Kentucky Fried Chicken opens its Tel Aviv flagship store, some three years after returning to the Israeli market for a fourth time.
KFC opened and closed in Israel in the 1980s and 90s, and then remained open between 2003 and 2012. In all three previous cases the brand was operated by local franchises rather than the parent company itself.
Unlike previous iterations of the chain in Israel, these branches are not kosher.
In 2020 KFC opened its first branch in Nazareth. The Tel Aviv branch is its 17th as the chain looks to expand further.
In previous cases the famous fried chicken recipe was modified to hew to Jewish dietary laws, but these changes made the food more expensive and, according to some consumers, less tasty than the American original.
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