KFC Encourages Customers to Ditch the Salt

Mar 21, 2014 5:00 PM ET
KFC staff don their "ask me for unsalted chips!" t-shirts as part of KFC's World Salt Awareness Week initiative. Image: KFC

Originally published on Franchising

KFC has launched a national initiative in support of World Salt Awareness Week, and it encourages Australians to reduce their salt intake when they visit the chicken chain's restaurants and drive-thru outlets.

From 10 to 16 March KFC staff will wear special uniforms to promote the cause, including a t-shirt that reads “ask me for unsalted chips!”

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