The brand formerly known as Kentucky Fried Chicken is ready to leave its home state and head west for good. KFC Is Leaving Kentucky Yum! Brands, the parent company of restaurant KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut,

Kentucky Fried Chicken is about to leave Kentucky as its owner, Yum! Brands said it would be leaving the state and opening two new brand headquarters in other states.

KFC, formerly known as Kentucky Fried Chicken, is leaving its birthplace of Kentucky and finding a new home in Texas. The chicken chain’s parent company, Yum! Brands, announced on Tuesday, Feb. 18, that it will be moving its headquarters to Plano, a suburb of Dallas, to join the brand’s sister company Pizza Hut Global.