Is it just me or has KFC got really bad recently?
 

I remember I used to love KFC, mainly their chicken strips. But lately whenever I got there the chicken is usually dried out or if I get a sandwhich the bread is stale beyond belief. Aside from that those snackers are a joke, they advertise it as a breast of chicken but they just put a chicken strip in a bun with a few scraps of lettuce. To top it off I used to love their Triple Crunch sandwhichs but they recently decided it was a good idea to remove one of the chicken strips, raise the price 20 cents, and call it a Double Crunch. I swear Colonel Sanders must be rolling in his grave.

Anyone else notice this or any other fast food places that have gone down hill recently?

I liked when they had cheesy wedges...OMG, so delicious. I actually like the snacker, especially the buffalo variety. But fast food is disgusting, so when I do eat it, my choice is rarely KFC.

My town used to have a Bojangles, which absolutely put KFC to shame. It had to close down though...Bojangles can apparently only sustain itself in the South. =(

I only noticed their fries started tasting really rubbish, all soggy like - so I save them to give to the local tramp. Who, incidentally, uses the KFC toilets to have a wash.

Recently? Sir, KFC has always sucked. The chicken pot pies used to be okay at best, but I can't remember a time I or anyone I know has said "Hey! Let's get some KFC! They have such good food! ::salivate::"

Popeye's ftw.

I've never seen a Popeyes around here. The only other chicken place around here is Chicken Shack and that place sucks too. I'm also not black just for the record.

Let me rephrased that then, they went from having acceptable food to having products that are pretty much saying "Screw you" to their customers and having food quality alot of times that makes you say "How is this not a health violation?"

I've noticed a strange taste in KFC chicken lately. It something weird. Maybe they finally started injecting hormones in their chickens to get better results.

Anyways, I see this as well. They just aren't making quality food. (Yes, they did at a time). Popeyes is the only place worthy of eating chicken now...too bad their chicken is so small it's like you're barely eating.

What do you 'spect of conveyor belt chicken then assembled into various meals at conveyor belt restaurants where employees are clocked on how fast they can make a meal.

Shit is gross, son.

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If anyone has an Acme supermarket near them, their fried chicken is actually really good. Especially on whatever day they run their special where you get a bucket of chicken, bag of rolls, and two decent sized sides for $8. Beats what any fast food place can do since usually once you're in the store you wind up spending money elsewhere anyway.

I hardly go to KFC since there doesn't seem to be one in my area. Popeye's is rather popular here, and I prefer the chicken and selection anyway.

Man, where I live, we have Popeye's, KFC, and Church's chicken. And those places stay packed during lunch and dinner, especially on the weekends. I don't really care for any of those though, since I like chicken strips a lot better than standard fried chicken on bones and whatnot. The best chicken strips come from Chick-Fil-A, Arbys, and Guthries/Zaxbys. I don't if Guthries and Zaxbys is just a regional outfit only found in the southeast, but they basically serve ONLY chicken strips and fries. And employ attractive young ladies. It is good stuff.

But...I'm a cracker. =/

KFC is very hit-or-miss. For my fries & chicken, I frequence Long John Silvers. OMG party in my mouth <3 Or Chick-Fil-A. Although, I haven't been there in ages ;( I really should go... Maybe tonite!

Popeyes is certainly the best, but I understand where you are coming from.

The chickens they used to have with 3 legs were so much better.
I like there mashed potatoes and the occasional popcorn chicken, but yeah it has gone down hill for KFC.

I'd rather eat KFC than Popeye's. The breading on Popeye's chicken tastes like shit.

KFC has gotten sloppy and lazy in almost every one of their procedures. I don't get cold chicken, but hell I'd prefer it to chewy, dried out chicken. Their sides are all awful, and usually are tossed in haphazardly so that you're sure never to get the same amount twice, and they're definitely overpriced for the kind of service you get.

I know for a fact the one near my house is like that because it's a KFC/Taco Bell/Pizza Hut combination place, which is basically one of the worst ideas ever.

No kidding. We ordered something from both Taco Bell and KFC, and they only gave us half our order. When we told the lady at the counter, she told one of the guys working in the back about it, and he said "That's there side", and pointed towards the KFC side.

I don't care which fucking side is supposed to get the food, they should just get the order right. What's the point of being together if you can't even coordinate?

There's something definitely wrong about hybrid fast food joints. I don't like conglomerates to actually present themselves; I guess I'd rather imagine that perhaps that each fast food restaurant at which I eat is separate :( But it is not the case!

KFC has been horrible for awhile. The last time I was there (about two years ago), my chicken strips weren't even cooked all the way. They were still quite pink in the middle. On top of that, their food is way too greasy. The only time you can even bother getting decent tasting food from them is to ask for everything to be freshly cooked. If the KFCs around you are anything like the one around me, that food will be sitting out there all day just about.

