KFC to move its headquarters out of Kentucky into Texas

Kentucky Fried Chicken will no longer be headquartered in its namesake state but will instead call Plano, Texas, its home base.

Some 200 employees will relocate to Texas over the next six months after living and working in Louisville, Kentucky. This will move the company from the home state of its founder, Harland Sanders, affectionally named Colonel Sanders.

Parent company Yum! Brands will also require remote workers to begin in-office work in the...