Why does KFC only follow 11 accounts on X, and 5 of them are the Spice Girls?

A legendary company's connection with the Spice Girls
More than 20,000 restaurants
Mass following on social media
KFC barely follows anyone
Six men named Herb
No relationship between them
Everything has an explanation
The story begins in 1939
11 ingredients
6
6 Herbs and 5 Spice Girls
Great sense of humor
The tweeter who discovered it
One of the great mysteries of humanity
KFC's Answer: Legendary
A custom frame
A legendary company's connection with the Spice Girls

Kentucky Fried Chicken is a long-established brand. In September 1952, KFC opened its first franchise in Salt Lake City (Utah).

More than 20,000 restaurants

More than 70 years later, KFC has more than 20,000 restaurants in more than 125 countries around the world.

Mass following on social media

Obviously, the popular restaurant's social media accounts have many followers. Its X (Twitter) account is followed by more than 1.6 million tweeters.

KFC barely follows anyone

Interestingly, KFC is not one to follow many other accounts. In fact, KFC's Twitter (X) only follows 11 people. Five of them are members of the Spice Girls!

Six men named Herb

The other six? No celebrities at all, but six random guys with one thing in common: they are all called Herb.

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No relationship between them

None of the Herbs are related to each other. They range from a journalist to a singer and a politician in Los Angeles. Thanks to KFC, each of them got a verified Twitter (X) account.

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Everything has an explanation

Obviously, behind this strategy, there must be a hidden message.  Many fans of KFC's chicken have already figured it out.

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The story begins in 1939

It all dates back to 1939 when Harland D. Sanders started making crispy chicken at a restaurant in North Corbin, Kentucky.

11 ingredients

The recipe Harland D. Sanders used for his crispy chicken consisted of 11 ingredients.

6 "Herbs" and 5 "Spices"

These ingredients consisted of six "Herbs" and five "Spices." They made up a secret recipe for breading chicken that, more than 80 years later, continues to delight fast food lovers across the world.

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6 Herbs and 5 Spice Girls

And here is the explanation of the accounts followed by KFC. The five 'Spice Girls' symbolize the five spices and the six Herbs are the six herbs in the recipe. Absolutely wonderful.

Great sense of humor

KFC's sense of humor and capacity for innovation is to be applauded. But it does not end there.

The tweeter who discovered it

It was one fan in particular who noticed this curious KFC tweeting strategy. He tweeted under the handle Edgette22.

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One of the great mysteries of humanity

In October 2017, he unraveled the great enigma and shared it with the world.

KFC's Answer: Legendary

KFC's response was a glorious instance of Twitter (X) history.

A custom frame

KFC sent the tweeter a painting of himself, riding on the back of Colonel Sanders while holding a piece of KFC chicken. It was a weird award for an even weirder discovery.

Photo: edgette22 / X