Chickens KFC denied 1008 times Bashny.Net

In 1955 when Harland Sanders retired at age 65, he could count on a modest pension of 105 dollars, your old car and their own special recipe of chicken. Sanders knew that he could not live on his pension, so he sat behind the wheel and went to offer his recipe for restaurant owners. Harland hoped that if his prescription buy, he will receive five cents for each sold chicken. The first restaurateur refused Sanders, as well as second and third, and hundredth and thousandth. The first 1008 appeals and calls have been unsuccessful. However, Harland continued to visit and phoning restaurateurs across the country, sleeping in his car.

He believed that the recipe will be recognized, and, therefore, continue to try to sell it. 1009 attempt was successful, he answered "yes." After two years of daily attempts Harland was able to conclude an agreement with five restaurants. By 1963, his recipe for chicken has sold 600 restaurants, and the recipe became associated with a network of Kentucky Fried Chicken, which is now known also in the CIS branded Rostik's. Although Sanders has become a multi-millionaire, he is up to his death in 1990, he was promoting KFC.

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