Which of the following didn’t Sanders run?

While many of us might find it difficult to name the founders of McDonald's or Burger King, the name “Colonel Sanders” would instantly lead people from all over the world to think of the iconic fast food company, Kentucky Fried Chicken. The founder, Colonel Sanders, and his brand remain so closely linked that even today, his likeness is still being used as the company’s logo.

Harland Sanders was born on September 9, 1890. When Sanders was 5, his father passed away. The boy then took on the responsibility of looking after his younger siblings while his mother went to work. Having to prepare the meals for his family helped him to grow skilled in the kitchen. At the young age of 10, Sanders began his first job as a farmhand.

Throughout much of his life, Sanders’ hot temper would get him into trouble and cause him to lose his job. Nevertheless, Sanders worked hard and he was very adaptable. This resulted in him taking on many different odd jobs, where he worked as a lawyer, an insurance salesman, and an entrepreneur. In addition to that, he delivered babies for poor pregnant women, and he even ran gas stations, restaurants, and a motel.

When Sanders was 40, he began to cook and sell country food such as fried chicken and steak at the back of a gas station he owned. In time, Sanders made enough money to buy and operate another gas station and a motel in the area too. Unfortunately, Sanders’ luck ran out after 20 years when a new highway caused the traffic to be directed away from his properties. Eventually, Sanders was forced to sell his restaurant in 1956, when he was 66.

This might have devastated a lesser man, but Sanders was not one to give up so easily. He realized that he still had something valuable—his recipes. Then Sanders went around the country to sell his blend of spices to other restaurants and to teach them his cooking methods.

In less than ten years, Sanders was able to sell the company to investors and earned a whopping $2 million. Today, KFC has become the second-largest restaurant chain in the world with over 20,000 locations.

Questions:

1. What does the passage talk about?

2. How did Sanders become skilled in the kitchen?

3. Which of the following didn’t Sanders run?

4. Why did he sell his restaurant in 1956?

5. What else did he sell after he sold his restaurant?