KFC, the fast-food company, is moving its U.S. headquarters from Louisville, Kentucky to Plano, Texas. The relocation was reported by Yum Brands, the parent company of KFC, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut, in a strategic realignment to create two brand headquarters in the U.

The Colonel is leaving Kentucky as KFC moves headquarters to Texas - The fried chicken chain will be relocating from the Bluegrass State to Plano, Texas

According to Yum! Brands, about 100 KFC U.S. corporate employees in Louisville will be moving to its KFC and Pizza Hut Global headquarters in Plano, Texas, outside of Dallas. It’s a process that will take approximately six months to complete.

Kentucky Fried Chicken is being uprooted from its ancestral home state in a shake-up announced Tuesday by its parent company that will relocate the chain's U.S. corporate office to Texas. The food chain now known as KFC — launched by Colonel Harland Sanders and his secret blend of 11 herbs and spices — will be based in Plano,