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Plant-Based KFC by Lightlife now a permanent menu item across all Canadian KFC restaurants
August 5, 2020, Vaughan, Ont. – KFC Canada announced today that Plant-Based KFC sandwiches will be available permanently coast-to-coast beginning August 10. After an incredibly successful pilot with plant-based partner Lightlife® in 2019, vegetarians and flexitarians everywhere can now experience…
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KFC Canada transitioning to bamboo buckets
July 21, 2020, Vaughan, Ont. – KFC Canada has announced that all poutine and chicken bowls will permanently be served in bamboo buckets by the end of 2020, along with the goal of scaling the packaging solution to include all…
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KFC Canada donating 200,000 meals to Food Banks Canada
June 16, Vaughan, Ont. – KFC has announced a new One Bucket, One Meal initiative where the company’s restaurants across the country will donate one meal for every bucket sold to Food Banks Canada. The fundraising campaign will run until…
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KFC embraces analytics to help streamline operations
June 3, 2020, Vaughan, Ont. – KFC, a subsidiary of Yum! Brands Inc., has selected Manthan, a leading cloud-based artificial intelligence and analytics provider, as a strategic partner in the company’s digital transformation journey. Over the last number of years,…
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KFC introduces Plant-Based Fried Chicken to menu
KFC Canada announced a new menu item, Plant-Based Fried Chicken. KFC Canada partnered with Lightlife, a plant-based protein brand, to create a signature Plant-Based Fried Chicken Sandwich and Popcorn Chicken. KFC Canada’s Plant-Based Fried Chicken will make its debut during…
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KFC Canada tests out bamboo packaging
KFC Canada is exploring eco-friendly alternatives for their buckets. The sustainability commitment will have KFC testing new materials that are both consumer- and environmentally-friendly, starting with a bamboo fibre poutine bucket in early 2020. Although bamboo is a new innovation…
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KFC and Frito Lay team together
KFC Canada and Frito Lay Canada announced a new food collaboration: KFC x Lay’s Bar-B-Q Tenders. The limited-edition collaboration features KFC’s 100 per-cent Canadian farm-raised chicken tenders coated in Lay’s sweet and smoky Bar-B-Q potato chips. The bun-less all chicken…
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KFC introduces Beyond Meat chicken
Kentucky Fried Chicken is the first national U.S. quick-service restaurant to introduce a plant-based chicken, in partnership with Beyond Meat. Beyond Fried Chicken will make its debut Aug. 27 in a limited test. Atlantans will be the first to get…
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KFC Canada removes plastic bags, straws from restaurants
KFC Canada announced a series of new sustainability and environmental commitments aimed at curbing the company’s use of plastics in restaurants across the country. Plastic straws and plastic bags will no longer be used or provided at any KFC restaurant…
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KFC Canada features Raised by a Canadian Farmer seal on products
KFC Canada announced a partnership with Chicken Farmers of Canada by featuring the “Raised by a Canadian Farmer” seal on its products. The seal indicates that restaurants and grocery retailers source their chicken raised by Canadian farmers. The raised by…
