KFC rolls out new bucket to be paid for by Bitcoin

Fast food outlet KFC Canada has rolled out the Bitcoin Bucket, an offering that can only be paid by using Bitcoin.

In a Tweet the company said “ sure, we don’t know exactly what Bitcoins are, or how they work, but that shouldn’t come between you and some finger lickin’ good chicken”.

The offer, only available in Canada “apologies, rest of the world,” the company says on its website, is a limited time offer and the first wave has already sold out, For $20 worth of your digital currency, you’ll get 10 original recipe tenders, waffle fries, a medium side, gravy and 2 dipping sauces. The company will even deliver it to buyers. The product is only available for home delivery since customers cannot pay using Bitcoin at the restaurant’s point of sale counters, but their website conveniently includes a Bitpay portal for this transaction.

KFC Canada hit the jackpot with the promotion, even promising a free bucket to Bitcoin founder Satoshi – on one condition. The move is a first in the restaurant world, and this appears to be the first time a parent company has embraced the digital currency.