The first Western fast food to enter the country, and still the biggest franchise of its kind, KFC occupies transportation hub booths and high-street storefronts alike. Started by a dude in a white suit calling himself The Colonel in Kentucky in the 1950s, whose big innovation was pressure-frying chicken. In 1964, he sold the franchise with 600 outlets for two million dollars. KFC in China (6,500+ stores) made 949 million dollars profit in 2019 alone. Whoops! They've done some truly appalling things to chickendom, but it's so damn finger-lickin' good.