Aunty Donna Podcast - Podcast Ep 313 - A Fried Chicken Investigation Part 2

Episode Date: July 19, 2022

The epic conclusion to #hotnspicygate... or is it just the beginning? auntydonnaclub.com auntydonna.com haventyoudonewell.comJoin The Aunty Donna Club: https://www.patreon.com/auntydonnaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Get a Legends and welcome to another RIP episode of the ANSI DONAR podcast. This week we continue our investigation into what happened to the hot and spicy Advocatoria Gardens KFC. Remember, if you're loving the pod you can get access to the video version and a whole bunch of bonus episodes at ANSIDONARClclub.com. You're listening to the only dog of podcasts. The greatest fucking podcast in the world. Brody, my Kentucky sometimes, yes. We hope you enjoyed the mother fucking podcast.

If you are just joining us, if this is the first podcast you're listening to, please go back to last week's podcast. Or Goofy Townipist Story. Okay, here we go. so I'm just getting an ad on the YouTube suspension get the season's music I'm really calling hi my name is Zachary Wade I have some questions for you yeah you don't do the KFC hot and spicy anymore do you?

On Tuesday Yeah, I've got some follow-up questions And are you starting again with the seasonal hot and spicy are you going to be continuing hot and spicy from now on? Okay, sure. Um, did you used to do hot and spicy all year round? Yeah, and what two years ago. Yeah, and why was that? Um, I wasn't sure really, because maybe the supply could have been connection with the hot and spicy or...

Was that like, so did head office, did head office like, because we, I love hot and spicy. And so was that, did head office allow that? Was that a head office thing? If I would have told... It was probably because of the owner was organizing-Asy, was organizing on spicy yet. And it was only one in the tutorial, for sure. Yes, it was. How were you doing it from a logistical point of view? Who was delivering the sauce?

What was happening? Sorry. How were you doing it from a logistical point of view? Who was delivering the sauces? I mentioned that it comes pre-marinated. Oh, well, it comes pre-marinated, yes. So it was the supply through the... Can I have some free KFC? What?

What? What? What did you do? I got a bad one. Will you uncattergurically say that, okay, is there going to be a hot spicy, yes? I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know.

I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know.

I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know.

I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't called. Yes, my dumb. What, you... Why didn't you just act normal? We had a list of questions. I felt like I was carrying... Why didn't you tell us you were going to do that? Yeah, you didn't say you were going to do it and then you did it like a fucking idiot. I had the list of questions at the home

we were ready to go. I'm serious about this. I want to know what's going on. I was around, I just wanted to get into it. I had to listen to questions. I didn't want to push you foot in around I know that there's a high right here. I knew that we would it would get lost He was talking. He was willing to talk It would get lost in bureaucracy. I had to do it and God damn it Yeah, there was some mistakes made but better than it didn't then it didn't happen at all

I'm calling the KFC head office. Guys, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Everyone stop. Wait, we've got a process to stick to here. Guys, don't break up now. We've got so, we've got so far. I'm sorry. Wait, Mark.

Wait, I'm sorry. We will reach out to KFC head office. I promise you this, Mark. Zach, you were wrong to do that, we're that with it. I was wrong to do that. I should have checked with you first. I thought I had the questions. I was wrong to do that. I want one thing and that's answers. In Granger, we did get a fair few of them. Quite a lot. I was really welcome. Yeah, I know. We could have asked him a few more questions.

We will call head office mark, but first we need to go. We pass from that anything. I just, I feel really bad. You've almost got everything answered. That's a hot story. Like that's the, that was that the beginning of a podcast, you know, like, that's what I thought I thought. I thought it's just fucking get in there.

You know, it's just fucking get in there. You know, some questions answered a few more to go. I'm sorry, I was wrong. I was wrong. Cause he was open, he was a little... He was gonna tell you every, I felt like that, he was sitting down. I feel like he went, or I'm sitting down,

settling in the house. And I was, and I was asking it in a more casual way and then Broden started pointing to the questions. I think he also realized by the end that he was dealing with the crazy person. Because he did just start saying, of course. He's like, when he's like, well, KCB available, once by CB available, but every KC in Victoria, that man's response was, of course. That's what he said.

Yeah, because he realized he was dealing with the fucking psycho. Exciting news, did he say next Tuesday? Yeah. Next Tuesday, but only for a month. But that's okay, well, so if you're listening and what's that just Victoria Gardens, or is that all of it? I believe that was all of Victoria,

but that's what they assumed from that. I would love to read. I would love to ring heat off at EIM. I want to say the main reason why I've been pushing to do this podcast is I am specifically in the mood for some hot and spicy. So for me, I'm getting some hot and spicy next Tuesday.

