Yup. KFC has finally abandoned their stupid curry fried chicken idea and gone back to selling the good old Hot & Spicy. FINALLY.
I don’t get it. Why introduce a new recipe/dish and take down the old one that’s known to be popular? It just doesn’t make business sense. Sure, the curry fried chicken (or the previous tom-yam flavour experiment) might taste alright, but when I walk into an eating establishment that I’ve been going to since I was a small little girl (see profile picture on the right heehee), I’d like to have the same old stuff available. Such as my favourite Hot & Spicy fried chicken.
Wouldn’t it make more sense to introduce the curry (or tom-yam or whatever other flavour they think of next) fried chicken alongside the usual menu? Kinda like McDonalds. When they have a promotional set, it’ll be available alongside all the usual popular items on the menu. I can still get a good old Filet-O-Fish during Chinese New Year when McDs has their Prosperity Burger promotion. No one’s ever told me: “Sorry miss, tak de Filet. Got the all new xxx burger set. *big hopeful smile* U want?”
Isn’t that just simple common sense? You make money off customers who stick to the old popular favourites, while also raking in cash from those happy to try the new recipe. Voila! That translates to MORE money!!$!$!
Seems like really simple common sense to me. Don’t know what the KFC people were thinking.
But thank goodness Hot & Spicy is back! All this writing is making me hungry for some.
June 10th, 2005 at 4:55 am
I dont get it either. Why can’t they broaden their menu? Instead of having a either or situation, there is such a thing as AND ma…
June 10th, 2005 at 5:02 am
about time they brought it back. go, go, good old days!
June 10th, 2005 at 5:16 am
I am not working with or in KFC but I think I can answer that question on their behalf. They just don’t have the capacity to make and “store” three different recipe for the chicken. Notice most KFC outlets have only a small place to place their chickens and with 2 recipes it’s already full. Plus, cooking is also another problem which I believe they only have one pressure cooker and they can only cook one recipe at a time (ie: either the OR or Hot & Spicy). So to introduce the new flavour, they have to pull down one of the existing one and since Hot & Spicy came close to the same flavour as Curry and/or Tom Yam, that was the chosen one.
BTW, i wondered bout this long time ago since they introduced the Tom Yam and I asked one of the managers in KFC. that’s how I knew
June 10th, 2005 at 7:03 am
Kenneth: woah, now that’s an enlightenment!!!
June 10th, 2005 at 7:58 am
heya everyone.
haha yeah I kinda suspect it might be that reason. but at the expense of steady profit from Hot & Spicy? still doesn’t make sense.
Heh, I’m just complaining ‘coz I waited a long time for them to bring back hot & spicy..
June 10th, 2005 at 8:17 am
One thing I wonder too that why most KFC lights are dimmed compared to the other like Mc. D.
The curry has to be demolished now. Too oily and salty. hoho
June 10th, 2005 at 11:01 am
Tsewei!!!!
A Fellow Fan of TERRY PRATCHETT!!!
I got like 10+ books of his. The only books i read now. Oh wait. 10+ beFORE losing my luggage. *FUME*
June 10th, 2005 at 6:08 pm
yayyyyyyyyyy!!!!
June 10th, 2005 at 9:06 pm
Hah, guess what, NZ KFC just took down their famous crispy chicken ( no hot & spicy chicken here la)a few months ago. So now only have stupid original KFC chicken. Like as if its SoooOO much work to make 2 types of chicken receipe. Curse them !@#$%^&*
June 11th, 2005 at 4:09 am
Greenlamb: yeah Terry Pratchett rocks! I just started on ‘Going Postal’. Anyway, go complain and pester the MAS ppl endlessly, and make sure they do smthg! this is terrible! they can’t just lose ur luggage then say “sorry dunno where it is wor”. Insist that they locate it. could be still in taiwan (meaning they’re stupid enuf to leave it there).
June 13th, 2005 at 1:13 am
Does this mean CC is gone? NOOOOOOO!!!!!
June 27th, 2005 at 11:43 am
Well, after all these years, I still like the Original
However, it’s not as nice as it used to be 20yrs ago any more…
, KFC shd just concentrate working better on this one and Hot n Spicy instead of coming out with all those funny tastes
June 28th, 2005 at 1:36 am
Hmmm, come to think of it, have been avoiding KFC for years..
mainly cause the KFC at my place in Shah Alam serves soggy fries and they dont have yummy & cold desserts like McFlurry Oreo or any good ice creams for that matter, only those luke-warm apple pies and over priced Cup ice-creams, which i can get for RM0.90 from the pakcik vendor, staying down my flat…
now dah-ling, you have brought back my KFC cravings…*salivate*… my old time favourite, batter-covered, Hot and Spicy chicken, HERE I COME!
July 9th, 2005 at 4:14 am
I just prefer the ORIGINAL flavour… still always the best!
July 13th, 2005 at 10:24 pm
i was so happy with the HOT N SPICY !! Yippee…its like i was saboed exam time had the useless curry one which suxed, in my opinion. But yeah why can’t they have both?? Its all fast food anyway what diff does it make ?