A great story published recently by the Guardian newspaper:
Saturday, 29 June 2013
KFC Croatia
Wracked by a brutal civil war less that 20 years ago, Croatia is slowly finding its feet. It's popularity amongst tourists grows year on year, yet one thing that hasn't developed at the speed the people would like is the number of KFC outlets in the country.
At the time of KFB's visit, this country of 4.2 million people all had to share just 1 KFC! To put this staggering fact into perspective, that's like us here in the UK having only 14 KFC's (thankfully we have closer to 800).
Things are however moving in the right direction with a further 2 branches having opened although still all in and around the capital, Zagreb.
The country itself is oddly shaped, with Zagreb in the north whilst some of the nations other largest cities Zadar, Split and Dubrovnik are all on the coast to the south. Some people would have to drive 375 miles to their closest branch, (and I moan about 10 miles).
The first branch, and one that KFB visited was in the Arena Centar, a few miles south of the city centre and less than one year old when we visited.
We opted for an Impressively named 'Grander' Burger that KFB have sampled in the past, and whilst it was good, it was clear that this was a country still learning how to produce the very best that the colonel has to offer (something which I'm always very happy to say, the UK has gone a long way towards achieving.)
The grander itself was a fillet, mayo, lettuce and toasted bun
Essentially this was a good effort and with the news that two further branches have opened in recent months, a sure sign of strides in the right direction!
http://www.croatiaweek.com/kfc-in-croatia-one-year-on/
And in case you were wondering, lack of KFC on a country can have serious effects on the population, in the town of Mostar in next door Bosnia, a country still not home to a single KFC, people were literally throwing themselves off bridges in depair!
At the time of KFB's visit, this country of 4.2 million people all had to share just 1 KFC! To put this staggering fact into perspective, that's like us here in the UK having only 14 KFC's (thankfully we have closer to 800).
Things are however moving in the right direction with a further 2 branches having opened although still all in and around the capital, Zagreb.
The country itself is oddly shaped, with Zagreb in the north whilst some of the nations other largest cities Zadar, Split and Dubrovnik are all on the coast to the south. Some people would have to drive 375 miles to their closest branch, (and I moan about 10 miles).
The first branch, and one that KFB visited was in the Arena Centar, a few miles south of the city centre and less than one year old when we visited.
The branch was obviously very recently built and so well appointed on a par with other western European outlets. Sadly as you may see from the picture it shared space in the food court with a McDonalds
We opted for an Impressively named 'Grander' Burger that KFB have sampled in the past, and whilst it was good, it was clear that this was a country still learning how to produce the very best that the colonel has to offer (something which I'm always very happy to say, the UK has gone a long way towards achieving.)
The grander itself was a fillet, mayo, lettuce and toasted bun
Essentially this was a good effort and with the news that two further branches have opened in recent months, a sure sign of strides in the right direction!
http://www.croatiaweek.com/kfc-in-croatia-one-year-on/
And in case you were wondering, lack of KFC on a country can have serious effects on the population, in the town of Mostar in next door Bosnia, a country still not home to a single KFC, people were literally throwing themselves off bridges in depair!
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