If you're listening to this, it already happened. It's already happened. Yeah. If you're in Queensland, you can just go down to any KFC, get any time you want, lucky bastards. OK. Backtracking a little bit.

Yeah. I want to touch on something that happened just before we start recording this episode. Mark, you got a notification on your phone. As you're recording the KFC saga. Don't know if it's happened stance, don't know what it is, don't know what it means. Tom as well, I believe, man, I've got this on a notification. But on the KFC app, six minutes ago.

Wow. You have the KFC app because I am a-year-old white man. Correct. In Australia. We like KFC. KFC really big night, aren't. And I get to press the lot and eat the chicken. So the KFC app for someone who gets to press the lot is perfect.

You get that, you eat it, you feel worse about yourself. But then you have a nap. And now the KFC app six minutes ago said free delivery every Friday. Well, I should say it is Friday lunchtime with free delivery. What? With free delivery on the Friday night, Fuddy Feast. Maybe it's just for the Friday night.

I just think it's very straight now. Very straight. It's very straight. Very straight. That as we were recording a podcast about KFC. I'm granted, we talk about KFC most days. Yeah, and it is Friday lunchtime. We were here discussing KFC Friday lunchtime and we get a message from KFC.

Well not, well no, it's just a notification. A notification. How did they hear us? It says free delivery every Friday with free delivery on the Friday night footy feast, which I'm not even sure what it is, so we should see what that is. That sounds fun. And then it says you can't lose. Oh, God could, that makes me laugh.

That makes me laugh. Only on the KFC app, and then, and then, a winky, a winky emoji. Wow. Usually reserved for all. You know what that says? Flirting. You know what that says to me?

What? Keep digging. So the fried night footy feast. Is it fried night? Fried, fried night. This is the man who called Don May Doe. So as much as that is a pun, we do have to do that. That's fair.

I hate to do this. What would it be? Because I respect you, but I'm sorry there's not enough trust there to not double check that it isn't just the fried night in the respect. If this keeps pushing and we meet the head of KFC, don't call them chicken. And if we meet them on a Friday, I promise any of them. If we meet them on a Friday, make sure you just say that. A, at the end, don't call the day fried. Fried night, for your feast.

Free delivery. It's 36.95, but it's free delivery. It's 18,670 kilojoules in the entire meal. Six pieces of original recipe chicken, eight original tenders, six nuggets, one regular popcorn chicken, two large chips and three dip in salsas. That's a great deal.

It's not everywhere, and it's only available on Friday's, and it's subject to availability, free delivery offer waivers, the 895 delivery fee only. Tom's at every seat now. Mark, you need to go through all the possible substitutes. There's also substitutes. You can edit, you can't change the nuggets,

you can't change the popcorn chicken, you can select your dipping sauces, and you can change your sides, you get two sides. So it comes with two large chips, but you can change any of those large chips to a large potato and gravy, a large coleslaw, a regular gravy for dinner rolls, a 1.25 liter Pepsi max, a 1.52 liter Pepsi, a 1.25 liter seven up.

All right, we get to get the idea of mountain jute. A 1.25 liter solo, a 1.25 liter sun kiss. Oh my God. And I'm wait, but you can also, okay, so the chicken, you can modify the chicken pieces. You can do six pieces of original chicken, or you can mix and match of any variety between the original recipe, the original fillets,

the zinger fillets, or an original tender. So I have some really interesting, I don't know if it's worth really digging into, but some interesting news. How interesting. I just tried to shake your earth. I just typed in KFC Head Office, Victoria. Firstly, I'll tell you that KFC Head Office Victoria or KFC Corpor corporate is a mere seven minute drive from the Victorian Gardens Shopping Centre. Risk seven minute drive. Victoria Gardens is in

Richmond just over the river is Hawthorn and that is where KFC corporate was. It is closed now. It is closed now. It closed now is the second revelation Broden Kelly What did you just point to me permanently closed head office in Hawthorne now? What are you doing what what what are you looking at? What is happening? What is happening that a KFC That has to have received permission from head office or or and your man couldn't help us. It was directly going against head offices wishes in a way that by that man's confidence was brazen and

completely without remorse. So it either tells me head office was involved or they were doing it in such a way that head office was compromised. Now there was a place, a seven minute drive from head office, from KFC corporate, doing KFC all year round. And that KFC stopped doing all year round hot and spicy chicken possibly at the same time that KFC corporate closed down

which to find out when it closed out because they said two years ago they stopped doing I think there's gonna be a real reason. The current KFC head office is in New South Wales. Yeah, okay. 20 Rodberg Road French toast in New South Wales. Yeah, okay. 20 Rodberg Road, French Toast, New South Wales, 2086. I think you've just misread some things there.

