Claudia Sanders Dinner House

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Claudia Sanders Dinner House
Restaurant information
Established1968
Previous owner(s) Colonel Sanders, Claudia Sanders
City Shelbyville, Kentucky
Website claudiasandersshelbyville.com

Claudia Sanders Dinner House is a restaurant in Shelbyville, Kentucky, United States, opened by KFC founder Colonel Sanders and his wife, Claudia, in 1968. [1] [2] Colonel Sanders opened the restaurant after he had grown unhappy with recipe changes at KFC after selling the company. The restaurant was subject to a lawsuit by the owners of KFC as it was promoted by Sanders, who was also the face of KFC.

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History

The Dinner House is next to the house which the Sanders family lived in between 1959 and 1984, and became the first headquarters of Kentucky Fried Chicken. [3] [1]

In 1964, Sanders sold Kentucky Fried Chicken, [2] and he later grew unhappy with the recipes that the franchise was changing to. [4] In 1968, Colonel Sanders and his wife, Claudia, started the restaurant, originally named "Claudia Sanders, The Colonel's Lady Dinner House". [1] [4] [3] [5] After Kentucky Fried Chicken was bought by Heublein in 1971, Heublein was unhappy that Sanders was using his image for the competing restaurant (Sanders was a large face of Kentucky Fried Chicken). Heublein sued Sanders for this, and Sanders countersued the company for $122 million in 1974, claiming that Heublein was unlawfully using the Sanders face for products that he did not develop. Heublein settled out of court with a $1 million payment to Sanders, [4] [6] and the restaurant changed its name to Claudia Sanders Dinner House. [4] After Colonel Sanders died in 1980, Claudia Sanders sold the restaurant. [1]

In 1999, the restaurant burned down in four hours. It was later rebuilt. [2] The restaurant was listed for sale in 2022 with an initial asking price of $9 million, which was later reduced to $4.9 million the following year. [1]

Operations

Claudia Sanders Dinner House serves over 100,000 customers per year. [1]

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References

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  6. ↑ "Cot Sanders' Chicken War Ends". The New York Times. September 12, 1975. p. 46.

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