KFC

For as far as we know about email spam, they are usually sent directly from spammers to advertise for illegal product or services. However, there is another reason for spammers to strike - to tarnish reputation of a person or company. Since the motive of this email spam is not to sell any product or service, it becomes more of an "interesting" or "warning" news, which helpful internet users would usually help to circulate around without finding out the fact. Below is an example of an email... Read Full Story

Chicken?! Ex-Baywatch babe Pamela Anderson recently teamed up with PETA to pen a letter to Kentucky Fried Chicken UK asking them to alter the way they raise their chickens. Anderson had previously written to KFC Canada, who responded by changing their policies concerning living conditions for chickens on their farms and adding a vegetarian faux chicken to their menu. In her letter to UK KFC Managing Director Martin Shuker, Anderson states "Until I hear from PETA that you will be agreeing to... Read Full Story

Sometimes I wonder if I’ll have enough material to write a branding blog everyday. Then I remind myself of the boneheads that run major companies and breathe a sigh of relief. Here’s today’s branding blunder: Kentucky Fried Chicken to change name to Kentucky Fried & Grilled Chicken (sort of). They are actually giving the owners the option of the name change. So apparently some will be named Kentucky Fried Chicken and others will be Kentucky Fried & Grilled Chicken. Brilliant huh? KFC... Read Full Story

Following more than five years of intense campaigning, numerous undercover investigations, and over 12,000 demonstrations against KFC around the world, I'm happy to announce that KFC Canada will be making sweeping changes to the ways it raises and kills chickens slaughtered for its restaurants. KFC Canada agreed to this historic new animal welfare plan following seven months of closed-door negotiations with PETA. With today's announcement, the company plans to do the following: Phase in... Read Full Story

We’ve probably all heard or read the urban myth about Kentucky Fried Chicken - chickens raised in dark cages with bodies so large their legs can’t support them. Or even worse, the meat doesn’t actually come from birds but is somehow grown due to the magic of science. The truth couldn’t be more different or less shocking. I had the chance to meet KFC-destined chickens up close a few weeks ago while touring a chicken farm as part of efforts by the Ontario Farm Animal Council and AGCare to... Read Full Story