Kentucky Fried Chicken is about to leave Kentucky as its owner, Yum! Brands said it would be leaving the state and opening two new brand headquarters in other states.

Kentucky is losing a piece of its identity as Kentucky Fried Chicken, known these days as just KFC, decamps to Texas nearly a century after its founder began serving his childhood favorite at a

KFC is taking the Kentucky out of Kentucky Fried Chicken. The fried chicken chain is officially moving to Texas. Its owner, Yum! Brands, which is also parent to Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and Habit Burger & Grill,

Pizza Hut, KFC’s sister brand, already has its HQ in Plano, where KFC will be run. KFC started in a motel in a small town in Kentucky 95 years ago and continued its operations in the Bluegrass State.