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387 - Colonel Sanders

Do Go On

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The Story of a KFC Owner

In 1941, his Asheville location was closed due to the impacts of rationing during World War II. He divorced his first wife, Josephine, in 1947. Sanders met Pete Harmon, an owner of a small restaurant in Salt Lake City and they went on to open their Kentucky Fried Chicken there. But it wasn't a smooth journey to KFC success. Beck realized she had been writing this report for so long and the KFC restaurants did not exist yet.

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