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Leon Weston "Pete" Harman (January 16, 1919 – November 19, 2014) was an American businessman best known for having struck a deal with Colonel Harland Sanders to open the first KFC franchise. Located in Salt Lake City, Utah, Harman's location opened for business in August 1952.
Nov 20, 2014 · Pete Harman, right, founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken, speaks with Duane Wright, a long-time friend, during a book signing of Harman's book, "Secret Recipe", at the original KFC restaurant at 3890 S. State in South Salt Lake, on July 20, 2002.
- mromero@deseretnews.com
Jul 31, 2021 · Leon Weston “Pete” Harman was an American businessman and restaurateur known for his collaboration with Colonel Harland Sanders to open the first Kentucky Fried Chicken (now KFC) franchise. Harman was born January 16, 1919, in Granger, Utah, a suburb of Salt Lake City.
Jan 20, 2012 · Pete and Arline, now both in their 90s, are still alive and living in California. They own and operate more than 300 KFC franchises in Utah, California, Nevada and Washington. To this day, nearly 60 years later, every KFC franchise in Utah is Harman-run.
- benson@deseretnews.com
Jul 30, 2002 · Aug. 4 marks 50 years since Leon "Pete" Harman had the words "Kentucky Fried Chicken" painted on the windows of his restaurant at 3890 S. State. He almost called it "Utah Fried Chicken," but thought "Kentucky" had an image of Southern hospitality.
Sanders identified the potential of restaurant franchising, and in 1952, Pete Harman opened the world’s first “Kentucky Fried Chicken” franchise in Salt Lake City, Utah. Don Anderson, a Utah sign painter hired by Harman, coined the name “Kentucky Fried Chicken”.
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Sep 9, 2015 · It was there in 1952 that Pete Harman, a Sanders friend who operated one of the city’s largest restaurants, became the colonel’s first franchisee.
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