Chicken McNuggets

During the 1970s, chicken consumption had greatly increased in the United States, largely due to fast food chains such as Kentucky Fried Chicken, Chicken Delight and Church’s Chicken.

Chicken McNuggets were introduced nationwide by the end of 1983. Within one month of their launch, the McDonald’s corporation had become the largest purchaser of chicken in the United States, surpassed only by KFC.

McNuggets as they commonly known are small pieces of formless chicken that have been battered and deep fried. It took six months for McDonald to develop McNuggets, small pieces of reconstituted chicken held together by stabilizers that were bread, fried, frozen and shipped to the outlet, where they were reheated.

They were cooked in beef tallow, like McDonald’s fries. The chain soon switched to vegetable oil, adding ‘beef extract’ to McNuggets during the manufacturing process in order to retain their familiar taste.

McDonald’s contracted with Tyson Foods to maintain an adequate supply of chicken. When Chicken McNuggets debuted in 1983, they were an immediate success.

The Chicken McNuggets, French fries and barbecue sauce with a toy prize is one of the specialty meals for children at McDonalds.

In 1980, most chickens were sold whole, today about 90 percent of chickens sold in United States have been cut onto pieces to produce outlets or nuggets.
Chicken McNuggets

Kenny Rogers Roasters

John Y. Brown, Jr, who also owned KFC from 1964 to 1971 joined with Kenny Rogers, country music entertainer, in 1991 to create Kenny Rogers Roasters.

They had their owned secret marinade and used a rotisserie, called the Kenny Roasters system. Kenny Rogers Roasters chain grew up to 250 outlets in just three years, building on the country-western singer’s persona, but also featuring ‘non-fried’ chicken.

The company also introduced roast turkey in its South Florida stores.

In 1995, Kenny Rogers Roasters and Boston Market were locked in fierce argument over which of them served the learner roast chicken.

Kenny Rogers claimed that a skinless portion of its white-meat chicken had only 0.6 grams of statured fat per ounce, or just over half of Boston’s, which has 1.09 grams.

In 1998, the company went through a restructuring that ended in the acquisition of Kenny Rogers Roasters by Nathan’s Famous, Inc. on April 1, 1999.

Currently Kenny Rogers Roasters owned by Malaysian Berjaya Group.
Kenny Rogers Roasters