Category: Odd + Funny Author : Duncan Riley Posted: March 28, 2009
Tags : america, kfc, kfc potholes, weird
Can’t get your local city council to fix those potholes in the road outside your hose? Have no fear, because Colonel Sanders is here!
KFC has sent a letter to American mayors offering to patch their potholes for free in return for advertising rights on the patched road.
Each pothole would have the message “Re-Freshed by KFC” stenciled on it, “In honor of our “Fresh Tastes Best” KFC president Roger Eaton said in the letter reported by the Chicago Tribune. “Every patched pothole comes with the Colonel’s very own stamp of approval.”
The company has already filling and stamping potholes in Louisville, Kentucky, as demonstrated in the picture above. KFC estimates there a 350 million unpatched potholes in the United States.
Mar 29, 2009
That's actually not a bad idea…
It's not the privatization of a public facility, but rather a company doing a public service in exchange for some meager/menial advertising that will fade over time.
I think other companies should take a cue… there's many other situations where this might work.
As long as some nutjobs don't take offense to this and ban it.
–Kyle
May 5, 2009
its about time the private sector takes the stance and does something. Can't rely on your public officials