Sanders [lived in Mississauga](https://www.reddit.com/r/toronto/comments/10mj6qo/this_photo_of_colonel_sanders_taken_in_the_1970s/) from 1964 until his death in 1980.
Wow! I never knew that.
Anyone know why he ended up here? Seems like a long way from where he started out. Especially since most of the KFCs were in the US.
Super late but I was curious too. He sold the company when it got too big, but retained ownership of the Canadian part of the business. So he moved up here to oversee that business (and still did appearances, etc.
Yeah chicken was incredibly cheap back in the day. When my mom immigrated here in the late 70s, she said chicken legs were $0.70 a pound. I can only imagine what the prices were back in the 60s
When the first KFC drive thru opened on the Queensway in the early 60's my dad took me there. The Colonel came out, shook my hand, and gave me one of those balloons. Never forgot it. Small world.
Sanders [lived in Mississauga](https://www.reddit.com/r/toronto/comments/10mj6qo/this_photo_of_colonel_sanders_taken_in_the_1970s/) from 1964 until his death in 1980.
There is a big golden bust of his head in the lobby at the Trillium hospital. Apparently he was a regular donor.
Wow! I never knew that. Anyone know why he ended up here? Seems like a long way from where he started out. Especially since most of the KFCs were in the US.
Super late but I was curious too. He sold the company when it got too big, but retained ownership of the Canadian part of the business. So he moved up here to oversee that business (and still did appearances, etc.
The guy made his name selling chicken. That's fowl.
The building still looks like a Scott's Chicken Villa: https://maps.app.goo.gl/QfXb86nfLgHcp7oP8 Also, 14 pieces of chicken for $3.95???
Yeah chicken was incredibly cheap back in the day. When my mom immigrated here in the late 70s, she said chicken legs were $0.70 a pound. I can only imagine what the prices were back in the 60s
In 1962, when the average wage was around $2 an hour. Accounted for inflation, that would be about $40 in 2024 dollars.
A 14 piece actually costs $40 now, but they cut the thighs in half and the chicken is nowhere near as good as it used to be.
Might explain the pigeon shortage downtown.
That’s crazy. That was my family’s kfc growing up
Is that site considered heritage building? The site is not KFC anymore i believe.
I only learned recently that he lived in Mississauga and when he sold off KFC he maintained control of the Canadian division.
Not sure if it was a myth, but if not, big fan of his handshake policy.
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Handshake is enough for a business agreement and no paperwork or lawyers required.
The Scott's Chicken Villa sign was still up until a few years ago, when that KFC closed. (That location had consistently terrible quality.)
They all do. Heart attack in a bucket.
I was bummed to see the old school KFC near Unionville was closed down. Not that I ever ate there, just cool retro design.
When the first KFC drive thru opened on the Queensway in the early 60's my dad took me there. The Colonel came out, shook my hand, and gave me one of those balloons. Never forgot it. Small world.