Tastee Fried Chicken (also known as ''TFC'' or ''De Tastee Fried Chicken Nigeria LTD'') is a

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restaurant based in

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. It has 14 locations.

History

Tastee Fried Chicken was founded by Olayinka Pamela Adedayo. It began as an extension of ''Tastee Pot'', an outdoor catering company serving Nigerian and continental food at special events. The catering company still exists as Tastee Fried Chicken's catering operation. In 1997 Mrs. Adedayo incorporated Tastee Fried Chicken and opened her first location in

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, Lagos State. She based her restaurant on the business model of the American fast food chicken restaurant

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, where she had previously worked as a manager. Since opening its first location, it has grown to 14 restaurants. In 2006, Tastee Fried Chicken launched a partnership with

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, a petroleum company, that has begun locating Tastee Fried Chicken restaurants inside Oando's service stations. As part of the partnership, TFC will open a restaurant in every Oando

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External links

Tastee Fried Chicken website
Fast-food chains of Nigeria Fast-food poultry restaurants Restaurants in Lagos Victoria Island, Lagos Restaurants established in 1996 Nigerian companies established in 1996 {{Nigeria-company-stub

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