I used to love their potato wedges, mac & cheese, mashies, and biscuits. Now I don't eat any of it. :(

I have a friend who lives in Kentucky who just ate at a KFC there. She claims that it's not as good as it used to be, but that it's not nearly as horrible as other places. Maybe it's because that's where KFC originally started? I'm not exactly KFC's biggest fan, and I love Popeye's when I went there once and we paid for one breakfast biscuit and drink each, but it turned out that we paid the single price but they accidentally gave us double the food.

I have yet to find another Popeye's, but if I do I would definitely go there.

You're not the only one. Recently, their chicken have been pretty...dry. Now, I just go there for their side-dishes.

If the chicken you're eating from KFC tastes strange... it might just be rabbit.

I live in Kentucky, and the last time I ate at KFC, the food was still pretty good. But I didn't even know they'd gotten rid of the Triple Crunch sandwich, so yeah, it's been awhile.

KFC gets worse every year, it's destiny.

"Hey how about we jack up the price of everything?"
"Again?"
"You know it!"

"I'd like eight chicken nuggets, thanks"
"That comes to twenty six dollars, okay"
"No"

No! It's Hormones I tell you.

Everytime I eat at KFC, I think of how the chickens were probably injected with hormones so the chicken you're eating could be so big.

It's very saddening ;_;

I agree with the first post. KFC's chicken quality has definitely gone down over the years. Their potato wedges are still good though; so are their generic biscuits, but I just love biscuits.

Popeye's is indeed where it's at. They've got even awesomer fries and awesomer biscuits. <3.

Cluc-U Chicken is pretty good, too; but I haven't had that in a while.

Knowing how the popcorn chicken is made just well..disturbs me now...

Hey Slash, How is it made? Mark it as spoilers because I'm sure some people won't be able to handle it. ;_;

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Why hasn't anyone told me how they make their popcorn chicken? :(

This is a spoiler..that will probably spoil your meal

KFC has fallen off. Luckily here in my part of Texas we got Williams Chicken, Chicken Express, and of course, Church's. At all three places, 10 bucks gets me enough to feed a studio full of hungry, weeded out rappers whereas at KFC, it'd barely get me a 8 piece box of chicken.

Their overall quality has declined, I agree. The Original Recipe's still decent around here, however.

I admit I haven't had KFC for quite some time, but if it has really gotten this bad, I'm just going to steer clear of it.

And that's when soniclover decided to stop eating popcorn chicken.

KFC over here in the UK seems to be ok still. Sure the price has gone up over the years, but it's still nice.

Jack in the Box and In n Out Burger are the only good ones. Too bad they're only here in the West Coast (there may be some Jack in the Box places in New England too) and the rest of the country doesn't know their greatness.

Then you better go fucking bitch to your supermarkets, want to know why? Cause of two reasons. It'd be against the law to sell chicken without telling you it was injected with hormones. SECOND, I work at a KFC, we order from Sysco and Lion Hart's meat. And guess what? They deliever to Wallmart, Pick N Save and etc. So, there. It isn't injected, I'm sick of people saying this over and over.

Everyone gets thier meat from the same sources, rather it be Sysco or not.

Anyway, I haven't noticed any difference but maybe it's just me. Popeye's breading sucks like mentioned before, I hate it. I think it's probaly just the place near you that sucks cause here in my city they are good but then again if your managers are shitty or the workers are then or course it's going to suck.

It's kinda like Burger King, at times thier Whoppers and fries just kick ass but at times they just suck.


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And yes, we do debone our chicken, freeze BUT we use it the next day for popcorn chicken. We make sure the temps are always good, nothing spoils and etc. I think you guys are worrying too much. Safety and sanitation is always high prioity, atleast for me. I should know, I'm going to a tech school for assoiciates degree in culinary arts(and yes I know KFC isn't really art but hey, being trained and work for them is good reputation much like McDonalds.).

I'm glad you make sure that sanitation is a high priority for you but when I'm able to watch people who work there leave the bathroom and then come back to work and NOT wash their hands, I lose faith in humanity...

Yeah but I loose faith when people don't tell the manager, I'm the manager at my place and I've talked to my boss and have let go people for doing that. Mainly cause not only it's unsanitary but as well can get people very sick and the place in trouble.

Second, there is two hand wash stations. One inside the bathroom and one in the back. Either way those hands are getting washed, rather once or twice. I always wash my hands then when I get in the back wash my hands again.

Trust me.

Maybe it's just me but it seems like Northern California fast food areas suck more and are more expensive than Southern California's.

That probably explains why there are more fatties in LA. The KFC I went to down in my hometown was delicious and I could eat there everyday if I wanted to die before I was 25.

Sorry to break the news to you, but there are Jack in the Box restaurants all over the country, not just in the places you mentioned.

And what the hell do they have to do with chicken anyway?

That's good to hear, but like I said the one closest to me the bread his horribley stale if you get a sandwhich. It's hard as a rock, my guess is they leave the bag or whatever the bread is in open all the time because they're too lazy to open it whenever they need to make a sandwhich.

I have to go out of my way to a KFC that's further away if I want the possibility of food that isn't crap.

I haven't seen a Jack in the Box at all in my state. I did only see them when I go to Cali, so I assumed it was a West Coast thang. I guess they have it there in Texas too.

