Difference between McDonalds and KFC

Posted By: Sm Adminon: January 29, 2016In: Business and Finance

McDonalds:
McDonalds is a fast food restaurant which serves hamburgers, cheeseburgers, chicken products, French fries, breakfast items, soft drinks, milkshakes and desserts. It is best known for hamburgers. It is founded by Richard and Maurice McDonald. It was established in 1940.
KFC:
KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) is the fast food restaurant which is popular for their fried chicken although they serve salads and French fries. It was established by Colonel Sanders in Corbin, Kentucky in 1952.
Differences:

Basis	McDonalds	KFC
Definition	Any service, organization, etc., likened to the McDonald’s chain in some respect, especially in operating in a highly efficient, standardized manner. (www.oxforddictionaries.com)	Any of a group of US ‘fast food’ restaurants selling pieces of specially fried chicken and other dishes. Their food is advertised as being ‘finger lickin’ good’. Colonel Harland D Sanders opened the first restaurant in 1952 and the KFC company, which is based in Louisville, Kentucky, has more than 11 000 restaurants in the US and other countries. (www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com)
Objectives/Purpose	Its purpose is to provide a return for their investors (to earn as much money as they can). In order to do this, they sell their product (fast food).	The company’s main goal is to provide good food for the customers that puts a smile on their faces, and makes then want to come back for more.
Main product	McDonald’s main product is hamburgers.	KFC’s main product is fried chicken.
Logo	McDonald’s logo is a large yellow ‘M’.	KFC’s is their original creator’s cartooned image.
Pronunciation	Eng (UK): /məkˈdɒnldz/ Eng (US): /məkˈdɒnldz/	Eng (UK): /keɪ/ f c Eng (US): /kā/ /ef/ /sē/
Advantages/Benefits	Its advantages are: Convenient Various choices	Its advantages are: tastes good it’s a popular place to go to good to drop in and out catchy name
Disadvantages	Its disadvantages are: Unhealthy amounts of sodium, fat and sugar Gives you heartburn Makes you gain weight You’re not always treated well, even if you weren’t doing anything to provoke it Sometimes you don’t get ketchup or sauces Sometimes order is messed up	Its disadvantages are: lots of salty products makes you obese if you eat it regular some chicken could not be cooked correctly could make people ill from under cooked chicken
Example in Sentence	We are going to McDonald’s. He works as an employee at McDonald’s.	I wanted to try the chicken fried of KFC. KFC is quite popular fastfood restaurant.