FCK, we're sorry: KFC wins over customers with humorous newspaper apology for chicken shortage
KFC fans are flocking to forgive the fast food chain for its epic chicken shortage – and it’s all thanks to some genius PR.
The beleaguered company, which has had a shocking week thanks to supply difficulties that meant hundreds of branches across the country were unable to open, responded in style with an epic ad placed in today’s papers.
Featuring an empty bucket with the cunningly adapted branding ‘FCK’, it followed up with an amusing apology that’s had KFC fans craving their next chicken fix.
The ad said: “We’re sorry. A chicken restaurant without any chicken. It’s not ideal. Huge apologies to our customers, especially those who travelled out of their way to find we were closed.
“And endless thanks to our KFC team members and our franchise partners for working tirelessly to improve the situation, It’s been a hell of a week, but we’re making progress, and every day more and more fresh chicken is being delivered to our restaurants. Thank you for bearing with us.”
Twitter users praised the brand’s marketing, with one dubbing it “the best ad of the year”.
If KFC's operations team where half as good as their marketing team, the chicken crisis would never have happened. pic.twitter.com/TrhVJCuPGd
— Paul Wellman (@PaulWellman_EG) February 23, 2018
Nice response. Still suspicious this has been a great marketing stunt. EVERYONE wants to eat KFC this week!
— Anthony Gay (@anthonygay) February 23, 2018
Hands down, best ad of the year so far! Great stuff @kfc_uki @kfc #KFC #FCK #PerfectForDOOH #ActuallyReactive #Advertising https://t.co/dxsStOkgPT pic.twitter.com/O3PS4snwIu
— Steven Dennison (@stevendennison) February 23, 2018
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This marks a positive turn for KFC, which was plunged into crisis last week when it switched supplier from Bidvest Logistics to DHL.
At the worst point, more that 500 of the chain’s nearly 900 restaurants were closed.