CNN: KFC's Double Down Fails To Take Off

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • July 16, 2010
Even as food bloggers and food journalists alike piled onto the hype that was KFC's Double Down, CNN Money is reporting this week that the bunless sandwich is a dodo, flightless and most likely doomed to extinction. ] CNN states that though the...
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