I used to work at Tim Hortons and we had "grilled" chicken as well... but no grills. It actually game pre-cooked from the factory, frozen. The grill lines were just there for looks, because it wasn't grilled either, it was boiled. It was cooked by putting it in thick ziploc-like bag and boiled for an hour. It smelled NASTY when it came out. It was then put in a warmer (double boiler) to dry it out a little bit, where it could be kept for up to 4 hours.
I imagine KFC is the same, though I have a friend that used to work there and at the time, their chicken did come in raw (the deep fried kind)... Grilled I imagine comes in pre-cooked or at least pre-grill marked, where it is then either boiled or microwaved :)
McDonalds also microwaves their grilled chicken... 7 minutes, and then it is kept in a warmer for up to an hour. (had a friend who worked there as well)
I bet the KFC kind is the best of all 3!

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