On Thursday, this brand, which originated in Kentucky, unveiled a new restaurant in McKinney, Texas, positioning it as a testing ground for its home market.
这个肇始于肯塔基州的品牌于周四在得克萨斯州麦金尼揭幕了一家新餐厅,将其作为本土市场的试验场。
The establishment, named Open House, serves breakfast — a first for KFC in the United States — and stays open until late at night.
这家名为Open House的餐厅供应早餐——此举系肯德基在美国的首度尝试——且营业至深夜。
The menu will encompass a host of new beverages, such as refreshing drinks garnished with boba and milkshakes crowned with crispy toppings, alongside an expanded lineup of chicken tenders and sauces, as well as entirely new side dishes like fried green beans and spicy pickles.
菜单将囊括诸多新品饮品,诸如佐以珍珠的清爽饮品与顶部覆有酥脆配料的奶昔,此外还有扩充后的鸡柳与酱料系列,以及炸青豆、辣味腌菜等全新配菜。
The restaurant features a dual-lane drive-thru and a mobile order pickup station, yet KFC's design intent is precisely to encourage customers to linger longer.
这家餐厅配备双车道得来速及移动订单取餐站,然而肯德基的设计初衷恰恰在于促使顾客延长驻留时间。
After placing an order at a digital self-service kiosk, customers can simply sit back and wait for staff to bring their meal to the table.
在数字自助点餐机完成下单后,顾客尽可安坐等候员工将餐食送至桌前。
In addition, there is a photo booth as well as a counter selling branded merchandise.
此外,此处还设有拍照亭以及一处售卖品牌周边商品的柜台。
KFC has not clarified the extent to which the design philosophy or menu of Open House will ultimately be rolled out to its remaining 3,424 locations across the United States.
肯德基并未阐明Open House的设计理念或菜单内容最终将在多大程度上推广至其遍布美国的其余3,424家门店。
The new beverages may well see broader adoption; the company has already introduced comparable drink menus in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Turkey, and other markets.
新款饮品或许会获得更为广泛的推行;该公司业已在英国、加拿大、澳大利亚、土耳其及其他市场推出了与之相类的饮品菜单。
This concept store in Texas, together with the elaborately appointed multi-storey flagship outlets set to open in quick succession in Dubai, Seoul and London, all point to KFC's ambition to elevate fast-food consumption into an experience.
得克萨斯州的这家概念店,连同即将于迪拜、首尔及伦敦相继揭幕的、装潢考究的多层旗舰店,无不昭示着肯德基正力图将快餐消费升华为一种体验。
"People may not remember what they ate, but they will invariably remember how they felt while eating," said Christophe Poirier, KFC's chief concept officer, who oversaw the design of the new restaurant.
“人们未必会铭记他们吃了什么,却必定会铭记进食时的感受,”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。
Poivrier stated that KFC is setting about automating processes such as ordering, thereby enabling employees to concentrate on service.
普瓦里耶表示,肯德基正着手将点餐等环节自动化,从而令员工得以专注于服务。
He remarked that, in an ideal scenario, KFC would gravitate closer to the operating model of Apple stores or luxury retailers, shedding the manifold pressures inflicted upon the fast-food industry by interminable queues and irascible cashiers.
他称,理想状态下,肯德基将更趋近于苹果门店或奢侈品零售商的运营模式,摆脱那些困扰快餐行业的冗长排队与暴躁收银员所带来的重重压力。
He said: "When you step out of this establishment, you will find yourself exclaiming from the bottom of your heart: 'Wow, the product is nothing short of exceptional — and yet that is not all; the service is equally beyond reproach. For some ten to fifteen minutes, I felt as though I were basking in an experience of kingly reverence.'"
他说道:“当你步出这家店铺时,你会由衷感叹:‘哇,产品堪称卓越,然而不仅如此,服务同样无可挑剔。有那么10到15分钟,我恍若置身于国王般的尊崇体验之中。’”
KFC can be regarded as the wellspring of fast-food fried chicken.
肯德基堪称快餐炸鸡之滥觞。
The brand had its genesis in 1930, when Harland Sanders purchased a roadside motel in Corbin, Kentucky, and set about 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得一家路边汽车旅馆,并着手向过往旅客供应炸鸡。
In 1952, the first franchised KFC outlet 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, whose headquarters are located in Louisville, Kentucky, and it has secured a place among the largest fast-food chains in the world.
时至今日,肯德基为总部设于肯塔基州路易斯维尔的百胜餐饮集团所持有,业已跻身全球规模最为宏大的快餐连锁品牌之列。
As of June, the brand operated more than 34,000 outlets across over 150 countries.
截至6月,该品牌在逾150个国家经营着超过34,000家门店。
According to Poirier, on average, a new store opens somewhere in the world every three and a half hours.
据普瓦里耶所言,全球平均每三个半小时便有一家新店开张。
Sales momentum in international markets is robust.
国际市场的销售势头强劲。
China alone accounts for nearly 40% of KFC's total global restaurants.
仅中国一地便占据了肯德基全球餐厅总数的近40%。
However, as rapidly emerging competitors vie to cater to American consumers' escalating demand for chicken—consumers who are seeking leaner sources of protein—KFC's sales in its home market are struggling.
