100 Percent Whole White Breast Meat Bites are Seasoned in a Hot and Spicy Marinade
Louisville, KY (RestaurantNews.com) Last summer, KFC changed the game for bite-sized chicken with its phenomenally successful introduction of Original Recipe® Bites. Barely a year later, the brand is turning up the heat with the launch of Hot Shot Bites™, 100 percent whole white breast meat bites, seasoned in a hot and spicy marinade and then hand breaded in KFC’s famous Extra Crispy™ breading.
“KFC fans are always looking to us for new and innovative ways to experience the authentic taste of their favorite chicken – and for many of them ‘more spice’ has been at the top of their wish list,” said Jason Marker, Chief Marketing Officer for KFC U.S. “We’re providing customers with new flavors and menu options that fit into how they enjoy food and live their life today.”
The latest launch continues a trend of product innovation from the world’s most famous chicken restaurant chain, including Original Recipe Bites and Original Recipe Boneless. It also addresses the continued popularity of hot and spicy foods.
For a limited time, a six-piece Hot Shot Bites Combo is available for only $3.99 plus tax, and comes with a side item and a medium drink. An eight-piece Boneless Bucket includes Original Recipe Boneless (four pieces of dark meat and four pieces of white meat), along with 10 Hot Shot Bites for just $15.99 plus tax. (Pricing and participation may vary by restaurant.)
TV Commercial: Like a Slap to Your Taste Buds
KFC’s TV commercial for Hot Shot Bites illustrates the product’s spicy kick in a humorous way. The spot features a young man who meets a young woman at a party, and instead of breaking the ice with a corny pick-up line, he simply offers her one of his Hot Shot Bites. Things start to “heat up” when she tastes the hot and spicy product and her response is quite literally a slap in the face, after which she takes the remaining Bites from him.
KFC and Adult Swim Partner to Let Fans Pick the Next Pilot
KFC and Adult Swim have partnered to give fans of the TV network the chance to hand-pick its next pilot. The fan-controlled “Adult Swim Pilots brought to you by KFC” contest features six prospective plots – a mix of animation, live action and stop-motion animation – that are being made available for fans to preview at www.adultswim.com/pilots. Two pilots are featured on the site each week and fans can watch and rate them. The highest-rated and most-watched pilots will then go head-to-head during the week of Aug. 12, with the full episode of the overall most-liked program debuting on Adult Swim the following week.
About KFC
KFC Corporation, based in Louisville, Ky., is the world’s most popular chicken restaurant chain specializing in Original Recipe®, Extra Crispy™, Kentucky Grilled Chicken®, Extra Crispy™ Strips and Original Recipe® Boneless, with home-style sides, Hot Wings™, and freshly made chicken sandwiches. There are more than 17,000 KFC outlets in more than 115 countries and territories around the world. Each week, more than 13 million people visit a KFC restaurant in the United States. KFC Corporation is a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, Inc., Louisville, Ky. (NYSE: YUM.) For more information, visit www.kfc.com. Follow KFC on Facebook (www.facebook.com/KFC) and Twitter (www.twitter.com/kfc_colonel).
About Adult Swim
Adult Swim (AdultSwim.com), launched in 2001, is Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.’s, network offering original and acquired animated and live-action series for young adults. Airing nightly from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. (ET/PT), Adult Swim is basic cable’s #1 network with persons 18-34 and 18-49 and is seen in 99 million U.S. homes.
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner company, creates and programs branded news, entertainment, animation and young adult media environments on television and other platforms for consumers around the world.
