Rob..."Regarding KFC, they have been in Jamaica since 1975."

I'm sure you have read this or was told this, so I'm not disputing that, the year 1975 is indeed mentioned on the official KFC website. In fact however, Kentucky Fried Chicken operated in Kingston during the mid and late 1960's. The only reason I know this is because my mother (may she RIP) would stop on her way home from work from time to time to pick some up and we kids would be patiently waiting on the veranda for her to walk up carrying a bucket of chicken. Our very first exposure to fast food in Jamaica back in the day.

I did some checking and found this ...

"New Management for Kentucky Fried Chicken

In 1964 Sanders sold Kentucky Fried Chicken for $2 million and a per-year salary of $40,000 for public appearances; that salary later rose to $200,000. The offer came from an investor group headed by John Y. Brown, Jr. a 29-year-old graduate of the University of Kentucky law school, and Nashville financier John (Jack) Massey. A notable member of the investor group was Pete Harman, who had been the first to purchase Sanders's recipe 12 years earlier.

Under the agreement, Brown and Massey owned national and international franchise rights, excluding England, Florida, Utah, and Montana, which Sanders had already apportioned. Sanders would also maintain ownership of the Canadian franchises. The company subsequently acquired the rights to operations in England, Canada, and Florida. As chairman and CEO, Massey trained Brown for the job; meanwhile, Harland Sanders enjoyed his less hectic role as roving ambassador. In Business Week, Massey remarked: "He's the greatest PR man I have ever known."

Within three years, Brown and Massey had transformed the "loosely knit, one-man show ... into a smoothly run corporation with all the trappings of modern management," according to Business Week. Retail outlets reached all 50 states, plus Puerto Rico, Mexico, Japan, Jamaica, and the Bahamas. With 1,500 take-out stores and restaurants, Kentucky Fried Chicken ranked sixth in volume among food-service companies; it trailed such giants as Howard Johnson, but was ahead of McDonald's Corporation and International Dairy Queen."

Source...http://www.company-histories.com/KFC...y-History.html

Anyway, I just waned to set the record straight. Someone at KFC corporate needs to check their facts. LOL!