5 Fastest Growing Fast Food Chains

3. KFC (owned by Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM))

Number of locations between 2016-2020: 3,396

On the third spot among fastest growing fast food chains, is another subsidiary of Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM), Kentucky Fried Chicken, or KFC.  The chain was founded by Colonel Sanders and is best known for its signature fried chicken. After McDonalds, KFC is the world’s second largest restaurant chain in terms of sales. There are over 22,000 KFC locations spread across 150 countries. The fried chicken sold by KFC is seasoned with Colonel Sanders’s recipe of 11 herbs and spices, the constituents of which are a trade secret.

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