But, Mark, I've gone through the proper measures over here. Yeah. You're gonna show me the address? No. Because it isn't French Toast Road? What is it? I don't have it in front of me. Mm. Mm, I have the proper

measure see, I have the KFC's website. I'm on the contact us page. Shall we start this process? Yeah, I mean, I can, I can, right now with, but the flick of my thumb, I can make a call to KFC head office corporate campus, which has a 1.5 star review. I'd like to say two good things, rating review. Before we do that, two things that I need to say. Three. One, I have something I've just, it's just come up in my research. Two.

Mark. Mark. You said, you said that you all want to call them. I do not want to hurt our contact. I don't want to hurt our contact, our deep throat at Victoria Gardens. Your deep throat? Yes, so deep throat is the person

who leaked to the press about. I know the deep throat is. No, but I think I'll think of a different deep throat. You're thinking of me when someone takes a dick and puts it right into the back of their throat. Like that, I don't have a gag reflex. The head of the penis is that and the back of the throat. That was what I was thinking. So what it actually is, is deep throat was the person leaking to the press about watergate,

the watergate scandal. So then what have all those people been doing to me? If you're just touching the dick into the back of your tonsils. Right. It's a different thing. Well, it is like a ring. doing to me. If you're just throwing the dick into the back of your tonsils. Right. It's a different thing. Well, it is like a great... Most of the time after, it was because there was a pornographic movie

about a woman who had a clitoris at the back of her throat that came out around the same time as Watergate. I believe the name was a riff on that. On the deep throat, Leak. Now, Mark. Mark, listen. I don't want to throw our man, a Victoria Gardens under the bus. And I don't want to risk. man a Victoria Gardens under the bus and I don't want to risk.

I would never mention, I would never bring up that we've had that much. Now Mark, this is the third thing I need to say, I don't want to risk a potential future where Victoria Gardens brings back hot and spicy. So when, if you call head office, I ask you, and this will be a challenge, to not mention Victoria Gardens. Now, Mark. Yes, now, here's my... I have two more things I need to say very important.

Okay, I have to stress this. Number one, it's French as forest, not French post. Did he say French post? He did. As an entrance. Mate, how can we trust you when you say French toast instead of French as far as? How can we trust that it's not the Friday meal? Not a fried football meal.

It's fried fried night football meal. We'll be back after this and we're back. And the second thing Mark is if we do call these people, we need to say we are calling for a podcast investigation. Okay. We have to be upfront. We have to be upfront. But we have to deal in hypotheticals in a new endo.

We do not throw Victoria Gardens out of the box. It's not about the questions or about Victoria Gardens. Absolutely Mark. You have to figure out how to not mention Victoria Gardens. It's not about the questions or about Victoria Gardens. Absolutely Mark. You have to figure out how to not mention Victoria Gardens. All the fact that there is a point that you're not the ridler. But no, Mark, you can't understand the dilemma here. I'm not telling, I'm not asking you.

There is no dilemma. I'm not telling you. No, there's questions to be asked. Yeah, I'll make the phone call and I'll ask you. Listen to me, listen to me. I made this mistake, okay? Don't, listen to me. Do not bring up Victoria.

Zach, I don't think it's fair for you to tell someone to not be breaking. I made this mistake. When you started this podcast. I'm not bringing up. I'm bringing up the Australia, a customer service. Please press one for reception, press two. Two, two.

Just public relations. You could fuck our chances of ever getting hot and spicy when you're around again. Just trust me on this. Please. Please. No one works there. We're calling directly to French toast. Just don't mention me, Tori, God, it's please.

Please. I want to. Good. Also, while we weren't fun fact, the photos on Google when you look up KFC head-off with one of them is just a bird's eye view. Unfortunately, no operators are currently available. I'll try again. I'll press one this time. Yep.

When you look at the KFC, the first photo that comes up is a bird's eye view of a box of two- piece feed. Press, press, press reception. Press, press reception. Press, press reception. Press, press reception. Press, press reception. Press, press reception. Press, press reception. I'll tell them. I can see for the sole purpose of managing and responding to your inquiry. Which is what we did. They close at 5 p.m.

So they should be open. And they're going to just have the privacy of the choice. A-m-c.com.au. While we wait, do you have the Google hold thing? I mean, probably. Well, that dip in the music really made me thought someone had answered. Can I give you some information that might help? Can you pull that away from the microphone just from here. I recently Googled KFC, Horton Spicy, New South Wales.

