Sit-In/Riot Ensues After Midtown KFC Stops Taking Free Food Coupons
Yesterday tons of complaints streamed in from all over the country from people having trouble downloading the free chicken coupon from KFC (which you still should be able to download until tonight at 11pm.) Today, complaints came in from Midtown Lunch’ers trying to redeem those coupons. Lunch’er Tony checked in around 12:20pm today with this comment: “On line at 42nd/Mad location now, manager just announced they hit their limit and will not be honoring coupons.” Things seemed crazy at the 50th & 7th location as well. via Lunch’er “Win” just before 1 pm: “Just got back from 50th & 7th ave – there was about 50 ppl crammed into a very tiny space before me .. will try again much earlier on another day. The mgr said “while supplies last” so I wouldn’t even attempt this location.”
And that’s when all hell broke loose…
Gothamist reported just after 2 pm that there was a “sit-in” going on at the previously mentioned 42nd & Madison location, and the Manager had sealed off the entrance to the location. Gawker has reports from the same KFC as well. Riese, the company who owns all the KFC’s in Midtown and has a history of botching these free food campaigns at their franchises, did not return my phone call (although in fairness I made it before news of the “sit in” broke. I’m guessing my call wasn’t the only one they received today…)
There was one positive report via Lunch’er “Cynthia” just before 2 pm: “I printed the coupon yesterday and went to the herald sq location. I waited 5 min, and received my free meal. No problems there. The chicken was pretty good although I do prefer their original recipe and it came with a biscuit and 2 sides.”
Anybody else try to redeem a coupon today? Let us know how it went in the comments below…
Posted by Zach Brooks at 3:47 pm, May 6th, 2009 under Free Stuff.
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I never eat KFC but this was tempting, so I got the coupons and decided to take my mom down to the local KFC tonight. After driving down to the place and standing in line we were turned away….well good for us.
Actually I wouldn’t recommend this junk food to anyone who cares about their bodies or how they look and feel. I should have never given in to my temptation and I would be somewhere in my life tonight rather than testifying against KFC.
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I went to a KFC in Queens….waited only about 15 minutes and got my free meal. They only gave out 1 side tho, claiming they were running out….despite a display full of sides and a lack of a large crowd. But whatevs….beats another night of Ramen.
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I stand corrected.
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OMG Doug, i had the same problem. As soon as i got my chicken box i got burned by the grease that was leaking out the side of the box. After i got back to work i tried to dab all the grease off but once i pulled apart the chicken it was still saturated with grease. And not 5 minutes after eating i had a terrible stomach ache that lasted a good hour. i’m sure it was the grilled chicked. Have heard others say the same thing also!
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