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Finger-licking BAD: Student finds kidney in KFC bargain bucket
8:00am Friday 22nd March 2013 in Latest By Will Frampton
Finger-licking BAD: students finds kidney in KFC bargain bucket
A STUDENT got more than he bargained for when he found what looked like a brain in his KFC bargain bucket.
Josh Jenkins, who bought the budget chicken meal from the fast food giant’s Triangle branch on March 3, came across the stomach-churning sight while finishing the meal off the following day.
The 19-year-old, from Christchurch, said his grisly find had put him off eating food from KFC, but the firm has claimed the mystery meat is actually a chicken kidney.
“I was on a night out and I decided to buy a bargain bucket to use for snacks over the next couple of days,” said Mr Jenkins.
“Next evening I was eating a couple of pieces, and I pulled the skin off one and that was when I saw it. It looked just like a brain, all white and wrinkled.
“I was really shocked at the time, it is one of these things you hear about people finding but you never expect to see it on your plate.
“I thought it was absolutely disgusting, it made me feel queasy.”
The student then found another piece of mysterious organ in a separate piece of chicken, leading him to fear he had already accidentally eaten some of it.
He added: “It has really put me off eating at KFC, or eating any fried chicken like that.
“I have shown a picture of it to my friends and a lot of them have been put off as well. It’s vile.”
Mr Jenkins, who is studying hospitality at Bournemouth and Poole College, rang KFC who told him to send the offensive organ to them in a special container for testing.
He said by the time the container arrived the fowl sample had turned black and shrunk, and no longer resembled a brain.
“They have offered me some sort of goodwill gift but I don’t think that is really acceptable, since I don’t want to eat there again,” he said.
“It’s vile even if it isn’t brain and it has put me off eating chicken.”
KFC has claimed the organ is a kidney and poses no threat to human health, but the firm has acknowledged it is unsightly.
A spokesman for the franchisee that operates the Triangle branch said: "We're really sorry for Mr Jenkins' experience.
"We sell 200 million pieces of chicken every year and always try to ensure the highest standards in every restaurant.
"However, because all our chicken on the bone is freshly prepared by hand, unfortunately on rare occasions, human error can mean that a giblet is not removed in the preparation process.
"After a thorough investigation we can confirm that this was the case.
"We have apologised to Mr Jenkins and will be providing him with a gesture of goodwill, and are retraining our cooks in the restaurant to ensure this doesn't happen again."
Comments(71)
Cerdicjute
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8:33am Fri 22 Mar 13
Another student so poor that he can afford to splash out on this excuse for nutrition.
The Liberal
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8:36am Fri 22 Mar 13
Leigh_GM
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8:40am Fri 22 Mar 13
And doesn't look like one in the photos here either, so the whole thing is made up?
Two words buddy boy.
Man. Up.
susi.m
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8:43am Fri 22 Mar 13
Why? - because I cant afford to waste my money on rubbish food.
Students must have more money than they try to let us believe they have.
oneshortleg
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8:43am Fri 22 Mar 13
Dibbles2
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8:45am Fri 22 Mar 13
oneshortleg wrote:That occured to me as well. Food that is kept under heat to keep warm should not be eaten over the next couple of days!
What worries me more is this lad doing hospitality at college and eating day old fast food, would not want to eat anywhere he works!
Tripod
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8:50am Fri 22 Mar 13
l'anglais wrote:Nope, the most nutricious part of the 'Bargain Bucket' is the Bucket ;-)
Probably the most nutritious part of your "bargain bucket".
GreyBeardLoon
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8:58am Fri 22 Mar 13
Derf
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9:08am Fri 22 Mar 13
As this guy thought a goodwill gesture was unacceptable, I'm wondering exactly what his agenda is (I can probably guess what he thought may have been an acceptable resolution)
Old Colonial
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9:21am Fri 22 Mar 13
speedy231278
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9:28am Fri 22 Mar 13
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TrevorH
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9:28am Fri 22 Mar 13
Go buy some fruit & veg and do your body (and the NHS) an enormous favour.
uvox44
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9:29am Fri 22 Mar 13
Lew Swimmin
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9:51am Fri 22 Mar 13
"SURPRISE FIND IN KFC MEAL"
I was expecting to read that someone had found some chicken in it.
arti273
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9:56am Fri 22 Mar 13
GreyBeardLoon wrote:Thank you, I was wondering what that thing was hanging from his lip - I thought it was a bit of leftover chicken giblet.
"decided to buy a bargain bucket to use for snacks over the next couple of days" - Are you serious? Anyway, it's a bit of chicken, just eat it. Plus, lip piercings make me feel queasy, remember that when you're trying to be hospitable for a living.
Vicvic
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10:02am Fri 22 Mar 13
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moorsman70
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10:16am Fri 22 Mar 13
Avengerboy
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10:39am Fri 22 Mar 13
JLC U Later
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10:56am Fri 22 Mar 13
When I did my national service we had nothing to eat but chicken heads and feet. We managed to survive and most of us did very well out of it. I have a prospering car sales business and several properties in the connurbation.
