Church's Chicken sets store-opening record

Church's Chicken sets store-opening record
Tags: Chicken, Food & Beverage, Franchising & Growth, International, Operations Management
April 20, 2008

ATLANTA — Church's Chicken opened 99 stores in 2007, representing seven percent unit growth globally and setting a company record for total restaurant openings in a single year after Arcapita Inc. took the brand private in 2004. The brand opened 59 restaurants in the U.S. and 40 restaurants internationally, and added 12 new domestic franchise partners.

Church's domestic franchise partner plans to open 47 restaurants by the end of 2008, and the brand's international team has already begun opening a significant number of new stores under the Texas Chicken brand in Russia and the United Kingdom, with a goal to grow from more than 400 to at least 1,000 stores in the next five years.