The Real Reason Why KFC Changed Its Name

A restaurant changing its name at the height of its popularity is a strange choice, but that's exactly what KFC did back in 1991. Of course, it wasn't a major change, as they simply went from Kentucky Fried Chicken to the shortened KFC, but there were all kinds of rumors about why they changed it. Did they not want people knowing it was fried? Were they secretly raising mutants that they couldn't legally call chickens? It may not be as weird as the mutant chickens theory, but the real reason is still pretty bizarre. Let's take a look at the real reason why KFC changed their name.