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Why KFC chose to add nuggets to the menu after 70 yearsWhy KFC chose to add nuggets to the menu after 70 years

The chain is taking on another form of chicken

Holly Petre, Assistant Digital Editor

July 20, 2022

 

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Today, we’re examining what it means that Kentucky Fried Chicken has finally added nuggets to its menu after almost 70 years in business.

Kentucky Fried Chicken. The name brings up images of the colonel and fried buckets of chicken in the famous red and white bucket, maybe some finger lickin’ sides too. Now customers can get chicken nuggets for the first time ever.

Well, not really the first time, since KFC has had Beyond Meat nuggets before but this is the first time actual chicken nuggets will be offered on the chain’s menu in its 69-year history with an exception in the ‘80’s.

Previous menu items have included popcorn chicken bites and “original recipe bites.” These chicken nuggets will have the famous 11 herbs and spices and are 100% white meat. NRN senior editors Joanna Fantozzi and Bret Thorn have more on this story.

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About the Author

Holly Petre

Assistant Digital Editor

Holly Petre is a digital editor for Nation’s Restaurant News as well as the host of NRN’s podcast, Extra Serving, and producer for Informa Restaurant and Food Group’s other three podcasts, One On One by Food Management, Off the Shelf with SN and In the Kitchen with Bret Thorn. Holly holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in Sculpture, fibers and Material Studies and Ceramics from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. A native New Yorker, Holly enjoys her place on staff as the resident pop-culture expert and millennial with a sassy attitude and great sense of style.

Holly Petre’s work on Nation’s Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality often covers marketing and trends, either aimed-at or examined-through the millennial mindset. Holly is responsible for introducing TikTok and Twitch to NRN and RH readers as well as explaining terms like “Karen” to staff and readers alike. She also spends her time on staff trying not to make every headline a pun.

Holly Petre hasn’t spoken at any events or on panels, but she is readily available with a killer shoe wardrobe and several witty quips.

 

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