This boy doesn't know he is born. If he wants to work in hospitality he'd better start understanding that different folks like different things, and some people would be upset if they couldn;t get hold of a chicken head or foot.
Kicking up a fuss about a chicken kidney is practically a form of racism.
moorsman70
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10:58am Fri 22 Mar 13
JLC U Later
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11:04am Fri 22 Mar 13
moorsman70 wrote:He's singling out something he doesn't like = racism.
how is it a form of racism?
It' still perfectly edible. It's like saying I won't employ people from Somerset to work in my showroom in case they start drinking cider.
It's simply not acceptable.
moorsman70
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11:04am Fri 22 Mar 13
Telscombe Cliffy
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11:17am Fri 22 Mar 13
moorsman70
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11:27am Fri 22 Mar 13
Telscombe Cliffy
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11:36am Fri 22 Mar 13
moorsman70 wrote:No ,but as you're from Somerset don't try and go in that bloke's antique shop in Christchurch
and i do like drinking cider(no ice-ever) does that make me racist?
master plan
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11:45am Fri 22 Mar 13
Letcommonsenseprevail
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11:46am Fri 22 Mar 13
.........
bluto999
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11:48am Fri 22 Mar 13
live-and-let-live
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12:05pm Fri 22 Mar 13
The Warlock
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12:11pm Fri 22 Mar 13
susi.m wrote:What do you expect him to do then? Pop down the Ritz for a spot of dinner?
This would never happen to me.
Why? - because I cant afford to waste my money on rubbish food.
Students must have more money than they try to let us believe they have.
The Warlock
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12:11pm Fri 22 Mar 13
susi.m wrote:What do you expect him to do then? Pop down the Ritz for a spot of dinner?
This would never happen to me.
Why? - because I cant afford to waste my money on rubbish food.
Students must have more money than they try to let us believe they have.
cherrygood
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12:18pm Fri 22 Mar 13
LetcommonsenseprevaiYour statement today that students never had it so good simply isn't true.
l wrote:
Kidneys are perfectly edible, get on with it and man up. Students today never had it so good. When I was a student I had to eat mud and tree bark (mainly because I spent all my dosh on beer and illegal substances). I've had a lot worse in my mouth than a chicken kidney.............. .........
The best time to be a student was when I was one back in the 80's and we got a grant and all our tuition fees paid for.
Now your reward is a £30,000 overdraft!
Andy_Moordown
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12:22pm Fri 22 Mar 13
JLC U Later
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12:23pm Fri 22 Mar 13
mantle wrote:What does my partner have to do with this? He just looks after the accounts. I do the customer service.
JLC U Later wrote:Ask your partner
Telscombe Cliffy wrote:No. Don't be ridiculous.
mantle wrote:I like eating **** not hens, does that make me sexist?
I dont like eating Black Orpington fowl
but I love Light Sussex
how does that make me racist.
go on ask him
richt
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12:31pm Fri 22 Mar 13
JLC U Later
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12:37pm Fri 22 Mar 13
richt wrote:Isn't that a bit like asking for a voucher to compensate for the local car park toilets being smelly?
Proves that real chicken is used. I think that a good will gesture is a good offer coming from KFC. I've complained about poor customer service at KFC in the recent past, and they refused to give me any kind of voucher to say sorry!
Bournesouthmouth Downpokes
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12:55pm Fri 22 Mar 13
saynomore
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12:55pm Fri 22 Mar 13
Bournesouthmouth Downpokes
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1:02pm Fri 22 Mar 13
Taking the p!ss out of and making fun of a student on a tight budget, being sarcastic and making light of a serious issue here. Bet you lot never even passed your O Levels/GCSE's let alone took on a course at college of uni.
Now I wouldn't even blame Colonel Sanders here (KFC's founding father).
It's probably down to the way most of our British food is farmed. I suggest you all search on youtube for "Supermarket's Secrets and Deceptions". Both parts. If you've seen home your chicken and such is treated and brought to your stores you are in for one hell of a nasty shock!
Bournesouthmouth Downpokes
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1:05pm Fri 22 Mar 13
kingstonpaul
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1:13pm Fri 22 Mar 13
Adrian XX
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1:58pm Fri 22 Mar 13
Andy_Moordown
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2:15pm Fri 22 Mar 13
matt68
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2:33pm Fri 22 Mar 13
Phixer
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2:56pm Fri 22 Mar 13
matt68 wrote:Tasty!
K F C = KIDNEYS FRIED AND COATED!
Phixer
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2:57pm Fri 22 Mar 13
Derf wrote:He's a student. He didn't realise that chickens are animals and run around farms. He must have thought chickens were bred in supermarkets.
So, 'Chickens have giblets' is now news is it?
As this guy thought a goodwill gesture was unacceptable, I'm wondering exactly what his agenda is (I can probably guess what he thought may have been an acceptable resolution)
X Old Bill
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4:19pm Fri 22 Mar 13
Or does it?