And I came up with this Facebook post to from a SP, I'm going to call them, a suppressive person. I know those are their initials. They messaged KFC on the 8th of May 2014. They asked, Why doesn't NSW sell hot and spicy all year round like Queensland? I've moved and been here at Newcastle now for almost 12 months and they still...

...dot, dot, dot, dot, dot. Have not sold it? What's the reasoning behind this madness? That had one like? KFC responded, this was eight years ago. Hi, S, name with help. Thanks for your post, I can understand your frustration as I am also a hot and spicy fan. Stores in Queensland are run by their own franchise group, different from the rest of the stores around OLS, which means their menu is slightly different to NSW and also run different promotional items. Hope this clears

things up for you, cheers, Mal, customer service. So this is not a grand plan. The KFC Queensland thing is not a consistent conspiracy. This is about warring faction hell. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it. Hell on it line. Oh, you're on the line. Two Mal. I've been on hold for two minutes and 45 seconds. I believe we have a situation of warring factions. We can leave a voicemail. We can leave a voicemail? We can see higher ups. Yes.

For Mal. And then leave your phone number. And then leave your message after the time. When gun, hang up. Don't mention your gun. Hi, my name's Victoria Gardens. After the time when gun hang up Hi, my name's Victoria Gardens. I can't fuck Fuck I'm sorry. Do you realize what's gonna happen now Mark? I'm gonna call Victoria Gardens and they're not gonna be there anymore.

You have let the cat out of the bag, there are warring faction. Oh fuck, though. At the highest level of capacity. But don't go for sure that there are warring factions. At the highest level of KMC. You know what I think we do? Here's my-

Over eight years. Here's what I'm gonna do. All right. I'm gonna call, I'm gonna do, all right. I'm gonna call, I'm gonna call somewhere that I think would have a very good idea. If you're calling Victoria Gardens, they're already dead, Mark.

I'm gonna call KFC and Brisbane. They're already dead. I'm gonna call KFC and Brisbane. Maybe they want a Brisbane airport. They want a Brisbane Airport? Ask if they share the franchise, the franchisee with KFC Queensland. I'm just gonna get them to hypothesize.

Hypothocyson. Mark. What? I have the media phone number. I've been doing some, all right. Ring KFC Brisbane, asking about how the Broncos are going. The Brisbane Broncos in the NRL. And then I've got the media phone number.

All right. This is exciting, guys. This is very... Is it? How long wants to talk to me, KFC? What do you love about? I really love to talk to me KFC All right, hold on a safe message Vic Vic's not gonna find you can it's too late now. They're dead so you can save Victoria Gardens

or you'd in fact as soon as you said Victoria Gardens to the warring factions of KFCs higher up, you've blown this out of proportion. You have blown their cover. And what that means is Mark, we have to call anyone and everyone we can, and we have to bring up Victoria and the media. We have to get them quickly. So that has new information.

We have new information, but I will say, as soon as we've done this, we need to call the media people because right now they are being briefed. Do not talk about Victoria Gardens. Do not cover Victoria Gardens. If anyone asks about Victoria Gardens, we delay, we distract. They know about Victoria Gardens now. So we have to get them before the head office gets.

They do that screened. That's right. Osbargain is a website with a forum encouraging people to find different bargains across Australia. KFC, someone under the username Tarot Milk Tea, it's 2019. That's pre-COVID. Posted on the forum, a post titled KFC Hot and Spicy. Why is it not in all branches? They capitalize the eye in the eyes and it,

which is you don't need to capitalize that. I know it's a title, you don't need to capitalize the smaller words, little point of advice for tarot milk tea. This was their post. I used to work in KFC and deaf and I'll wait, maybe this was their response. Someone asked, what is it with this policy that H&S cannot be in every branch? Terra milk tea response.

H&S being hot and spicy. I used to work in KFC and definitely can confirm that whenever there is a H&S promotion, the level of busyness increased to a whole new level. People are crazy over H&S chickens. I believe the popularity of HHS is more because of its crispiness rather than its spiciness.

Can't taste it's being spicy at all. I am oh. When people want to eat fry food, they want it crispy with two exclamation marks. So why can't Australia have it in all branches? I remember going to one of the branches that sells HHS every day I asked him, why can't all the branches that sells H&S everyday, I asked him why I can't

all the branches sell this. He himself confused of why the H-O won't allow all the franchises to sell it. This was his answer, so take it with a pinch of salt. He said almost 90% of people who come here buy the H&S, not the original chicken, so it is not because H&S chickens do not sell well, it surely does. He even claimed that the H-O almost take out H&S chickens do not sell well, it surely does. He even claimed that the H-cho almost take out H&S menu from this branch, but luckily it didn't happen.

