KFC's corporate staff will relocate from the brand's headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky, to Plano, Texas, Yum says.

Kentucky Fried Chicken is about to leave Kentucky as its owner, Yum! Brands said it would be leaving the state and opening two new brand headquarters in other states.

Pizza Hut, KFC’s sister brand, already has its HQ in Plano, where KFC will be run. KFC started in a motel in a small town in Kentucky 95 years ago and continued its operations in the Bluegrass State.

Churchill Downs is still waiting on approval of incentives that must get the green light first from the Louisville Metro and then from the appropriate state agencies, including the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development. On Tuesday, KFC’s parent company Yum! Brands announced KFC will be moving it’s corporate headquarters from Louisville, to Plano, Texas.

Yum! Brands which owns the fried chicken chain KFC has announced plans to move the brand's U.S. headquarters to Plano, Texas.

The chicken chain's parent company, Yum Brands, announced Tuesday that KFC's corporate headquarters is leaving Kentucky for Texas, joining sister brand Pizza Hut's offices in the Dallas suburb of Plano.

The parent company of KFC has announced plans to relocate its corporate headquarters to Texas. According to Yum! Brands, about 100 KFC U.S. corporate employees in Louisville will be moving to its KFC and Pizza Hut Global headquarters in Plano,

Kentucky Fried Chicken is moving out of Kentucky for greener pastures in Texas, its parent company said on Tuesday.

Yum Brands said it will shift the office from Louisville to Plano though KFC will keep some operations in Kentucky, including its KFC Foundation. However, Andy Beshea, governor of the state of Kentucky,

KFC is shifting its US headquarters from Kentucky to Texas. KFC's parent company, Yum Brands, said in a press release on Tuesday that the group would designate two brand headquarters in the US: one in Plano,

KFC will be moving its longtime headquarters from Kentucky, the only home its ever known, to Plano, Texas, the company announced on Tuesday.

About 100 KFC U.S. employees will be required to relocate over the next six months. The relocation is part of Yum’s broader plan to have two corporate headquarters: one in Plano