Church's Chicken Company Description
This company has several places fried-chicken worshipers can flock to. Cajun Operating Company owns and operates Church's Chicken, the #3 quick-service chicken chain behind YUM! Brands' KFC and AFC Enterprises' Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits, with more than 1,650 locations in more than 20 countries. The restaurants specialize in fried chicken available with such side items as biscuits, fried okra, fries, and mashed potatoes. More than 250 of the locations are company-owned, while the rest are franchised. Church's Chicken was started in 1952 by retired chicken incubator salesman George Church as Church's Fried Chicken to Go. The company is owned by investment firm Friedman Fleischer & Lowe.
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