KFC Introduces Revolutionary New Product: Original Recipe® Boneless

New Offering Available April 14; Transforms Both the Menu and the Brand, While Responding to Consumer Demand

KFC is introducing Original Recipe Boneless on April 14 – boneless, skinless pieces of both white and dark meat chicken, hand breaded using the Original Recipe® made famous by Colonel Harland Sanders. (Photo: Business Wire)

LOUISVILLE, Ky.--()--When nearly four in five servings of fried chicken in the U.S. are served “off the bone” – strips, bites and filets – what’s the most famous fried chicken restaurant in the world to do? For KFC, the answer was simple: Get rid of the bones.

KFC is introducing Original Recipe Boneless on April 14 – boneless, skinless pieces of both white and dark meat chicken, hand breaded using the Original Recipe® made famous by Colonel Harland Sanders. It’s KFC for the way consumers live – and eat chicken – today. It’s everything they love about Original Recipe chicken, but without the bones.

“Our customers have seen the beginning of a menu revolution at KFC over the past several months, as we’ve introduced new, contemporary products such as Original Recipe Bites, Chicken Littles®, Li’l Bucket™ Kids Meals and Dip’ems™,” said John Cywinski, President of KFC U.S. “Now we’re proud to introduce the flagship product on the KFC menu, Original Recipe Boneless. This is more than just a promotional product; it’s a new way of doing business at KFC. ”

While the world-famous flavor of Original Recipe chicken continues to receive rave reviews around the world, consumers are increasingly seeking out boneless, skinless chicken. Only KFC can give them everything they want in one product.

“We’ve never seen such positive reaction to a test product,” Cywinski said. “Original Recipe Boneless is a real game-changer that transforms how customers think about KFC. Bottom line, it’s a big idea and we’re going to have some fun with it.”

Beginning on the 14th, customers can enjoy a two-piece Boneless Combo for just $4.99, including a piece of dark meat, a piece of white meat, an individual side item, a biscuit, and a medium drink. For family dinners, KFC is offering a 10-piece mixed bucket, which includes four pieces of Boneless (two white and two dark) and six pieces of our world-famous chicken on the bone for only $14.99. (Offer good at participating locations. Pricing may vary by location. Tax extra.)

Product Launches With “I Ate The Bones!” Marketing Campaign

While KFC customers are noticing a new look for the KFC menu with the introduction of Boneless, they likely won’t look at the brand’s television advertising the same way either. The two 30-second commercials feature an “I Ate The Bones!” theme that cleverly communicates that Boneless delivers everything KFC fans love about Original Recipe – except for the bones.

The two commercials, along with two 15-second tease commercials that are airing the week before launch, were created by Draftfcb Chicago and directed by Academy Award-nominated Director David O. Russell along with production company Wondros. Russell was most recently nominated for an Oscar for Best Director for “Silver Linings Playbook.”

The commercials were so buzzworthy in test markets in 2012, customers began mentioning them in social media, using the hashtag #IAteTheBones with no prompting from the brand. Some customers even made their own YouTube videos, documenting their amazing “I Ate The Bones” moments when they tried the product for the first time.

About KFC

KFC Corporation, based in Louisville, Ky., is the world's most popular chicken restaurant chain specializing in Original Recipe®, Extra Crispy™, Kentucky Grilled Chicken®, Extra Crispy™ Strips and Original Recipe® Boneless, with home-style sides, Hot Wings™, and freshly made chicken sandwiches. There are more than 17,000 KFC outlets in more than 115 countries and territories around the world. Each week, more than 13 million people visit a KFC restaurant in the United States. KFC Corporation is a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, Inc., Louisville, Ky. (NYSE: YUM.) For more information, visit www.kfc.com. Follow KFC on Facebook (www.facebook.com/KFC) and Twitter (www.twitter.com/kfc_colonel).

Contacts

KFC Corporation
Rick Maynard, 502-874-8100
Rick.Maynard@kfc.com
or
Melanie Buford, 212-805-8052
Melanie.Buford@emanatepr.com

Release Summary

KFC is introducing Original Recipe Boneless on April 14 – boneless, skinless pieces of both white and dark meat chicken, hand breaded using the Original Recipe® made famous by Colonel Harland Sanders.

Contacts

KFC Corporation
Rick Maynard, 502-874-8100
Rick.Maynard@kfc.com
or
Melanie Buford, 212-805-8052
Melanie.Buford@emanatepr.com