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Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) Promotional Item

RampageRampage Posts: 9,453 ✭✭✭✭✭

I have had this for years. I thought there had been some discussion on promotional items like this in the past, but I could not find anything. So, decided to post it for fun since I took the pictures.


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  • JBKJBK Posts: 15,580 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice!

    $1 was real money back then.

  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 28,330 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Way cool

  • TomBTomB Posts: 21,232 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I love it!

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  • Steven59Steven59 Posts: 8,680 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'll be darn - you could actually get a meal at KFC for under a dollar in 1976........

    "When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"

  • JBKJBK Posts: 15,580 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 1, 2022 4:14PM

    @Steven59 said:
    I'll be darn - you could actually get a meal at KFC for under a dollar in 1976........

    "Take away meals" betrays it as a non-US menu.

    Same for "sudden meals" and "outlet".

    I wonder if the R before the prices means South African Rands. Or Middle Eastern Rials.

  • Steven59Steven59 Posts: 8,680 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @JBK said:
    [ wonder if the R before the prices means South African Rands. Or Middle Eastern Rials. ]

    DARN! I thought it was too good to be true - maybe the R stands for "REALLY" - :D

    "When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"

  • JBKJBK Posts: 15,580 ✭✭✭✭✭

    "American whipped potatoes". :p

    "Fried Apple Pie." :o

    Reminds me that McDonald's in Europe still fries their apple pies. Most Americans either forgot what those were like or were born after they were replaced with the "baked" ones in order to save our health.

    Well worth the cost of a plane ticket to Europe. :D

  • RampageRampage Posts: 9,453 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Even though that is a foreign menu that was posted, you probably could get close to a meal for a dollar back then. One dollar in 1976 is equal to $5.05 in today's dollars. I have not been to a KFC in a number of years. Can you buy a two-piece for five bucks?

  • 2windy2fish2windy2fish Posts: 820 ✭✭✭✭✭


    1969 KFC menu… i was 8 YO and just beginning to explore the Red book! Those were the days….you could still find a worthy coin or 2 in change..

  • RampageRampage Posts: 9,453 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thanks for posting that. So, there you have it. In 1969, you can get a bucket for $4.90, and it comes with rolls and gravy. :smiley:

  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,144 ✭✭✭✭✭

    In 1976 the South African Rand was worth more than a U.S. Dollar, roughly $1.20 - $1.25.

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Have not been to a KFC in years....and the last one in this area closed down about four years ago. In fact, there are no specialty Fried Chicken places in this town. Have to drive ten miles and there is a Popeye's Chicken place. Of course I remember those prices and even cheaper ones. Raw chicken costs considerably more than that now. Cheers, RickO

  • Che_GrapesChe_Grapes Posts: 1,884 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I have one of these from Chick-Fil-A that I’ve posted on here before.

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