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12. Texas has changed its laws to make the state more and more "corporate friendly"

Wed Feb 19, 2025, 10:14 AM

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So you have this "exodus" of companies "loudly" picking up roots to move there.

And then a hurricane hits... or some tornadoes take out their corporate office parks... or a blue norther dips down and causes an overuse of power for heat, with summer doing the same with the need for air-conditioning, causing an overload of the grid not properly maintained by the profit-hungry utilities and...

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KFC is leaving its ancestral home as parent company moves its corporate office to Texas [View all] BumRushDaShow Wednesday OP

'Cause tx so much nicer than KY! elleng Wednesday #1

100 People In Corporate? modrepub Wednesday #2

I haven't eaten KFC in twenty years. Maybe in twenty years I will try again. twodogsbarking Wednesday #3

Gave it up Gak73 Wednesday #38

The not-so-secret ingredient, MSG. Not for me. twodogsbarking Wednesday #39

Pizza Hut corporate left Wichita for Texas probably 25-30 years ago Bengus81 Wednesday #4

But then Pizza Hut wasn't called "Kansas Pizza Hut" BumRushDaShow Wednesday #6

I thought it was more about a loss of good paying jobs. KFC won't be renamed TFC Bengus81 Wednesday #10

Texas has changed its laws to make the state more and more "corporate friendly" BumRushDaShow Wednesday #12

Church's Texas Chicken is HQ in Atlanta! Popeye's Louisiana Chicken is HQ in Miami. LeftInTX Wednesday #21

So far, Church's is still Church's here in Philly BumRushDaShow Wednesday #24

Hee, hee. I think they've gone out of business LeftInTX Thursday #54

Doesn't matter. Mawspam2 Wednesday #5

I would imagine that their base is mostly overseas at this point. Ursus Rex Wednesday #7

Oh yeah, the quality of these American corporate zorbasd Wednesday #29

Ridiculously over priced--at least where I live. Unaffordable........... Bengus81 Wednesday #11

It's not just them. Mosby Wednesday #17

Same here. But I always pre-order on the app. It's easier to find the best deals * Oopsie Daisy Wednesday #18

Very popular in Japan. It's considered a holiday tradition to eat KFC there. Akoto Wednesday #37

I have been to HQ in Kentucky multiple times Henry203 Wednesday #8

Corporate shite move. Also came with a return to office notice JCMach1 Wednesday #9

A whole new meaning to TFC. Wonder Why Wednesday #13

There is already a Texas Chicken. Church's Chicken rebranded as Church's Texas Chicken in the Americas. LeftInTX Wednesday #23

More reason to buy Popeye's chicken tonekat Wednesday #14

Too spicy for me. But popular around here... there's always a line. Oopsie Daisy Wednesday #16

Popeye's is HQ in Miami..LOL LeftInTX Wednesday #22

Publix Wifes husband Thursday #51

It will take me a long time to get accustomed to calling it TFC. Oopsie Daisy Wednesday #15

They're moving to the Measles State and all their dreams will come true! FSogol Wednesday #19

The Measles State - Ha Trust_Reality Wednesday #26

I am so proud to say I have not spent a dime in KFC for easily 25 years kimbutgar Wednesday #20

Locally broasted chicken is better Simeon Salus Wednesday #25

I'm in Northern VA, the Korean Fried Chicken is 100 times better. FSogol Wednesday #33

Louisville is in real trouble as a city Prairie Gates Wednesday #27

Kentucky bourbon (there are some distilleries there) BumRushDaShow Wednesday #32

Yeah, I was going to add bourbon tours Prairie Gates Wednesday #35

Well this is there (not far away from Louisville) BumRushDaShow Wednesday #40

Biggest piece of horsecrap. Ugly, stupid waste of resources wolfie001 Wednesday #46

The garbage they sell now has no relationship to what it originally was. The Mouth Wednesday #28

And the repubs bitch of states and cities with lost industry, jobs, and urban decay purr-rat beauty Wednesday #30

Because nothing sounds more yummy dweller Wednesday #31

Does Texas do anything other than bend over and present to corporate America? Basso8vb Wednesday #34

Heads up to Texas people bluestarone Wednesday #36

Texas Fried Chicken IronLionZion Wednesday #41

Won't miss it. My King Soopers does MUCH better fried chicken for MUCH niyad Wednesday #42

Ancestral? I thought that applied to living things ... live love laugh Wednesday #43

Well if your food starts doing this BumRushDaShow Wednesday #44

lol live love laugh Wednesday #47

Good to know. The last 15 years I've always looked at where products are made and refuse to buy anything made in TX ancianita Wednesday #45

Yum! Brands... LudwigPastorius Wednesday #48

Ran into a Church's Chicken not long ago. I'll I could think "they still exist?!" Xolodno Wednesday #49

When I grew up in the Philly area it was called Gino's BigmanPigman Thursday #50

I lived near a Gino's and had a bunch of birthday parties there BumRushDaShow Thursday #52

Ha! I love the tv commercials BigmanPigman Thursday #53

LOL BumRushDaShow Thursday #55