然而,随着迅猛崛起的竞争对手竞相迎合美国消费者对鸡肉日益攀升的需求——这些消费者正寻觅更为精瘦的蛋白质来源——肯德基在美国本土的销售却举步维艰。
Chick-fil-A and Popeyes have been expanding their footprints at a breakneck pace since the 2010s; today, the store density of these two brands in the United States has all but caught up with that of KFC.
Chick-fil-A与Popeyes自2010年代起便开启了迅猛的版图扩张;时至今日,这两个品牌在美国的门店密度已几近与肯德基比肩。
Meanwhile, upstarts such as Raising Cane's, Dave's Hot Chicken and Wingstop, by doubling down on chicken tenders and sauces, have rendered KFC's product format—epitomized by its buckets of bone-in fried chicken—increasingly anachronistic.
而诸如Raising Cane's、Dave's Hot Chicken及Wingstop等后起之秀,则凭借对鸡柳与酱料的专注深耕,令肯德基那以带骨炸鸡桶为标志的产品形态愈发显得不合时宜。
McDonald's announced this week that it intends to introduce the hand-breaded fried chicken long purveyed by KFC into the United States and other markets.
麦当劳本周宣称,拟将肯德基长期以来所供应之手裹粉炸鸡引入美国及其他市场。
Even Long John Silver's has lately added fried chicken wings to its menu.
甚至连Long John Silver's近期亦在其菜单中增添了炸鸡翅。
According to data disclosed by Technomic, a foodservice market research firm, KFC accounted for a 20% share of the $21.8 billion in total sales generated by the U.S. fried chicken chain market in 2015.
根据餐饮市场研究机构Technomic所披露的数据,2015年,肯德基在美國炸雞連鎖市場218億美元的銷售總額中佔據20%的份額。
By 2025, although fried chicken chain sales had more than doubled, climbing to $57.7 billion, KFC's share had nonetheless slipped to 8%.
時至2025年,儘管炸雞連鎖銷售額已逾翻倍,攀升至577億美元,肯德基的份額卻已滑落至8%。
“To be perfectly candid, the state of some of their outlets leaves a great deal to be desired—the exteriors are worn and peeling, the interiors strike one as decidedly unkempt, and the overall impression is one of jarring incongruity with any semblance of modernity,” Sanders remarked.
“坦白讲,他们旗下部分门店的境况着实令人不敢恭维——外观陈旧斑驳,环境亦显凌乱不堪,整体给人一种与现代气息格格不入的印象,”桑德斯如是说。
KFC has for some time now been engaged in a process of transformation, expanding its footprint overseas while steadily shuttering underperforming outlets on its home turf in the United States.
肯德基业已历经一段时日的转型探索,在向海外拓展版图的同时,持续裁撤其在美国本土表现欠佳的门店。
According to corporate filings, no fewer than 529 KFC restaurants across the United States have been closed in succession since the beginning of 2022.
据公司文件披露,自2022年初以降,全美已有529家肯德基餐厅相继关停。
The brand has also been experimenting with its menu.
该品牌亦对其菜单进行了试验。
Dylan Karnani, KFC's global head of food and experience, stated that the work of developing KFC's 20 sauce combinations and refining its chicken tenders was advanced incrementally at a small concept store named 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种酱料组合并改良鸡柳的工作,是在2024年开业于佛罗里达、名为Saucy by KFC的小型概念店中逐步推进的。
He further noted that, given research indicating that younger consumers often base their choice of where to dine on beverage options, drinks consequently became the foremost priority in the development effort.
他进一步指出,鉴于研究显示年轻消费者往往依据饮品选择来抉择就餐去处,饮品因而成为了研发的重中之重。
Carnani pointed out that KFC must ensure its menu adjustments align with the brand's positioning and enhance its fried chicken offerings—products that to this day still adhere to Sanders' original recipe.
卡尔纳尼指出,肯德基务必确保菜单的调整与品牌定位相契合,并对其炸鸡产品加以提升——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 beverages and chicken tenders, while bone-in fried chicken and sides such as gravy will nonetheless remain available.
他表示,肯德基意在回应消费者对更多饮品及鸡柳的需求,然而带骨炸鸡与肉汁之类的配菜仍将继续供应。
"We are merely broadening the range of choices, offering consumers more avenues by which to savor KFC, rather than severing ties with our past as we look to the future," he said.
“我们不过是在拓宽选择范畴,为消费者提供更多品味肯德基的途径,而非在展望未来之际与过往割席,”他说道。
"For if we fail to truly honor our own heritage, what are we to make of ourselves?
“因为倘若我们未能真正恪守自身传统,我们又将何以自处?
I believe we ought to celebrate it."
我认为我们理应颂扬它。”
Phil Kafarakis, chief executive of IFMA The Food Away from Home Association, which represents restaurant suppliers and manufacturers, pointed out that with its parent company preoccupied with matters relating to Pizza Hut, KFC struggles to command the attention it deserves from Yum Brands.
代表餐厅供应商与制造商的IFMA The Food Away from Home Association首席执行官菲尔·卡法拉基斯指出,在母公司忙于处置必胜客相关事宜之际,肯德基难以从百胜集团获得应有的关注。
Yum also owns Taco Bell and sold Pizza Hut earlier this year for $2.7 billion.
百胜旗下亦拥有塔可钟,并于今年早些时候以27亿美元的价格出售了必胜客。