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10:26 pm EDT
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KFC food

Today my wife and i purchased 2 meals at the location on Beach Blvd. Jax.Fl and about 3 hours later became ill with food poisoning symptoms.I want to know how to get my money back and to pursue legal action for the suffering we have had to endure for this entire night. Avoid this place at all cost.The employees were all gathered in the parking lot when we drove up which is probably why the food was ill prepared

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Update by Jimmy 5
Mar 17, 2018 10:55 am EDT

Second of all nobody asked you.No one said it was food poisoning but like symptoms and i have already seen the doctor as my wife has also and this was the only place we ate the exact same thing so perhaps you should know what you are talking about before you try and put in your two cents worth . You dont even know what time i was there so how could you know anyone was on break for that matter and truly this complaint was none of your business i have already reported this incident to the Fl Health Dept.who assures me that indeed temperature abuse of uncooked cold foods can make you ill within hours and the doctors agreed on this as well so maybe you need to research how to stay out of grown folks business.

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KFC cleanliness/sanitary conditionz8

I've been going to kfc in banning for years n it's gotten bad over the yrs and I believe it's management not enforcing rules. The dining area is disgisting..how can it be dirty every time I walk in? Every table is dirty and nowhere to sit. Completely ridiculous! Then all I hear is employees talking and laughing very loud being very inappropriate at work when they could be cleaning. The floor in front of the drink machine is always wet and I've slipped a couple of times n they just add the Wet floor sign. All the floors are disgusting and window sills are so gross. I'm sitting next to one right now and it's covered in dried food smears. RESTROOMS omg beyond disgusting. Marco the manager needs to get it together and his team needs to be taught profesionalism in the work place.

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10:39 am EDT
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KFC availability of food items that you sell

Numerous dates... This KFC at this location always is out of everything, does not have pot pies, chicken sandwiches, etc etc. on any given day. This location apparently is the problem, because it is at 3025 Florida Ave South Lakeland, FL 33803, but I can go to the Northside and they are fine.

staff is also rude at this location... I will not go back twice within 7 days and we have no pot pies. over it

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10:22 am EDT

KFC service

I am very disappointed with the service we received last night! It took 1/2 hour to receive 3 simple chicken dinners! The staff was rude and the restaurant was dirty. There was no ice in the soda machine either. When I called the store this morning all the manager on duty said is she is sorry but they were busy...there were only 2 other people ahead of us. Needless to say...we will not return to this location nor will my family! I think some sort of compensation is due to this extremely poor service.

Date 3/14/18
Ticket # 4881

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1:30 pm EDT

KFC service

Never having product
Everytime i go to this store tbey never have the chicken pot pies and i have been there several times a week in the afternoon. Are evenings it just don't make since. If your not going to sell the product
Why don't you just take it off the menu
There are others that have the same complaint. And the attitude of some of your workers are very offensive.

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6:28 pm EDT
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KFC your flavors of the south $4.99 meal was horrible.

I purchased my product today from Kentucky Fried Chicken on 3rd street, in Chattanooga, Tennessee 37404 on 3/13/2018 at 2:00 P. M. The numbers on my receipt associated with the restaurant are K365008 2 192 1762. I purchased the Flavors of the sauce 3 piece hot chicken Tender Basket. It was sitting in so much oil, I poured it off and there was at least 1/8 of a cup of oil that it was floating in. The biscuit was wrapped in paper and it wasn't a biscuit but a roll. The oil got all over the paper the roll was wrapped in. Before I could eat it, I had to take a bowl and pour the oil off. It was still very oily and unappetizing, this can't be healthy for anyone buying this product. I won't ever purchase this particular item again. Below are pictures of the oil that my chicken was in, this is minus the oil that I had to blot from the chicken tenders with paper towels. This was a waste of money.

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Summit Environmental
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Jun 11, 2018 3:43 pm EDT

My too was like that, and didnt even have any flavor to it and so soaked couldn't eat it. the nastiest food I think I have ever tried to eat or seen especially for the Price. I can go to the Olive garden and pay the same price for a meal that includes a unlimited salad & bread sticks.. Will never eat there again. Sad cause I used to love KFC growing up.. Tried to upload pictures of my meal but the site wouldnt upload them

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5:21 pm EDT

KFC customer service

Me and my husband walked in to kfc on douglas ave in racine wi, at 5:00 pm on sunday the 11th. We were not greeted at all instead one of the girls was looking at her phone. Another girl was laughing looked at us and walked away. Than a guy walked by us giggling also playing around... Not one person noticed us. Than finally the manager walked out eating something than turned around because she finally saw us, i'm sure she didn't want us to see her chewing her food. Still not one person not even the manager greeted or helped us. Playing on phones and eating is more important than customer service or making the business money. So me and my husband turned around and walked out to spend our money at a place that wants it! Such horrible customer service i'm very disappointed in that manager running that shift.

