Aussie KFC customer rages at restaurant's 'small' chicken cuts
A frustrated diner says the fast food chain's chicken cuts are no longer good value.
An Aussie fast-food fan has called out KFC over the size of its chicken pieces, hitting a nerve with other customers of the popular chain.
"Has anyone noticed KFC chicken pieces are so small?" the diner asked online, sharing a photo in which measuring tape had been used to show that one piece was under six centimetres in length.
"There is little to no batter and no taste," the disappointed customer continued. "The breast piece was two inches in size and the wings were even smaller. Not worth the price."
A fellow Reddit user suggested it's common to find a small piece alongside other "normal" sized ones in KFC's boxed meals, however the author of the post clarified that the 21 pieces in this order were all small.
Fellow KFC patrons agreed that the chain's chicken pieces are shrinking, with one responding, "Yep, I've noticed they are getting smaller." Another Redditor boldly claimed KFC uses chickens the size of quails: "They definitely do not use full-size chickens, never have."
What KFC says about its chicken size
After a similar incident earlier this year, a spokesperson for KFC told Yahoo News Australia that the chain’s chicken pieces rarely vary in size, but when they do there's a simple explanation. "As our chicken is delivered fresh daily from our suppliers, there can be rare occasions where some cuts of chicken are slightly different sizes, just like pieces of chicken from the supermarket can be different sizes," the spokesperson explained.
Shrinking trend?
KFC isn't the only fast-food to be accused of reducing the size of its menu items in recent times. McDonald's customers have long accused the chain of shrinking its burgers, including one Sydney man who was served a shockingly tiny Filet-O-Fish. "What the HELL?" he posted online in August.
At the time, Macca's denied there was anything sinister afoot. "We have checked with our Quality Assurance team and no changes have been made to the Filet-O-Fish recently," a spokesperson told Yahoo.
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