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KFC Indonesia now serves fried chicken skin for your enjoyment (or gluttony) | Coconuts Jakarta

KFC Indonesia now serves fried chicken skin for your enjoyment (or gluttony) | Coconuts Jakarta | The Asian Food Gazette. | Scoop.it
Unfortunately, there are only six KFC stores in Jakarta that serve the chicken skin, for now.
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KFC Japon propose un clavier et des accessoires WTF pour votre ordinateur !

KFC Japon propose un clavier et des accessoires WTF pour votre ordinateur ! | The Asian Food Gazette. | Scoop.it

Pour sa dernière campagne de pub, KFC Japon a imaginé des accessoires complètement WTF pour votre ordinateur ! Ce clavier recouvert de morceaux de poulet fr (KFC Japon propose un clavier et des accessoires WTF pour votre ordinateur !

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KFC to ‘encourage customers’ to reduce salt intake | Australian Food News

KFC to ‘encourage customers’ to reduce salt intake | Australian Food News | The Asian Food Gazette. | Scoop.it
Fast food giant KFC has launched a national initiative as part of World Salt Awareness week where it will encourages its customers to reduce their salt intake when they visit one of KFC’s 600 Australian stores.
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Tunneling KFC to Gazans Craving the World Outside

Tunneling KFC to Gazans Craving the World Outside | The Asian Food Gazette. | Scoop.it
Palestinians in Gaza who crave KFC meals must order from across the border in Egypt, and the food-delivery odyssey involves two taxis, a checkpoint and a smuggling tunnel.
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China trouble deepens for Yum Brands - CNNMoney

China trouble deepens for Yum Brands - CNNMoney | The Asian Food Gazette. | Scoop.it
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China trouble deepens for Yum Brands
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The reputation of the global fast food powerhouse, which operates thousands of KFC restaurants in China, has suffered in the wake of an investigation by Chinese food regulators.
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KFC China Tries To Regain Reputation After Food Safety Scares - Huffington Post

KFC China Tries To Regain Reputation After Food Safety Scares - Huffington Post | The Asian Food Gazette. | Scoop.it
KFC China Tries To Regain Reputation After Food Safety Scares Huffington Post LOS ANGELES, Jan 8 (Reuters) - KFC parent Yum Brands Inc said it had stopped using chicken from suppliers in China that are now under a government investigation before...
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Activists scale Yum Headquarters, place giant banner on building - WLKY Louisville

Activists scale Yum Headquarters, place giant banner on building - WLKY Louisville | The Asian Food Gazette. | Scoop.it
Activists scale Yum Headquarters, place giant banner on buildingWLKY LouisvilleEarly Wednesday morning, Greenpeace activists scaled the headquarters of the world's largest fast food company and deployed a giant banner depicting a Sumatran tiger on...
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KFC forced to apologise after urging Thais stricken by panic from double Indonesian earthquake that triggered Indian Ocean tsunami alert

KFC forced to apologise after urging Thais stricken by panic from double Indonesian earthquake that triggered Indian Ocean tsunami alert | The Asian Food Gazette. | Scoop.it
KFC Thailand has issued an apology after being criticised for a Facebook message that urged people to rush home during Wednesday's tsunami scare and order a bucket of KFC chicken.

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Campaigners alarmed by KFC’s decision to open first store in Tibet

Campaigners alarmed by KFC’s decision to open first store in Tibet | The Asian Food Gazette. | Scoop.it
A prominent campaign group has expressed concern over an announcement that KFC will open a store in Tibet more than a decade after the chain was forced to abandon entering the country. 
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McDonald’s, KFC apologise in China’s latest food safety scare

McDonald’s, KFC apologise in China’s latest food safety scare | The Asian Food Gazette. | Scoop.it
Allegations concerning the sale of expired meat by American-owned Shanghai Husi Food to the Chinese operations of McDonald’s, KFC and Pizza Hut have forced the fast food chains to suspend orders while the Shanghai Food and Drug Administration investigates.
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Fast food empires gear up for their plans to conquer Vietnamese market - VietNamNet Bridge

Fast food empires gear up for their plans to conquer Vietnamese market - VietNamNet Bridge | The Asian Food Gazette. | Scoop.it
Fast food empires gear up for their plans to conquer Vietnamese market
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Duc Pham Anh's curator insight, July 4, 2013 9:37 AM

Overview of fast food chains in Vietnam.

Currently present: KFC, Lotteria, Jollibee

Newly entered: Burger King

Plans to enter soon: McDonalds

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KFC: Mongolia's latest “first mover” - Financial Times (blog)

KFC: Mongolia's latest “first mover” - Financial Times (blog) | The Asian Food Gazette. | Scoop.it
KFC: Mongolia's latest “first mover”
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Mongolia is following the footsteps of its largest trading partner, China, whose first western food chain in 1987 was Yum! Brands' KFC.
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Fried Chicken In Ulan Bator: KFC To Open In Mongolia

Fried Chicken In Ulan Bator: KFC To Open In Mongolia | The Asian Food Gazette. | Scoop.it
Would you like home-style biscuits or mashed potatoes to go with your yurt?

No country is out of reach for global food brands these days, and

Via Seth Dixon, Charles Henderson
Seth Dixon's curator insight, January 13, 2013 1:59 PM

Globalization has a long reach indeed. 

Mr Ortloff's curator insight, October 10, 2013 11:53 AM

Diffusion....Globalization....transnational corporations Oh My!

CT Blake's curator insight, August 29, 2014 7:14 PM

Cultural diffusion in action.

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Greenpeace: KFC junking the jungle - News24

Greenpeace: KFC junking the jungle - News24 | The Asian Food Gazette. | Scoop.it
Greenpeace International (blog)Greenpeace: KFC junking the jungleNews24Jakarta - Greenpeace on Wednesday accused global fast food chain KFC of using paper packaging made using wood from Indonesian rainforests which it said was endangering the...
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24-Hour Food Joints Shelter the Homeless in Chinese Cities | The Jakarta Globe

24-Hour Food Joints Shelter the Homeless in Chinese Cities | The Jakarta Globe | The Asian Food Gazette. | Scoop.it
Beijing.Half an hour before midnight on a recent weekday, several people, some Caucasian and some African, were lining up to order at a KFC outlet in the capital’s expat-friendly Sanlitun area.

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Obama Fried Chicken Opens In Beijing

Obama Fried Chicken Opens In Beijing | The Asian Food Gazette. | Scoop.it
Scholars have long grappled with the question: “Who loves fried chicken more, African-Americans or Chinese people?
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