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1:53 am EST

KFC team member on influence while working

I went to the kfc on Guadalupe street and they made me park. As I was park 4 employees came outside each at a different time but never to give me my order. They would go just to smoke. Something should be done. The team member Carlos, Alexis, Evelin, and April where all smoking while delivering orders. They shouldn't be allowed to be smoking marijuana so they should get fired or do something about it. The car behind me was offered marijuana by the employee Carlos. And I know he offered him since he was talking loud and I had my window down

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8:19 pm EST

KFC never have items on the menu

This is the third time in the last 3 weeks that KFC has told me that they had no white meat and when they do have it, it is never cooked and I'm told it will be 20 minutes and do I want to wait for it. In addition to not having white meat, I'm also told that they are either out of biscuits or I will have to wait for those to cook as well. My husband and I usually love eating here but because of this we are taking our business elsewhere.

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8:12 am EST

KFC gizzards & livers not available

Kfc in newport, tn stopped having gizzards some time ago, so ok I was not happy but what can you do? Then I went last week to get livers and guess what they stopped having livers too! Why why why? I am not happy about this decision they have made and why why? Kfc has been known to serve chicken and that means all parts of the chicken... Right? I am a gizzard and liver lover not legs, wings or thighs. Please re-consider this decision... My whole family is disappointed in kfc. What would the colonel say?

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7:41 pm EST
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KFC food poisoning

On Wednesday February 28th 2018 my wife and I were readying ourselves for an out of town guest arriving at 5 A.M on a "red eye " from Los Angeles to Philadelphia. Rather than cook dinner we decided to get take out from K.F.C on Delsea Drive in Vineland, New Jersey. I am approximating the time at about 5 P.M. It can be verified since I used a credit card to pay for our dinner. One thing I purchased along with the usual Chicken, mash etc was the new B.B.Q dinner. We are elderly and my wife had eaten a light breakfast of crackers and coffee, I had a bowl of oatmeal and had consumed nothing else until we purchased KFC for dinner. When we got home we shared the new BBQ chicken meal along with the rest of the food. Within a few hours we were both nauseous and throwing up. It was accompanied by uncontrollable diarrhea. This continued all night long at 3:45 in the morning I drove to the airport with a bucket I used along the way. I really had no choice. Upon arriving home I found my wife had virtually exploded in her bathroom and was unable to control the vomiting or diahhera. My guest went to a hotel and we spent the next 24 hours in bed. It took a day and a half for us to be able to function. I recovered more quickly than did my wife. She was not able to function until the 4th. I tried to contact the health department so they could take steps to warn the company. Our bathrooms are truly a mess and we will bring in help to get them in some semblance of order. I would like to add one footnote... I have been a restaurant operator and owner for almost 40 years. I am not sure what I might want other than a refund and restitution payment for the bathrooms cleaning. I do have photos (rather disgusting) but I will send them to you if you wish. My wife said she will never eat chicken again. I appreciate your attention to this matter and look forward to hearing from you. Girard Brentari

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9:38 pm EST
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KFC no white meat; waited for 20 mins not happy

hi my name is joe lacour! I was in Pineville, la around 7:10 and said to myself I wanted some Kentucky fried chicken! so I stop by the one on hwy 28 in Pineville, la! one person was ahead of me and I waited for about 20 mins to place my order! well it was my turn and I ask for a 3 piece white with two cream potatoes and gravy and the person waiting on me said they do not have any white meat! I could not believe this at around 7:25 after waiting no white meat! that's not good business! I need some answers on this issue! email [protected]@aol.com or [protected]! thanks joe

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Mar 05, 2018 1:27 pm EST

Dude, calm down with the exclamation marks.

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8:59 pm EST
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KFC wait time & staffing

Hello,

My family and I live in the neighborhood of this KFC and have gone to this restaurant location for over 30 years.

1395 Stanwood Drive
San Jose, CA 95118

It never fails...it's Sunday night at 6:15pm and there are only 2 people behind the counter and 10 customers in line waiting to place orders. There were 2 additional employees pushing brooms and then left. The wait time was over 30 minutes for a single bucket of chicken. Not even a meal.

So many times we have purchased dinner here and it's the same story. I continue to be disappointed with KFC. We stop for months then try it again and nope. Nothing ever changes. I hope all your locations do not have the same issues.

Thank you

Carole Hendrix
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[protected]@yahoo.com

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KFC drive through

KFC Corporate Office & Headquarters
1900 Colonel Sanders Lane
Louisville, KY 40213

Drive through experience on 2/28/18, 21:00 pm., 7245 E Golf Links Road, Tucson, AZ 85730

We tried for 30 minutes to phone in our order because the hot wings bucket is a special order and takes 9-10 minutes. No one answered the phone.