I don't know, but I suspect that if you want chicken then the safest and most economic option would be to buy a small oven ready bird from a supermarket, pop it in the oven for an hour and then you know exactly what you've got - But don't reheat it!
richt
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4:59pm Fri 22 Mar 13
Clara_M
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5:33pm Fri 22 Mar 13
Bournesouthmouth Downpokes
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6:23pm Fri 22 Mar 13
cycletourer
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6:57pm Fri 22 Mar 13
moorsman70 wrote:at least that way you can count on a 'stable' diet.
he should try horse meat
KLH
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7:11pm Fri 22 Mar 13
Ok, there shouldn't have been chicken kidney in the food, but then on the other hand why not, it is still chicken. If they had a promotion for "find the kidney in the chicken and win £50,000, they'd have queues a mile long with people hoping to find one...
Find one this way - oh dear!!!!
Hobad1
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8:24pm Fri 22 Mar 13
Bournemouth2014
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9:16pm Fri 22 Mar 13
Bournesouthmouth Downpokes wrote:Be quiet.
Ive never come across such a sad lot as yourselves commenting on this.
Taking the p!ss out of and making fun of a student on a tight budget, being sarcastic and making light of a serious issue here. Bet you lot never even passed your O Levels/GCSE's let alone took on a course at college of uni.
Now I wouldn't even blame Colonel Sanders here (KFC's founding father).
It's probably down to the way most of our British food is farmed. I suggest you all search on youtube for "Supermarket's Secrets and Deceptions". Both parts. If you've seen home your chicken and such is treated and brought to your stores you are in for one hell of a nasty shock!
Tatsie
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9:38pm Fri 22 Mar 13
cycletourer
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11:51pm Fri 22 Mar 13
boscombewizard
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8:34am Sat 23 Mar 13
Sounds like an advert for KFC. The 'bucket of chicken' is probably the most disgusting food concept I have ever heard of. The photos that KFC use to advertise their product are gruesomely fascinating. How anyone can contemplate eating that, or worse giving it to their children, is astonishing.
arti273
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9:24am Sat 23 Mar 13
Bournesouthmouth Downpokes wrote:When you say "It's probably down to the way most of our British food is farmed", do you mean chickens from other countries don't have internal organs? Fascinating.
Ive never come across such a sad lot as yourselves commenting on this.
Taking the p!ss out of and making fun of a student on a tight budget, being sarcastic and making light of a serious issue here. Bet you lot never even passed your O Levels/GCSE's let alone took on a course at college of uni.
Now I wouldn't even blame Colonel Sanders here (KFC's founding father).
It's probably down to the way most of our British food is farmed. I suggest you all search on youtube for "Supermarket's Secrets and Deceptions". Both parts. If you've seen home your chicken and such is treated and brought to your stores you are in for one hell of a nasty shock!
missymo46
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9:34am Sat 23 Mar 13
These comments are so funny by the way. Thanks for the laugh.
BIGTONE
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10:53am Sat 23 Mar 13
The Timelord
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10:53am Sat 23 Mar 13
not the brightest button in the bucket.....
The Timelord
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11:02am Sat 23 Mar 13
The Timelord wrote:Obviously live(r) ing the high life on a wing and prayer!
Who's he kid(ney)ing?
not the brightest button in the bucket.....
Looks b(r)east pleased with himself.
Could've knocked him down with a feather.
oval and out....
madras
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11:44am Sat 23 Mar 13
GreyBeardLoon wrote:Agreed - three day old chicken would present a far higher health risk than this - or do I hear a 'no win / no fee' claim coming on here???
"decided to buy a bargain bucket to use for snacks over the next couple of days" - Are you serious? Anyway, it's a bit of chicken, just eat it. Plus, lip piercings make me feel queasy, remember that when you're trying to be hospitable for a living.
nottingham
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3:40pm Sat 23 Mar 13
Letcommonsenseprevail
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5:23pm Sat 23 Mar 13
cherrygood wrote:Are you suggesting further education should be free?
LetcommonsenseprevaiYour statement today that students never had it so good simply isn't true.
l wrote:
Kidneys are perfectly edible, get on with it and man up. Students today never had it so good. When I was a student I had to eat mud and tree bark (mainly because I spent all my dosh on beer and illegal substances). I've had a lot worse in my mouth than a chicken kidney.............. .........
The best time to be a student was when I was one back in the 80's and we got a grant and all our tuition fees paid for.
Now your reward is a £30,000 overdraft!
Yankee1
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11:01pm Sat 23 Mar 13
Mamma Troll
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10:47am Sun 24 Mar 13
MarlonS69
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11:35am Sun 24 Mar 13
andydixon
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5:45pm Tue 26 Mar 13
Tachikoma
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1:23pm Wed 27 Mar 13
GreyBeardLoon wrote:Thank you for pointing out that it is a lip piercing, I actually thought the lad was suffering from a nasty cold sore!
"decided to buy a bargain bucket to use for snacks over the next couple of days" - Are you serious? Anyway, it's a bit of chicken, just eat it. Plus, lip piercings make me feel queasy, remember that when you're trying to be hospitable for a living.
l'anglais says...
8:23am Fri 22 Mar 13