Is this really a country pub or a branch of KFC?
A remote country pub gets a telling off from KFC for using the term “family feast” on its menu.
I read with amusement, and a tinge of anger, that KFC threatened a remote country pub, the highest inn in England, with legal action over the name of one of their Christmas menu dishes.
The Tan Hill Inn in Swaledale uses the term “family feast” to describe their “all the trimmings” Christmas meal. The meal is a feast, for the family.
Arguments over being able to “own” two words from the English language aside, I just look at it this way. If the Tan Hill Inn really did think that people would associate the phrase with KFC, they would not have used it in the first place: they wouldn’t want all their customers turning away, would they?
As for KFC, take a look at the pub. A small building on the top of a hill surrounded by not much else. There’s no neon signs, no gangs of teenagers lolling about, there’s beer and wine on the bar. The pub could be no further from trying to trade on your “respected” name and your hard work marketing.
Use the links on the side for more info.
The pub’s diary pages make amusing reading too: The Tan Hill news and events diary.
A comment by Steve
May 11th, 2007, 1.45pm
KFC have dropped their lawsuit now!
They were pathetic to even start threatening.