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However, Colonel Sanders keeps on going and going and didn’t gave up.

He would usually sleeps in the car to save money. The first restaurant owner turned his down with a loud voice saying “ Get out of here, who wants a recipe from a white Santa Clause!”, so did the second, the third …… all turned him down.Īs a matter of fact, Colonel Sanders was rejected 1009 times. The deal that he offered to the restaurant owner is that for every piece of chicken that is sold, he would earned 5 cents per chicken. He then started travelling on his old car to different restaurants to sell his chicken. Not wanting to accept his fate, he then embarked on a journey to sell his secret chicken recipe to set up his fortune. What’s left of him is his old car, a Caddie roadster, a $105 monthly security check and his secret chicken recipe. This was actually the best time for him to retired with a good pension from his investments but unfortunately he had not saved nor invested any money. He eventually found himself broke at the age of 65. Out of no choice, Colonel had to retired. In 1935, Sanders was awarded an honorary Colonel by the government for his great cooking skill.Īt 1950, unfortunately he had to shut down his restaurant business because a new highway was built at his restaurant location. Colonel’s fried chicken was a success as it received huge demands and he was able to make tremendous sale. At the age of 40, Colonel Sanders started to prepare his special herbs and spices to make the perfect fried chicken.

Sanders had work different kind of jobs from farm-hand, streetcar conductor, soldier, fireman to even as a insurance seller during his working years. This incident causes him to run away from home. When he was 12 years old, his mother remarried but his stepfather often beats and tortures Colonel Sanders. Colonel Sanders is very talented in cooking as he can cook and mastered various kind of dishes very quickly. Therefore, he holds a very big responsibility in taking care of his family which are his mother and two younger siblings. This makes Colonel Sanders who is a very young boyĪt the time as the man of the house. Do you know that Colonel Sanders only started his business and became successful after the age of 65 ? When he was 6 years old, his father died.