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Emerging Brands

Dave’s Hot Chicken is the ultimate parking lot success story

 By Jonathan Maze on Jan. 05, 2023

The former late-night hot chicken pop-up has become one of the fastest growing chains in the country, thanks to a simple, popular menu and a lot of social media.

Emerging Brands

Sweet Chick to open fully fast-casual prototype

By Lisa Jennings on Dec. 20, 2022

This sixth unit is smaller, more efficiently designed and requires less labor. The goal is to prepare the chicken-and-waffles brand for future expansion.

Food

Lee’s Famous Recipe Chicken goes on a flavor journey

By Patricia Cobe on Dec. 08, 2022

After 25 years with few changes to the menu, the chicken chain is exploring unique flavor frontiers for its relatively new chicken sandwich.

Leadership

John Y. Brown, a force behind KFC and Kenny Rogers Roasters, dies at age 88

By Peter Romeo on Nov. 28, 2022

The onetime Kentucky governor also played a role in the development of Lum's, Ollie's and Chicken By George.

Food

Popeyes launches a Blackened Chicken Sandwich that took 4 years to perfect

By Patricia Cobe on Nov. 15, 2022

The chain is primed to reignite the chicken sandwich wars by challenging competitors to “copy this.”

Operations

Wingstop earnings get a boost from lower chicken costs

By Lisa Jennings on Oct. 26, 2022

Domestic same-store sales were up 6.9%, mostly on increased transactions, and the fast-casual chain sees room for growth with new sandwiches and expansion of delivery.

Food

Wingstop relaunches chicken sandwiches, and this time they mean it

By Lisa Jennings on Oct. 05, 2022

The fast-casual chain first launched the sandwiches in 12 flavors earlier this year, but ran out in less than a week. Now they’re trying again.

Food

KFC tests Kentucky Fried Chicken Wraps in Atlanta

By Patricia Cobe on Oct. 03, 2022

After a swell of fan support on Twitter, wraps return to the menu in three new flavors for a limited time.

Operations

Bb.q Chicken to test Smart Kitchen format with little to no human interaction

By Lisa Jennings on Sep. 30, 2022

Guests at this unit of the Korean fried chicken chain will be able to order online or by kiosk and pick up food from lockers.

Financing

Pollo Campero gets ready for its next act

By Jonathan Maze on Sep. 26, 2022

The Guatemalan chicken chain’s parent company is investing $190 million to make a big growth push in the U.S., with plans to nearly double in size over the next three years.

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