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In the latest of <a href="https://1851franchise.com/kfc-selling-limited-supply-of-fried-chicken-scented-firelogs-2708683" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank">a slew of outlandish promotions</a>, <a href="https://www.kfc.com/about/franchising?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=in-kfcs-new-contest-unlucky-winners-will-receive-a-colonel-sanders-bearskin-rug-2709085" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank">KFC</a> is giving away three faux bearskin rugs in the image of brand founder Colonel Sanders, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/kfc/comments/an8g41/happy_valentines_day_reddit_we_made_you_colonel/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=in-kfcs-new-contest-unlucky-winners-will-receive-a-colonel-sanders-bearskin-rug-2709085" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank">available exclusively through an online creativity contest on Reddit for Valentine&rsquo;s Day</a>.

Contestants can win the rug through one of three creative endeavors: a Photoshop battle, storytelling challenge or drawing duel. Winners will receive the rug, fried chicken onesie pajamas, a KFC gift card for two for a year, and a yearly subscription to an online streaming service.

<a href="https://www.restaurantbusinessonline.com/marketing/kfcs-latest-concoction-colonel-sanders-bearskin-rug?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=in-kfcs-new-contest-unlucky-winners-will-receive-a-colonel-sanders-bearskin-rug-2709085" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank">According to a Restaurant Business article</a>, a statement from KFC chief marketing officer Andrea Zahumensky read, &ldquo;I&rsquo;m no dating expert, but the only thing I can think of that&rsquo;s more romantic than eating fried chicken on Valentine&rsquo;s Day, is eating fried chicken on a faux bearskin rug created in the likeness of the greatest chicken salesman of all time&mdash;Colonel Sanders.&rdquo;

<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/kfc/comments/an8g41/happy_valentines_day_reddit_we_made_you_colonel/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=in-kfcs-new-contest-unlucky-winners-will-receive-a-colonel-sanders-bearskin-rug-2709085" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank">The contest is open</a> - and runs until midnight on February 10. &ldquo;Keep rug away from open flame,&rdquo; the rules conclude.

Read the full Restaurant Business article <a href="https://www.restaurantbusinessonline.com/marketing/kfcs-latest-concoction-colonel-sanders-bearskin-rug?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=in-kfcs-new-contest-unlucky-winners-will-receive-a-colonel-sanders-bearskin-rug-2709085" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank">here</a>. 

<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/kfc/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=in-kfcs-new-contest-unlucky-winners-will-receive-a-colonel-sanders-bearskin-rug-2709085" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank">Photo courtesy of KFC on Reddit</a>.

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