The Story Behind KFC’s Founder Shooting His Competitor

KFC’s founder and mascot, Harland Sanders, nicknamed “The Colonel,” had a restaurant in Corbin, Kentucky, before perfecting his fried chicken recipe and creating a fried chicken empire. He was running a gas station.

But what’s happening in this quiet town isn’t just about Sanders’ delicious taste. It wasn’t just their fried chicken.

Harland Sanders was using various signs to attract more customers to the gas station he was operating in those years.

It started in 1929 and affected the whole of America. In the years of economic crisis Life was really hard for everyone.

Sanders, who was running a Shell gas station at the time, also moved to various parts of the region to protect his business from the economic crisis. He was placing signs.

Undoubtedly, it was not the only one in the market and these signs brought about an intense competition.

An individual named Matt Stewart also owned the nearby Standard Oil station and had signs advertising Sanders. was undermining his work.

The situation continued like this for a while, Sanders placing signs, Steward somehow It was destroying.

In fact, this ad of Sanders, who one day wrote on a concrete wall to direct vehicles to his gas station, was painted by Stewart as tar-like. almost impossible to remove It was closed with a clause.

This caused tensions to rise between Sanders and Stewart.

After his ad was covered up the two confronted But things got even more heated.

In fact, according to Sanders’ biography, the two men “I’m going to blow your fucking head off.” saying threats They were swinging.

Later, Steward once again sabotaged Sanders’ ad and the inevitable end approached!

After news reached Sanders that Stewart had repainted his sign once again, Sanders Shell regional manager Robert Gibson and auditor Carlyle Shelbourne He took Stweart with him and went to catch Stweart red-handed.

They caught Stewart painting the sign and tensions rose. Although it is unclear who fired the first shot in the ensuing brawl, guns were fired.

As a result of the conflict, Shell regional manager Gibson was shot and killed. he lost his life. Stewart was injured and faces murder charges.

Harland Sanders, on the other hand, emerged from this incident almost unscathed. made for him charges dropped and Sanders returned to the Shell station where he first started selling fried chicken.

You already know what happens next. Sanders’ entrepreneurial spirit showed itself even more and The foundations of KFC’s rise are being laid started…

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