I'm not sure if Australia is the only country who does this arrangement. From all the people I know, all of them prefer the H&S version from the original 100%. So I wonder, what is the real reason behind this? There must be a definite explanation about this. Maybe someone has the answer to settle the mystery

once and for all, which one are you? And then a lot of conversation about people's chicken preferences. So I'm sure I'm out behind the scenes journalist. Is it, was that COVID? Not COVID, I don't have COVID. I'm gonna read a subreddit discussion from over a year ago. KFC stores are split between young brands that companies that own KFC and other brands.

Collins Foods were a Brisbane-based franchise. Collins Foods have stores primarily in Queensland and WA and from what I understand, other ones who have the rights to it, which is why it can be bought in those states all year round. Then someone says, just Collins Foods own Vic Gardens, then. This person responds, as far as I remember from an article about it on Collins Funes,

look for that article, Collins Funes. Collins Funes. Collins Funes. Did run it. Collins Funes did run it. I think we're getting really close. Oh, not sure if they still do or not as if they are no longer selling hot and spicy

then either it's been taken over by yum. Or they just ran out of stock. Or it was not a big enough seller for them to get in with the loss. Okay, I think we're onto it guys. What we're hearing now is there are two different major owners of KFCs in Australia One is young brands the other is Collins food Collins food is primarily in Queensland and WA Who are you rigging Collins foods?

We're getting there This is fucking not right no one's gonna answer No one likes to answer on a Friday. Well, it's fried Trust that I was speaking Hi, are you okay? No one likes to answer on a Friday. Well it's fried. Just never speaking. Hi, are you okay? Yep. Oh, okay, great. Good to hear.

My name is Mark. I'm calling from an investigative podcast. Pog class, funny, funny, but funny. All right, put him at ease. Thanks mate. And I just wanted to know, we've had some questions about hot and spicy chicken and its availability in Victoria at KFC.

As these are our understanding, up until about two years ago, hot and spicy chicken was available all year round at Victoria Gardens, KFC. Are you familiar with the branch? I'm not in the reason being I presume you're really makers of Columns Foods, is that correct? That is correct.

Yeah, the Columns Foods doesn't operate any KFC outlets in Victoria. Any more or did they use to? Let's in Victoria any more or did they use to? Pretty sure it's They haven't right they never have You'd need to chat to There are two other franchise master franchise or Australia chances are

Signed might be owned by one of them or a corporate side. Sorry, I got caught, but you called me at home. That's why I was asking, I could hear you coughing and I'm so sorry that that's happened to you. But thank you so much for that information. So it may, it might be, it could be owed by someone else, it corporate or otherwise. But thank you so much. Yeah, so ring other young brands. Young brands, young brands.

Or, and I, well, actually probably I'd start there because I'll be able to tell you where they are. It's them, or corporate. And I can, or probably know if it's the other franchise or as well, I just, he could hear you. Yeah, I was trying to help make him feel comfortable. It eats. Yeah, yeah, a third and fourth voice just yelling. In your distance. Who's the fourth? Up here, mate, in my head. Hey, can't hear you.

Now, do I ring KFC corporate? Yum. We're going to call yum. He said start at yum. That's where we got to go. We got to go all the way to the top. Can I make a call first? To media?

This is kinda separate. We gotta get them before news of... That is so disappointing. Alright, we've hit our time, so you can stop listening now if you want. The same song. Same song, Mark. Is it? See, Mark, I have this thing on my phone right where you can just put people

them on hold and then when they answered my phone tells me, I think I can do that, but I like I'm old school. What is that mean? Old school man. You like to listen to the shit song? Yeah. Yeah. I thought I could do it too.

All right, where are we at? Guys, we're not really doing, you know, the review are really doing a podcast anymore. I can do it too. Yeah. All right, where are we at? Guys, we're not really doing it. You'd neither of you are really doing a podcast anymore. You're talking about my mom. I am. I am Yum Brands. Listen, I think we have hit an impasse. Impasse.

Impath. Impasse. Impasse? Yeah. I'm trying to find Yum Food to Australia and I've only found you. I don't think we have the investigative capabilities. It's more than we need to get like 730 report or like a lease sales or a four corners. I think so.

I think we take a lunch break and we tweet at various investigative journalists just for some pointers. Oh my god. What is it? Young brands used to be owned by PepsiCo. Who own Pepsi? You've been listening to the Antidona podcast. Thanks for joining us for another rip episode brought to you by AntidonaClub.com.

See you next week! you