Due to "overwhelming response" by consumers, fried chicken outfit, KFC (aka, Kentucky Fried Chicken) announced today that it would no longer honor coupons for free 2-piece meals, as it simply does not have the resources. Instead, everyone who has one of the coupons for a free dinner, given away by Oprah Winfrey on her talk show yesterday. Instead, KFC will offer Oprah fans (and everyone else who has a copy of the coupon mentioned on The Oprah Winfrey Show the other day) rain checks, allowing them to redeem the coupons at a later date.
Apparently, consumer response was so great, it lead to dramatically long lines at KFC locations across the country. The demand was said to be so great that it exceeded any other promotion or turn-out in the brand's 50-year history.
Earlier in the week, Oprah Winfrey told people to logon to her website and download/print the coupon, good for a two-piece grilled chicken dinner. The offer was only available for 24 hours. The Mighty O closed the show by providing audience members KFC. KFC will still redeem the coupons, just not now.
© C Harris Lynn, 2009
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