We arrived at the drive through and there was one car exiting the drive thru. But when I asked why they were not answering their phone I was told their phone never rang. But it is the same number I always use to place my order.
Then I am told it will 9 minutes to cook. When asked if there was anything else, I said yes a discount for having to wait because they did not answer their phone. I was then told it would take 18 minutes for the wings.
When I asked for corporates number she said she did not have it and that it was on the receipt. So I asked to buy a small coleslaw so I could get their number. The teller continued to talk about how it would not do any good to call. I them told her to shut up and sell me the coleslaw.
She then told me she refused to serve us. I pulled up to the take out window and that person told me if he had a line of cars he would not answer the phone. Not that it did not ring! I said we wanted to order a small coleslaw and then was told that the manager told him not to serve us.
I then turned off the ignition and said that no one would get thru the drive thru until they served us. They threatened to call the cops and I said go ahead. Then I decided I had over reacted and we drove away.
We took our business to eggees and a male from KFC followed us over there, said he was the manager, and wanted to get our license number so the cops would come to our house. He actually pulled up his shirt to show his chest and said my husband was messing with the wrong boy. My husband is over 67 and disabled. Now who is overacting! The male ?manager? created such a scene at eggees that the cashier stopped taking my order so they could observer what was happening in the parking lot.

I have been a loyal customer of KFC for almost 30 years and have put up with bad service and broken equipment from this KFC. The only reason I stop at his KFC is because Popeyes quit selling hot wings.
However, this is the last straw. You have lost my business forever. After I calm down I will decide whether to post this on Facebook.
Please educate your managers in how to deal with the public. This whole situation could have been diffused if the manager had been truthful when we first placed our order.
If you want my phone number or address I will gladly provide it. I tried to post his feedback on the corporate website under contact us - pissed off customer reviews but keep getting a message that the website is not working and try again later.
Please have the decency to respond.

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8:34 am EST

KFC survey

On January 25th, 2018 I went to the KFC store on the Santa Rosaweg in Curacao.

The waitresses attended my well but there was one thing that you should take notice of.
The client on-line survey is being done by the waitresses instead of the clients.
They "borrow" your phone to help but they fill in the survey themselves.
When the survey is done the clients are given extra chicken.
I have seen this done to all the clients that were ordering there.
Needless to say the surveys coming from here are not really trustworthy and I suggest to perform some undercover shopping being done here in Curacao. I haven't been at other KFC stores in Curacao but it is most likely that this will also take place at other stores.

Again, my experience was good at this store but I feel I should mention this to you since I don't think it is completely honest from the part of the employees and KFC should know the truth.

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2:50 pm EST

KFC customer service

I visited the location to give it another try, because pass experiences ranges for slow ordering, no product available at the time. Being told no product would be available because they were threw cooking for the night with hours left before closing. I feel as though if a location isn't closing until 10:00, and I visit at 7:00 there is no way nothing else should be cooked. I love KFC and their products but this location in Magnolia, Arkansas is a total disappointment and needs to be checked out and something done about it. From ownership, management to cooks, and cashiers someone needs to train them in good customer service.

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KFC use of credit card machine

using a credit/ debit card to pay for my purchase, prompted to enter pin number. told cashier that it was credit, not debit. re put card in, still prompted for pin number. she said if it was over certain amount, had to put in pin. never heard of that before. i reluctantly did. i do not like putting my pin number in anything out in public where anybody could be watching. either she doesn't understand or machine is programmed wrong. i am very cautious when it comes to personal information. ticket #4598. i would like to know the cause for this. i can be contacted at email, [protected]@hotmail.com

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11:37 pm EST

KFC food quality

I am a great kfc customer, I'm a junk food junky lol every time I go to this store my order along with others is constantly being stuffed around, I ordered the family meal to receive cold half filled chips and missing a box of them at that we ordered hot and spicy to yet again get original, nothing is ever fresh or is ever served right ... I went in a second time this week to order a ultimate box with spicy wings to get a piece of original .. think I might head to maccas next time .

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1:26 pm EST

KFC your store not supplying what they should have

Your store in Bradley Stoke reopened today with no chips and carried on serving meals without chips and charging full price for them no real apology just we have no chips or buns so we ended up paying £9.98 for 8 fillets and cooked chips at home for the kids I am not sure who to contact you or trading standards about this you were shut all week with your we'll published problems and then opened with no chips which is bad enough but carry on charging full price and thinking people will be happy with that I paid it so we could get home because we had to go out and my wife was working we were late to were we were going has I had to cook chips at home so if you could let me know what can be done about it so I don't need to contact any one else with this
Thanks Gary millard

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KFC company worker

went thru the drive thru placed my order which was fine, when i got up to the window i asked if she could add on a large soda, she shook her head "no" said there were cars behind me and that she could not add that on. unreal. never ever to eat that crap again. to many better fried chicken places around who would be willing to add on something without any problems

thank you

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KFC Customer Reviews Overview

KFC, also known as Kentucky Fried Chicken, is a popular fast-food chain that specializes in fried chicken. The restaurant has received a significant number of reviews from customers, and the majority of them are positive.

