Kentucky Fried Chicken will no longer be headquartered in its namesake state but will instead call Plano, Texas, its home base.

Some 200 employees will relocate to Texas over the next six months after living and working in Louisville, Kentucky. This will move the company from the home state of its founder, Harland Sanders, affectionally named Colonel Sanders.

Parent company Yum! Brands will also require remote workers to begin in-office work in the next 18 months.

“These changes position us for sustainable growth and will help us better serve our customers, employees, franchisees and shareholders,” Yum! Brands Chief Executive Officer David Gibbs said in a statement. “Ultimately, bringing more of our people together on a consistent basis will maximize our unrivaled culture and talent as a competitive advantage. I’m confident this is another important step in growing our iconic restaurant brands globally.” 

KFC is joining X, Frontier, Chevron and others moving to Texas. Most companies are abandoning California as their former headquarters, but Yum! Brands will have a second corporate headquarters in Irvine, California.

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The Louisville building will still operate as its corporate offices and will be near a new flagship restaurant. Yum! Brands also announced a $1 million endowment to the College of Business at the University of Louisville to sponsor scholarships for Kentucky students.

While Sanders called Kentucky home and operated a chicken restaurant in the state adjacent to a motel he owned, the very first KFC opened in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1952. The restaurant remains and features a small exhibit dedicated to the fast food chain’s history.