35 Years Ago This Month, KFC Opened in China

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At the time, it was the biggest KFC in the world. The store has three floors totaling 1,100 square feet, and it is still open to this day.

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Excited Chinese consumers mobbed the restaurant for months after it opened. Case in point: in the first 24 hours, it made over 83,000 USD.

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KFC was the first fast-food chain to open a store in China. Now, there are over 8,600 locations across the country.

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