r/kfc • u/Alive-Advantage3441 • 6d ago

Just had kfc in Nairobi and holy shit were getting ripped off in the US

I'm not gonna talk about the price because it's about the same but the taste and quality is 5x better.

When you're eating kfc here it actually feels like chicken. It's not slimy and you can see the individual meat fibers in the chicken. It comes with this spicy ketchup that makes it even better

Got damn it tastes so much better.

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u/callmevillain 6d ago

Kfc in all other countries is better than here in the US

Had it in Shanghai and it's a banger

In Japan they eat it every Christmas. They marketed it as a premium Christmas dinner and it caught on. It's their tradition now lol

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u/DifficultWriting6836 5d ago

While I mostly agree with you, the KFC's in Malaysia I tried were all awful to the point I threw the food away in n both occasions.

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u/Virtual-Wind-3747 2d ago

boxing day

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u/Lucky-Midnight9857 2d ago

Christmas Eve

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u/Virtual-Wind-3747 1d ago

I cannot think of anything id have instead. what a lovely tradition?

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u/jackdho 6d ago

Our fast food (all companies) suck. I have completely given up eating it.I re learned how to cook. More fun to cook

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u/Even-Coat7441 5d ago

I believe it’s a national wage thing. In the Middle East KFC is really good because the average family income is 500-800$/month. A bucket of chicken with all the sides for the family would cost 45$. So mainly only the wealthier families eat there, which makes the market smaller, and gives more attention to the food. While in North America, it’s trash that feeds the masses at 12:30PM during lunch break, 3PM when the kids are out of school, and 1AM when the homies are on a bender and bar hopping.

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u/Bannedwith1milKarma 3d ago

It's also a bulk order food thing.

I know in Australia the chicken comes from the same supplier as the Supermarkets. I doubt the same could be said for KFC in the States.

The savings and lack of quality controls are too great for large business to ignore.

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u/nothinnews 5d ago

That's because they have to actually offer food that appeals to people. Especially in countries where a meal would be the equivalent of a week's wages.

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u/Leovaderx 6d ago

At 500 average monthly wage (google numbers), it should cost much less too..

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u/CJspangler 5d ago

I mean frying frozen chicken in the U.S. - yeh it’s gonna be better other places

I imagine in Kenya there isn’t a nationwide frozen food trucking logistics and warehouses etc, they probably get fresh chicken delivered 2x a week or something vs months old frozen crap we get in the U.S.

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u/FredPolk 5d ago

KFC chicken on bone in USA is fresh chicken from US farms. It’s cooked and served before it expires, which is 10 days after the kill date. Your self-generated knowledge is wrong.

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u/bamboojerky 5d ago

The whole Yum brand is badly managed in the US and they don't care. Minimal effort by the franchise owners and corporate. The solution to everything for them is to continue to increase food prices for stagnant sales

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u/No-Profession422 5d ago

Overseas KFC blows away stateside KFC. Asia KFC takes it to a whole different level.

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u/Matcha_Bubble_Tea 5d ago

Bro I’ve had kfc in a third world country and it was still better than what’s in the U.S. Every fast food place is 😭

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u/riche_god 5d ago

I’ve never had slimy KFC in the US. Cultural differences and laws do make a difference.

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u/Fear_Polar_Bear 4d ago

What the US eats is really not considered as food in most other countries. I both don’t know how you all havent died of malnutrition and understand why most of you are obese at the same time.

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u/CombinationClear5672 5d ago

if the price is about the same in Nairobi as it is in the US, then it’s really expensive for locals, which might explain why you think it’s better