(NEW YORK POST) – A bid to sell a historic restaurant and mansion once owned by Colonel Sanders and his wife has struggled to take flight — partly because the deal is ruffling the feathers of KFC’s corporate owner, The Post has learned.
The Claudia Sanders Dinner House — a 63-year-old eatery in Shelbyville, Ky. that draws locals and tourists alike with its fried chicken, cole slaw and homemade pies — was put up for sale in June. Some interested buyers say they want to franchise it and expand its footprint outside the town for the first time.
But the prospect of a rival fried-chicken chain that uses the Sanders name has attracted the attention of KFC’s parent YUM! Brands, whose legal team promptly submitted a filing to the US Patent & Trademark Office days after the properties were put up for sale.
