The first Chick-fil-A restaurant was opened in Atlanta.Īpart from chicken sandwich, grilled nuggets are one of the most popular menu items of Chick-fil-A, and the company spent a whopping $50 million dollars and 7 years to perfect the recipe. Chick-fil-A was founded in 1967 after Dwarf House became a success. Today, there are 12 Dwarf House restaurants operational in the US. Truett Cathy founded Dwarf House in 1946, which primarily focused on steaks and hamburgers. Outside of America, the company has several restaurants operating in Canada.īefore Chick-fil-A came into existence, the founder S. There are 2,873 restaurants operated by the brand, most of which are located in the United States.Įxcept for Alaska, Vermont, and Hawaii, Chick-fil-A operates in 47 US states and Washington D.C. It is one of the largest and the largest fast food restaurant chain specializing in chicken sandwiches. It is the second-largest fast-food chain after McDonald’s.Ĭhick-fil-A is an American fast food restaurant chain.
Today, KFC has over 25,000 restaurants and stores in over 145 countries globally, with more than 5,200 units in the US alone. Its parent company is Yum! Brands that also own Pizza Hut and Taco Bell. The first KFC franchise opened in Utah in 1952 and has never stopped since then. It also offers salads and side dishes such as French fries and coleslaw, desserts and soft drinks. Today, it serves fried chicken and other chicken products such as chicken fillets, sandwiches, and wraps. Its original product was pressure-fried chicken pieces, seasoned with the Sanders signature recipe of “ 11 herbs and spices.” In 1991 it adopted the abbreviated, iconic name, KFC. Headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, KFC was founded in 1930 by Colonel Harland Sanders and known then as Kentucky Fried Chicken. The company reported system-wide sales of around US$878.8m in 2000.KFC is a leading international American fast-food restaurant chain with 5,200 stores in the U.S. Church’s currently operates more than 1,500 franchised restaurants in the US, Puerto Rico and eight other countries. Last year, Church’s also signed franchise development agreements to open restaurants in Venezuela, Ecuador, Panama, Jamaica, Bahamas, Aruba, Curacao, and St. Church’s made sense for us as they have global brand recognition, a streamlined operating system, and experienced support teams.” Kevin Hedderwick, COO for Steers Holdings, commented on the new agreement: “We were looking to add a high-quality, branded chicken restaurant chain to expand our current portfolio.
Steers currently operates over 450 branded restaurant locations in South Africa, including hamburger chain Steers pizza chain Debonairs and seafood quick service restaurants FishAways.
“Steers Holdings has the proven franchising expertise and infrastructure to make Church’s a tremendous success across Africa,” he said. Hala Moddelmog, president of Church’s, revealed that the company has sought the possibility for franchise development in Africa for a few years: “Church’s was searching for the right franchise partner to introduce the Church’s Chicken brand to Africa. The first restaurant, which is scheduled to open in South Africa by early April this year, will offer price-conscious menu items including American Southern-style fried chicken, sandwiches, and side items including Honey-Butter biscuits, jalapeno peppers, coleslaw, french fries, and mashed potatoes. The agreement allows Steers Holdings to subfranchise Church’s Chicken restaurants exclusively in 19 African countries South Africa, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zambia, Tanzania, Ghana, Botswana, Mauritius, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Uganda, Ivory Coast, Lesotho, Nigeria, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, and Cameroon. Church’s Chicken, a division of AFC Enterprises, announced yesterday that it has signed a master franchise agreement with South African-based Steers Holdings to subfranchise the development and operation of 100 Church’s Chicken restaurants over the next five years.
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