One of the most significant positive points of KFC is the taste of their fried chicken. Customers have praised the restaurant for its delicious and crispy chicken, which is seasoned with a unique blend of herbs and spices. The restaurant also offers a variety of sides, including mashed potatoes, coleslaw, and biscuits, which have also received positive reviews.

Another positive point of KFC is its affordability. Customers have noted that the restaurant offers a good value for the price, with many menu items being reasonably priced. The restaurant also frequently offers deals and promotions, which customers appreciate.

KFC's customer service has also received positive reviews. Customers have noted that the staff is friendly and helpful, and that orders are typically prepared quickly and accurately. The restaurant's cleanliness and hygiene have also been praised by customers.

Overall, KFC has received mostly positive reviews from customers. The restaurant's delicious fried chicken, affordability, and excellent customer service are among its most significant strengths.

KFC In-depth Review

Menu Variety:

KFC offers a wide range of chicken options to cater to different preferences. From classic fried chicken to grilled and spicy options, there is something for everyone. Additionally, they also provide vegetarian and vegan alternatives, ensuring that all customers can enjoy a meal at KFC. The menu also includes a variety of side dishes and desserts to complement the main course.

Food Quality:

KFC prides itself on the freshness of its ingredients. The chicken is always cooked to perfection, with a delicious taste and flavor that keeps customers coming back for more. The quality of the side dishes, such as mashed potatoes and coleslaw, is also commendable, adding to the overall dining experience.

Service Efficiency:

KFC is known for its speedy service, ensuring that customers get their orders in a timely manner. The staff is trained to handle orders accurately, minimizing any mistakes or mix-ups. Moreover, the friendly and welcoming attitude of the staff adds to the positive experience at KFC.

Cleanliness and Hygiene:

The dining area at KFC is always kept clean and tidy, providing a pleasant environment for customers to enjoy their meals. The food preparation practices follow strict sanitary guidelines, ensuring the safety and hygiene of the food. The restrooms are well-maintained, reflecting the commitment to cleanliness.

Pricing and Value for Money:

KFC offers affordable menu items, making it accessible to a wide range of customers. The portion sizes are generous, providing value for money. Additionally, KFC frequently offers special offers and promotions, allowing customers to enjoy their favorite meals at discounted prices.

Accessibility:

KFC has numerous locations, making it convenient for customers to find a nearby restaurant. They also provide drive-thru and delivery options, ensuring that customers can enjoy their favorite KFC meals from the comfort of their homes. Furthermore, KFC accommodates individuals with disabilities, ensuring that everyone can have a seamless dining experience.

Customer Experience:

The overall satisfaction of customers at KFC is high. While there may be occasional waiting times during peak hours, the efficient service and delicious food make up for it. In the rare event of any complaints or issues, KFC handles them promptly and strives to resolve them to the customer's satisfaction.

Environmental Responsibility:

KFC is committed to sustainable sourcing of ingredients, ensuring that they are obtained responsibly and ethically. They also prioritize recycling and waste management practices, minimizing their environmental impact. Efforts to reduce their carbon footprint are evident in their operations, making KFC a responsible choice for environmentally conscious customers.

Online Presence:

KFC has a user-friendly website that provides all the necessary information about their menu, locations, and promotions. They also have a mobile app available for convenient ordering and tracking of deliveries. Online ordering and delivery options make it easy for customers to enjoy KFC's delicious food at their convenience.

Community Involvement:

KFC actively engages with the local community through sponsorships and partnerships with local organizations. They also contribute to charitable causes, supporting initiatives that make a positive impact. KFC's involvement in the community showcases their commitment to giving back and being a responsible corporate citizen.

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3. Writing the title: In the 'Complaint Title' field, concisely summarize the main issue you have encountered with KFC. Make it specific and clear, such as "Incorrect Order at KFC Downtown Branch" or "Poor Customer Service at KFC on Main Street".

4. Detailing the experience: In the complaint description, provide a detailed account of your experience. Mention the location and date of the incident, the nature of the problem (e.g., food quality, hygiene, customer service), and any specific details like order number or employee names if relevant. Describe any communication you've had with KFC staff and the outcome. If you attempted to resolve the issue, include those steps and KFC's response. Explain how this experience has personally affected you, such as causing inconvenience, health issues, or financial loss.

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