KFC apologizes for “free chicken” debacle
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KFC apologizes for “free chicken” debacle

May 7, 2009 – 10:09 pm – No Comment

Earlier this week there was a promotion happening where you could print out a coupon from KFC for a free 2 piece grilled chicken meal.

Yesterday, due to the overwhelming response, many restaurants stopped giving the chicken away for free. And today the president of KFC issued an announcement on YouTube of all places apologizing for the inconvenience and says that KFC will be issuing a rain check for anyone who has a coupon and was not able to redeem it.



I find it amusing that KFC couldn’t handle the response and called it overwhelming. When you give away food for free, of course there will be an overwhelming response. If the promotion was going to happen, it should have been handled better. Perhaps now they’ll know better.

If nothing else, KFC should have taken a page from Quiznos when it tried to give away a “million subs” in February.

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