Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) Restaurant in the Middle East is the number one quick service chain with more than 700 restaurants in 12 countries.
This comes as no surprise with all the great tasting chicken, loads of choices, delicious sides, tempting desserts, service with a smile, reliable delivery, and genuine relationship with our Super Fans.
And of course our secret recipe! Since 1973, KFC has been cooking up satisfaction in the region and this delicious success is part of the renowned chain’s international fame. KFC is the largest chicken restaurant chain in the entire world.
Kentucky Around the World
Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) Restaurant around the world has more than 19,400 branches in more than 120 countries and territories.
KFC serves nearly 12 million customers across the globe daily. It’s “so good” that people from far and wide love KFC.
KFC is part of Yum! Brands, Inc., which is one of the world's largest restaurant firms with over 41,000 KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut restaurants around the world.
Americana Group
The KFC concept, complete with its winning taste and satisfying experience, was brought to the MENA region by Americana Group. From one restaurant in Kuwait which opened on the 25th of September 1973, the franchise rapidly grew with more restaurants opening their doors in the country and in KSA,UAE, Egypt, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Iraq, and Kazakhastan. Now generations in the region have grown up with the amazing taste of KFC that Colonel Harland Sanders created back in the 1930s.
Americana is one of the Middle East's most successful group of companies operating consumer foods, restaurants, and food-related products. This amazing success story started in Kuwait in 1964 with the establishment of a small trading company that opened its first restaurant (Wimpy) in 1970. Today, Americana Group operates more than 1,480 outlets and has more than 63,000 employees across 12 countries from the Atlantic Ocean to the Caspian Sea.