businessman, best known for founding fast food chicken restaurant chain Ken 
          He was the oldest of three children born to Wilbur David and Margaret Ann Sanders. His father worked part time, doing some errands of farmers in Henryville. Mother did not work, as she had to take care of the children. The problems began when the father of Harland Sanders suddenly died. His life changed dramatically. First, his mother went to work to a tomato-canning factory to feed the family somehow. And Harland Sanders was required to be a babysitter and take care of younger brother and sister at home. When his mother remarried, he escaped from home because his stepfather beat him. Sanders falsified his birth date and volunteered for the U.S. Army at the age of 15 years. During his early years Sanders had to work as a steamboat pilot, insurance agent, farmer and etc. Finally, he found a good regular job as a fireman in the U.S. railway company.

        In 1908, having stable income Harland Sanders married Josephine King. He had three children but his son, Harland Jr. died at an early age. After a while he was fired for insubordination. His wife Josephine left him taken the children back to her parents’ home. When Harland was already in his 40s, he had little capital accumulated over the years, so he bought a service station, motel and cafe at Corbin, a town in Kentucky about 25 miles from the Tennessee border. It must be noted that Harland seriously thought about the location of his service station, selecting the best place for it. Along this road people traveled to Florida and other locations from northern states and the flow of customers was endless.

        Soon, Colonel Sanders began serving meals to his clients in the living quarters, because he did not have a restaurant. He was cooking chicken dishes and other meals such as country ham and steaks in the kitchen. Soon his service station became famous throughout Kentucky. It was called “Kentucky Fried Chicken of Harland Sanders.” All customers noted the quality of its seasoning, which he prepared from 11 different spices. Life began to improve. A significant event in the life of Sanders happened in 1935, when the governor of Kentucky, Ruby Laffoon, awarded Harland the title of Kentucky Colonel for services to the state. And indeed, they were great: in fact people all over the county were talking about the “national dish” of the state from Colonel Harland Sanders. Being a Colonel, Harland Sanders developed his appearance starting to wear a white suit and black bow tie. And nowadays Harland Sanders is portrayed on the logos of KFC.

       In 1956, there was completed the construction of Interstate 75, bypassing Corbin. Sanders’ restaurant was out of sight from passing by travelers. The number of customers decreased dramatically. The once-successful business rolled down. He was forced to sell the property for $75,000 to pay his debts. He was almost broke when he was 66 years old, living off a monthly Social Security check of $105 and some savings. After a while Sanders decided to move to Shelbyville, Kentucky. 

        The Colonel decided to retire. Although the condition of the soul is crushed and all lacking, but Harland Sanders did not give up. Harland Sanders tried to sell KFC fried chicken recipes to restaurants in the Outta region, USA. For two years around offering his recipe there were over 1000 rejections he received. Without giving up and believing it would work, he kept trying. Until the age of colonel Harland Sanders turned seventy, the number of restaurants that were part of his KFC franchise reached two hundred places, in the USA and Canada. After reaching this amount, Harland Sanders stopped traveling because many people came to his residence to consult. Finally, he fully helps his wife to mix recipes consisting of several types of spices and spices, then sell them by mail.

        In 1963, the number of restaurants under its KFC franchise reached six hundred places. The amount is too much and it is impossible for him to carry it himself. Therefore, Harland Sanders decided to sell his KFC franchise business to John Brown Junior and a millionaire Jack Mass. In addition, from him Sanders also earned a fortune-a-lifetime monthly salary of forty thousand dollars (later increased to seventy-five thousand dollars) in exchange for his role as consultant, the advertisement he had published, and his position as president of the company. Colonel Harland Sanders died in 1980 and is buried in Louisville. In 1982, the KFC franchise business became part of Reynolds subsidiary and in 1986, KFC was bought by the Pepsi Cola company for eight hundred and forty million dollars. In 1995, the number of restaurants reached nine thousand and now more than 39 000 restaurants operates in more than 50 countries around the world.





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