On Thursday, this Kentucky-born brand opened a new restaurant in McKinney, Texas, using it as a testing ground for its home market.
这个源自肯塔基州的品牌于周四在得克萨斯州麦金尼开设了一家新餐厅,将其作为本土市场的试验场。
The restaurant, called Open House, serves breakfast — a first for KFC in the United States — and stays open late into the night.
这家名为Open House的餐厅供应早餐——此举乃肯德基在美国的首度尝试——并持续营业至深夜。
The menu will feature a range of new drinks, such as refreshing beverages with boba and milkshakes topped with crunchy garnishes, along with an expanded lineup of chicken tenders and sauces, as well as entirely new sides like fried green beans and spicy pickles.
菜单将涵盖多款新品饮品,诸如带有珍珠的清爽饮品与顶部点缀酥脆配料的奶昔,此外还有扩充后的鸡柳与酱料系列,以及炸青豆和辣味腌菜等全新配菜。
The restaurant is equipped with a dual-lane drive-through and a dedicated pickup area for mobile orders, yet KFC's design intent is to encourage customers to linger longer.
这家餐厅配备了双车道得来速通道以及移动订单取餐专区,然而肯德基的设计初衷却在于促使顾客延长驻留时间。
After placing their order at a digital self-service kiosk, customers can take a seat and wait for staff to bring the meal to their table.
顾客在数字自助点餐机上完成下单之后,便可落座等候员工将餐食送至桌前。
In addition, the store features a photo booth and a counter dedicated to selling branded merchandise.
此外,店内还设有拍照亭以及一个专门售卖品牌周边商品的柜台。
KFC has not disclosed the extent to which the design or menu of Open House will ultimately be rolled out to its other 3,424 restaurants across the United States.
肯德基并未透露Open House的设计或菜单最终将在多大程度上推广至其位于美国的其他3,424家餐厅。
The new beverages may well be introduced on a broader scale; the company has already launched similar drink menus in the UK, Canada, Australia, Turkey and other markets.
新饮品或许会获得更为广泛的推广;该公司已在英国、加拿大、澳大利亚、土耳其及其他市场推出了类似的饮品菜单。
"People may not necessarily remember what they ate, but they will certainly remember how they felt during the meal," said Christophe Poirier, KFC's chief concept officer, who is in charge of the design of the new restaurants.
“人们未必会铭记自己吃了些什么,却定会记得用餐时的感受,”负责新餐厅设计的肯德基首席概念官克里斯托夫·普瓦里耶如是说。
Poirier said that KFC is automating tasks such as ordering so that employees can focus on service.
普瓦里耶说,肯德基正在把点餐等任务自动化,这样员工就能专注于服务。
He said that, ideally, KFC would operate more like an Apple store or a luxury retailer, free of the stressful queues and grumpy cashiers that plague the fast-food industry.
他说,理想情况下,肯德基会更像苹果门店或奢侈品零售商那样运作,没有困扰快餐行业的压力重重的排队或脾气暴躁的收银员。
"When you leave this store, you can't help but exclaim, 'Wow.
“当你离开这家店时,你会不禁感叹,‘哇。
The product is indeed outstanding, but beyond that, the service is equally impressive.
产品确实出色,但除此之外,服务也同样令人赞叹。
For those 10 to 15 minutes, I felt as though I were being treated like a king,'" he said.
有那么10到15分钟,我仿佛置身于国王般的尊贵体验之中,’”他说道。
KFC can be regarded as a pioneer in the field of fast-food fried chicken.
肯德基堪称快餐炸鸡领域的先驱。
The brand originated in 1930, when Harland Sanders purchased a roadside motel in Corbin, Kentucky, and began serving fried chicken to passing travellers.
该品牌肇始于1930年,彼时哈兰·桑德斯在肯塔基州科尔宾购置了一处路边汽车旅馆,并着手向过往旅客供应炸鸡。
In 1952, the first KFC franchise opened in Utah.
1952年,首家肯德基特许经营门店于犹他州开业。
Today, KFC is owned by Yum! Brands, which is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, and it has grown into one of the largest fast-food chains in the world.
如今,肯德基归总部位于肯塔基州路易斯维尔的百胜餐饮集团所有,已发展成为全球最大的快餐连锁之一。
As of June, the brand had more than 34,000 restaurants in over 150 countries.
截至6月,该品牌在150多个国家拥有超过34,000家餐厅。
According to Poirier, a new store opens somewhere in the world every three and a half hours.
据普瓦里耶称,世界上每三个半小时就有一家新店开业。
Sales in international markets have been robust, with China alone accounting for nearly 40% of KFC's global restaurants.
国际市场的销售表现强劲,仅中国就占肯德基全球餐厅的近40%。
However, as fast-growing rivals scramble to satisfy the rising American demand for chicken — consumers seeking leaner sources of protein — KFC's sales in the United States have struggled.
