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Expansion Plans |
Church’s Chicken has purchased 10 Popeyes Chicken and Biscuits units in Rio Grande Valley, TX. This brings the total
number of Church’s Chickens outlets in this area to 39, accounting for more than 50% of the local quick-service chicken
market. (NRN Daily NewsFax 2/14/07)
Franchise Activity |
Church’s Chicken plans to add 20 new locations in Denver by 2013. Pollos Del Centro, a Texas-based company, has been
awarded franchising rights to build the 20 units. Currently, the company is constructing two units expected to open by the end
of this year. The development will include units in Commerce City, Colorado Springs, Aurora and Lakewood and will be
freestanding, averaging 1,500 sq. ft.–2,000 sq. ft. (Company Release 6/4/07)
Church’s Chicken partnered with the Sunbelt Business Brokers investment firm to recruit new franchisees. Church’s Chicken is
attempting to step up its already aggressive franchisee recruiting efforts. Church’s currently has plans for 20 new units to open
in Denver over the next six years. (Company Release 6/14/07)
Church’s Chicken sold franchising rights to Pollos Del Centro to develop 20 Church’s Chicken units in the Denver area by
2013. The first two are slated to open by the end of the year. Pollos’ territory includes Lakewood, Aurora, Commerce City and
Colorado Springs. (Nation’s Restaurant News 7/3/07 p58)
Church’s Chicken franchisee Cajun Operating Co. has agreed to buy 20 restaurants in Louisiana from Wetco Restaurant
Group LLC for $10.9 million. Baton Rouge, LA-based Wetco has been struggling with sales since Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
The company filed for bankruptcy in late September and shut eight of its 30 Church’s restaurants in Louisiana and Tennessee.
Church’s Chicken owns and franchises 1,600 units in 18 countries. (Nation’s Restaurant News Online 10/4/07)
International Activities |
Church’s Chicken opened its 400th restaurant in Guyana. The company plans to add two more locations in the area. Currently,
Church’s Chicken has three units in Guyana. (Company Release 2/5/07)
Church’s Chicken is expanding from the U.S. to Russia with plans to open 25-30 outlets in the next three years. The
franchised locations will be centered in Moscow and St. Petersburg. (Russia & CIS General Newswire 5/24/07; Restaurants &
Institutions Online 5/24/07)
Personnel |
Harsha Agadi, CEO
Louis Perfumo, CFO
James Caldwell, V.P. of Purchasing
James Parish, COO
Darrel Suderman, V.P. of Research & Development
Farnaz Wallace, CMO
News & Other |
Shoney’s Restaurants has been acquired by Royal Hospitality Corp., the largest franchisee of Church’s Chicken’s. In early
2007, Royal Hospitality acquired the trademark and all franchise rights to Shoney’s name; the purchase of the 52 companyowned
Shoney’s will take place in early February. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Shoney’s operates and
franchises 282 restaurants nationwide. (Nation’s Restaurant News Online 1/02/07; NRN Daily NewsFax 1/03/07; Company
Release 1/02/07; Philly.com 1/02/07)
Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits’ owner AFC Enterprises has filed a $20-million lawsuit against Church’s Chicken and a former
Popeyes franchisee for the recent purchase of 10 Popeyes outlets in Rio Grande Valley, TX. The lawsuit claims that former
AFC franchisee CVI Co. Ltd. broke its contract with the company when it sold the restaurants to Church’s late last year.
Church’s says that the lawsuit is without merit and that it was approached by an unidentified party for the sale. (The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution 3/01/07–3/05/07; NRN Daily NewsFax 3/01/07; Company Release 2/28/07)
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