Actually I know someone who went out of business doing this! Jokes aside though, you are correct(my friend went out because he made he location so popular the owner grippled his rent and sold it to someone else).

This is very interesting.

I had a coworker who would frequently visit Vietnam and come back with all sorts of KFC stories. Very popular.

I live in China and am starting a food venture - http://infinite-food.com/

If I'm not mistaken the most recent annual general report from Yum! China who manage KFC and Pizza Hut show a significant slowdown in KFC business.

This may be the end of the novelty binge and the beginnings of health consciousness in the Chinese middle class.

> American Southern-style fried chicken & BBQ

this will make a killing even in the US, anywhere but the south. people just can't seem to do this very well anywhere else, for whatever reason.

I've noticed this about BBQ at Bay Area places--liquid smoke and a broiler. I suspect doing it right requires a degree of patience and sustained labor (meat must be tended all day long) that I've only seen at $50+ per head places in cities, and few people are willing to pay that for BBQ. Also IIRC wood fires are harder to permit.

You know, I have been really tempted to go over there (us), and start a business doing that - with a mandatory 3 day previous r eservation system. (Also I'd get to travel around and try all those amazing smoking houses in the us!)