然而,随着快速增长的竞争对手争相满足美国消费者对鸡肉日益增长的需求——这些消费者在寻找更瘦的蛋白质来源——肯德基在美国的销售却步履维艰。
Chick-fil-A and Popeyes have been expanding at a rapid pace since the 2010s; today, the number of their outlets in the United States has almost caught up with that of KFC.
Chick-fil-A与Popeyes自2010年代起便开启了迅猛的扩张势头;时至今日,这两个品牌在美国的门店数量已几乎与肯德基比肩。
Meanwhile, newer chains such as Raising Cane's, Dave's Hot Chicken, and Wingstop focus on chicken tenders and sauces, making KFC's bone-in fried chicken buckets seem increasingly out of step with the times.
而诸如Raising Cane's、Dave's Hot Chicken和Wingstop等较新兴的连锁品牌则主打鸡柳与酱料,令肯德基的带骨炸鸡桶愈发显得不合时宜。
McDonald's announced this week that it will roll out the hand-breaded fried chicken that KFC has long been known for to the United States and other markets.
麦当劳于本周宣称,将把肯德基长期以来所制作的手裹粉炸鸡推广至美国及其他市场。
Even Long John Silver's recently added fried chicken wings to its menu.
甚至连Long John Silver's近期也在其菜单上增添了炸鸡翅。
According to data from Technomic, a food-service market research firm, KFC accounted for a 20% share of the $21.8 billion in U.S. fried-chicken chain sales in 2015.
根据餐饮市场研究公司Technomic的数据,2015年,肯德基在美国218亿美元炸鸡连锁销售额中占据20%的份额。
By 2025, however, even though fried-chicken chain sales had more than doubled to $57.7 billion, KFC's share had fallen to 8%.
然而,到2025年,尽管炸鸡连锁的销售额已增长一倍有余,达到577亿美元,肯德基的份额却已降至8%。
For a period of time, KFC persistently sought to transform itself, expanding overseas markets on the one hand while cutting underperforming stores in the United States on the other.
肯德基在一段时期内持续谋求转型,一方面拓展海外市场,另一方面削减美国本土业绩欠佳的门店。
Company documents show that since the beginning of 2022, 529 KFC restaurants in the United States have ceased operations.
公司文件显示,自2022年初以来,美国境内已有529家肯德基餐厅停业。
The brand has also been experimenting with its menu.
该品牌亦对其菜单展开了试验。
Dylan Kalnani, KFC's global head of food and experience, said that work on developing KFC's 20 sauce combinations and improving its chicken tenders was carried out at a small concept store called Saucy by KFC, which opened in Florida in 2024.
肯德基全球食品与体验主管迪伦·卡尔纳尼表示,研发肯德基20种酱料组合以及改良鸡柳的工作,是在2024年于佛罗里达开业的一家名为Saucy by KFC的小型概念店中推进的。
He said drinks became a focus after research showed that young consumers often decide where to eat based on their choice of beverages.
他称,在研究显示年轻消费者往往依据饮品选择来决定前往何处就餐之后,饮品便成为了重点。
Carnani pointed out that KFC must ensure its menu adjustments remain consistent with the brand's positioning, while further enhancing its fried chicken products — which to this day still use Sanders' original recipe.
卡尔纳尼指出,肯德基必须确保菜单的调整与品牌定位保持一致,同时进一步提升其炸鸡产品——该产品至今仍沿用桑德斯的原始配方。
He stated that KFC aims to respond to consumer demand for more drinks and chicken tenders, but will still continue to offer bone-in fried chicken as well as sides such as gravy.
他表示,肯德基希望顺应消费者对更多饮品和鸡柳的需求,但仍将继续供应带骨炸鸡以及肉汁等配菜。
"We are simply offering more choices, and more ways for consumers to enjoy KFC, rather than bidding farewell to the past as we look to the future," he said.
“我们只是在提供更多选择,以及更多让消费者享受肯德基的方式,而不是在展望未来时告别过去,”他说。
"Because if we are not truly loyal to our own heritage, who are we?
“因为如果我们不真正忠于自己的传统,我们又是谁呢?
I think we celebrate it."
我认为我们庆祝它。”
Phil Kafarakis, chief executive of IFMA The Food Away from Home Association, which represents restaurant suppliers and manufacturers, said that while the parent company was dealing with the Pizza Hut business, it was difficult for KFC to get attention from Yum.
代表餐厅供应商和制造商的IFMA The Food Away from Home Association首席执行官菲尔·卡法拉基斯表示,在母公司处理必胜客事务之时,肯德基很难从百胜获得关注。
Yum, which also owns Taco Bell, sold Pizza Hut earlier this year for $2.7 billion.
百胜旗下还拥有塔可钟,今年早些时候以27亿美元出售了必胜客。