Claudia Sanders, The Colonel’s Lady
A better description of The Colonel’s Lady, Claudia Sanders, would be “the restaurant franchise that never was.” Founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken Harlan Sanders had sold his stock in the company by the mid-1960s (but he retained his spokesman role). Sanders and his wife then launched a sit-down restaurant, Claudia Sanders, The Colonel’s Lady, which featured Sanders’ chicken and was named after Sanders’ wife. A lawsuit was filed against them by KFC’s owners when they were contemplating expanding the business into other locations. Finally, both sides struck an agreement that permitted the Sanders family to continue selling chicken in Shelbyville, Kentucky. Even now, this eatery is still in business.
Claudia Sanders
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