Church's Chicken































































Church's Chicken
Trading name
 Church's Chicken (in North America)
Texas Chicken (outside North America)
Church's Chicken in Central America
Type
 Private
Industry Food
Founded April 17, 1952; 67 years ago (1952-04-17) in San Antonio, Texas
Founder George W. Church Sr.
Headquarters
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Number of locations
 1,009[1](2017)
858 franchised
151 company operated
Area served
 North America, South America, Asia, Europe
Key people
 Joseph Christina CEO
Hector Munoz CMO
Products
Fast food, including fried chicken, french fries, and biscuits
Revenue
IncreaseUS$ 785.96 million (2017)[1]
Owner Friedman Fleischer & Lowe
Website www.churchs.com

Church's Chicken is an American chain of fast food restaurants specializing in fried chicken, also trading outside North America as Texas Chicken.[2] The chain was founded as Church's Fried Chicken To Go by George W. Church Sr., on April 17, 1952, in San Antonio, Texas, across the street from The Alamo.






Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 See also


  • 3 References


  • 4 External links





History




A Church's Chicken in Detroit.


Initially, the restaurant only sold chicken, but added fries and jalapeños in 1955.[3] The company had four restaurants by the time of Church's death in 1956. In the 1980s, the chain briefly operated a hamburger franchise called G. W. Jrs in Texas.[4] During the mid-1960s the Jim Dandy Fried Chicken chain purchased the rights to use the Church's Chicken name where its stores were branded with the Jim Dandy "D" logo.


From 1979 through 1986, Church's Chicken sponsored the "Grand Prix" series of chess tournaments under the auspices of the United States Chess Federation.[5]


Rapid expansion followed, and Church's became the second largest chicken restaurant chain in 1989, when it merged with Popeyes.[3] The brands had their supply lines consolidated, but were still marketed as separate chains. Hala Moddelmog was appointed as president of Church's Chicken in March 1996, making her the first female president of a fast food restaurant chain.


Church's was owned by AFC Enterprises, along with Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits and Cinnabon, through the end of 2004, when it was sold to Arcapita (formerly Crescent Capital Investments). Because Arcapita is an Islamic venture capital firm, pork products were removed from the menu after the sale (as pork is not halal) in 2005.[6][7]


Also, American Church's Chicken restaurants switched beverage products to Coca-Cola (some locations serving Coke products and Dr Pepper), while still retaining the Pepsi-Cola contract in Puerto Rico and Canada.[citation needed] On August 10, 2009, San Francisco private equity firm Friedman Fleischer & Lowe bought Church's Chicken from Arcapita.[8]




Texas Chicken In Tbilisi


In some areas, Church's is co franchised with the White Castle hamburger chain.[9] In Canada, Church's Chicken items were once available in Harvey's restaurants, but the co venture was discontinued.[10]


As of 2017 Church's Chicken had 1,009 locations.[1] There are locations in Bahrain, Belarus, Bulgaria, Curaçao, Egypt, Georgia (Tbilisi), Guyana, Honduras, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Laos (Vientiane), Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Pakistan, Puerto Rico, Russia, St. Kitts, Saint Lucia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates, Venezuela, and Vietnam.[citation needed]





See also



  • List of fast-food chicken restaurants


  • Foodlogo2.svg Food portal



References





  1. ^ abc "The QSR 50 Chicken Segment". QSR Magazine. Retrieved April 4, 2019..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "Texas Chicken enters India with its first outlet in Hyderabad". prlog.org. Retrieved November 4, 2015.


  3. ^ ab "History of Church's Chicken". Archived from the original on October 26, 2008. at official website


  4. ^ "Church's Chicken History". fundinguniverse.com. Retrieved July 17, 2014.


  5. ^ "US Chess Federation". Archived from the original on January 1, 2015. Retrieved December 31, 2014.


  6. ^ "AFC Enterprises Inc., franchisor of Popeyes, Church's Chicken, and Cinnabon, reports improved results for the fourth quarter". amonline.com. December 16, 2003. Retrieved February 3, 2009.


  7. ^ Janet, Levy (May 2, 2008). "Outlawing the Pig". frontpagemagazine.com. Archived from the original on December 6, 2008. Retrieved February 3, 2009.


  8. ^ "Church's Chicken sold to private equity firm". San Antonio Business Journal. American City Business Journals. August 10, 2009. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012. Retrieved September 9, 2016.


  9. ^ Gramig, Mickey H. (November 2006). "White Castle, Church's Chicken to Share Restaurant Sites". Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News. Retrieved February 3, 2009.


  10. ^ Lorinc, John (1995). Opportunity knocks: the truth about Canada's franchise industry. Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-13-455693-3. Retrieved July 17, 2014.




External links






  • Official website








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