I looked at their website, and it seems they're not in every state, but only about a third of them. I just thought they were everywhere, especially with all the locations they have here.

Nah man, its not just you. On the flipside we do have a Chick-fil-a here and a Mrs. Winner near where I live. As for KFC, I gave up on them a loooooong time ago ever since they gave less for our bucks.

Chick-fil-a is awesome but expensive sadly atleast to me.

Dark: I get really anal about sanitation, quality and etc. Because the fact that is everyone hates or get one bad meal, that means no returning custermers then you lose your bussiness.

Not to mention I get pissed when you have people picketing outside your place saying that we use hormones when we don't. Cause if we had hormone meat, we would have to say, hey we INJECT OUR CHICKENS.

Besides since we order from Lion Hart's meat and as well Sysco. You'd have to go around to Walmart, Pick N Save and etc cause they get the same chickens we do.

Well, that's good to know. I can put one of my fears to rest.

Now to take care of that spider problem.

Sorry but spider isn't our specialty.. but netherless if KFC goes bad there's always like 6 other Fast Food resturant to go to.

KFC loses 5 tasty points :(


[Quote]if KFC goes bad there's always like 6 other Fast Food resturant to go to.[/Qyote]

Well...not exactly. Every fast food joint is decreasing in value. I can't even go to White Castle and get a good burger. Instead a get this meat on a soggy bun. And the other places aren't looking any better. Especially Steak N' Shake.

Not a big fan of fried chicken. However, KFC has certainly gone downhill in quality over time. Their glory days when they introduced their own pot pies are long past.

Now, I go to Popeye's for my fried chicken. They've improved for a while, although they still retain their over-greasyness. One bite of their crispy chicken and your mouth is filled with oil.

Okay, that's an exaggeration but it's still pretty damn greasy.

There is no spider problem either. I think your just full of hallocinations. Once again, if there is any problem with meat being injected, anything wrong with it and it still got by everyone including the inspecters/managers not only at the resturant but as well at sysco and etc. Then it was Sysco's fault really.

[QUOTE=soniclover]KFC loses 5 tasty points :(


Well, if you have the muchies it doesn't matter then. You are right about teh decreasing values of Fast food resturant though.

You assholes all suck!

Roscoe's is where it's at! Chicken and waffles! MMMmmm...

White castle is only good if your drunk or something out here in the midwest other than that it's the worst low grade fast food i have EVER tasted...

KFC...I like the macarroni, and the chicken used to be good but it is losing its quality...but the triple crunch zinger is where its at right about now....

I'm trying to stay away from fast food though, and eat healthy....why can't there be a healthy fast food place?

B/C that would be a contradiction for the most part. There are healthy foods that you can fix fast, but they don't have the same flavor. Also, healthy foods that do taste good can sometimes take a long time to prepare. It's hard to tell what's healthy anymore with one group screaming "Avoid Carbs!" and another screaming "Avoid Chloesterol!" and a third screaming "Save a Tree! Eat a beaver!"

Ok, maybe not the third one. You can sort of get a good idea of what is healthy or unhealthy, but with all of the people showing their statistics that tend to contradict one another, it becomes difficult to know who to trust.

I believe the fundamental issue is the relatively recent name change that KFC went through.

See, they used to officially be "Kentucky Fried Chicken". "KFC" was really just abbreviated slang. And they were dependably good.

Then something sinister happened during the 90s. Due to increasing paranoia surrounding fried food, the crowds at KFC began to dwindle. Fried foods were fatty (no duh) and people were health-conscious all of a sudden. So, in order to reduce the negative impact their name carried, they officially became "KFC". Nowhere on their menus would the old logo appear again.

At the same time, the company that owns KFC began an expansion crusade that targeted poor and ethnic neighborhoods. Studies showed that poor people and blacks were more likely to buy large quantities of fried chicken, so KFC allowed many of its suburban franchises to flounder while the inner-city stores received the push.
The problem is that when you're based in the ghetto and city, you're not going to attract as many enthusiastic, hardworking employees. So, it's my belief that, over the past decade, the service and quality of KFC's food has severely suffered due to the company's location strategy. Stores do exist outside of these target areas, yes, but the same product that is shipped to the ghettos also goes to the suburbs and the lack of sales for so long forced the company into purchasing inferior ingredients.

We have a KFC in my town. It used to get a lot of business but their quality fell down the shitter about 12 years ago and has never resurfaced. The store is on the west end, an area that's religated to factories, railroads and industrial complexes. Residential property values are low toward that sector and the crime rate has dramatically increased. Nobody but the poor and the seedy folk eat at the KFC now. Respectable people don't want to go out that way if they can help it.

The "Kentucky Fried Chicken" name carried the connotation of quality, tradition and service, all values the good Colonel emphasized. When they changed over to "KFC", these values took a backseat to demographic headhunting and the chain's reputation suffered greatly.

KFC is digging its own hole. Tragically, we have no alternative here. I had Popeye's once in Texas and it was solid. But I wish a new chain would emerge and show them both how it's really done.