| 词条 | Church's Chicken |
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| trading_name = Church's Chicken (in North America) Texas Chicken (outside North America) Church's Chicken in Central America | logo = Churchslogo.svg | foundation = {{Start date and age|1952|04|17|mf=y}} in San Antonio, Texas | type = Private | logo_caption = You Bring It Home | founder = George W. Church Sr. | location = Atlanta, Georgia, United States | locations = 1,700+ | area_served = North America, South America, Asia, Europe | key_people = Joe Christina, CEO | industry = Food | owner = Friedman Fleischer & Lowe | products = Fast food, including fried chicken, french fries, and biscuits | homepage = {{URL|http://www.churchs.com/}} }} Church's Chicken is an American chain of fast food restaurants specializing in fried chicken, also trading outside North America as Texas Chicken.[1] The chain was founded as Church's Fried Chicken To Go by George W. Church Sr., on April 17, 1952, in San Antonio, Texas, across the street from The Alamo. The company, with more than 1,700 locations in 25 countries, is the fourth largest chicken restaurant chain behind KFC, Popeyes, and Chick-fil-A, and fourth by revenue behind Chick-fil-A, KFC, and Popeyes.[2][2] History{{expand section|More info before 1980s|date=January 2014}}Initially, the restaurant only sold chicken, but added fries and jalapeños in 1955.[2] The company had four restaurants by the time of Church's death in 1956. In the 1980s, the chain briefly operated a hamburger franchise called G. W. Jrs in Texas.[3] During the mid-1960s the Jim Dandy Fried Chicken chain purchased the rights to use the Church's Chicken name where its stores were branded with the Jim Dandy "D" logo. From 1979 through 1986, Church's Chicken sponsored the "Grand Prix" series of chess tournaments under the auspices of the United States Chess Federation.[4] Rapid expansion followed, and Church's became the second largest chicken restaurant chain in 1989, when it merged with Popeyes.[5] The brands had their supply lines consolidated, but were still marketed as separate chains. Hala Moddelmog was appointed as president of Church's Chicken in March 1996, making her the first female president of a fast food restaurant chain. Church's was owned by AFC Enterprises, along with Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits and Cinnabon, through the end of 2004, when it was sold to Arcapita (formerly Crescent Capital Investments). Because Arcapita is an Islamic venture capital firm, pork products were removed from the menu after the sale (as pork is not halal) in 2005.[6][7] Also, American Church's Chicken restaurants switched beverage products to Coca-Cola (some locations serving Coke products and Dr Pepper), while still retaining the Pepsi-Cola contract in Puerto Rico and Canada.{{Citation needed|reason=According to a 2008 article, "The Coca-Cola Co. has been the preferred beverage partner for Church's Chicken since the quick-service chicken brand was founded in 1952." If there is any source that backs up the statement that they switched from Pepsi to Coke, or that a previous Coke contract applied only to company owned outlets and allowed franchises to serve Pepsi products, then this needs to be specified and cited.|date=January 2018}} On August 10, 2009, San Francisco private equity firm Friedman Fleischer & Lowe bought Church's Chicken from Arcapita.[8] In some areas, Church's is co franchised with the White Castle hamburger chain.[9] In Canada, Church's Chicken items were once available in Harvey's restaurants, but the co venture was discontinued.[10] To date, Church's Chicken has over 1,660 locations in 30 countries.[11] There are locations in Bahrain, Belarus, Bulgaria, Curaçao, Egypt, Georgia (Tbilisi), Guyana, Honduras, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Laos (Vientiane), Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Pakistan, Puerto Rico, Russia, St. Kitts, Saint Lucia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates, Venezuela, and Vietnam. See also
References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.prlog.org/10115853-texas-chicken-enters-india-with-its-first-outlet-in-hyderabad.html|title=Texas Chicken enters India with its first outlet in Hyderabad|work=prlog.org|accessdate=4 November 2015}} 2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.chick-fil-a.com/Company/Highlights-Fact-Sheets |title=Company Fact Sheet |website=Chick-fil-A |date= |author=}} 3. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/church-s-chicken-history/ |title=Church's Chicken History |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |website=fundinguniverse.com |publisher= |accessdate=July 17, 2014}} 4. ^{{cite web |url=http://archive.uschess.org/news/press/uspr0514.php/ |title=US Chess Federation |accessdate=December 31, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101031056/http://archive.uschess.org/news/press/uspr0514.php/ |archive-date=January 1, 2015 |dead-url=yes |df=mdy-all }} 5. ^1 2 {{cite web|title=History of Church's Chicken |url=http://www.churchs.com/company-history.html |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081026035012/http://www.churchs.com/company-history.html |archivedate=2008-10-26 |df= }} at official website 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.amonline.com/web/online/VendingMarketWatch-News/AFC-Enterprises-Inc--franchisor-of-Popeyes--Churchs-Chicken-and-Cinnabon--reports-improved-results-for-the-fourth-quarter/1$11735|title=AFC Enterprises Inc., franchisor of Popeyes, Church's Chicken, and Cinnabon, reports improved results for the fourth quarter |date=2003-12-16|publisher=amonline.com|accessdate=2009-02-03}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=B4D7EA5D-074C-4D34-AB04-71E9354504CB |title=Outlawing the Pig |last=Janet |first=Levy |date=2008-05-02 |publisher=frontpagemagazine.com |accessdate=2009-02-03 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206185448/http://frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=B4D7EA5D-074C-4D34-AB04-71E9354504CB |archivedate=2008-12-06 |df= }} 8. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/triad/othercities/sanantonio/stories/2009/08/10/daily4.html |title=Church's Chicken sold to private equity firm |accessdate=9 September 2016 |date=10 August 2009 |publisher=American City Business Journals |newspaper=San Antonio Business Journal |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025230012/http://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/stories/2009/08/10/daily4.html |archivedate=25 October 2012 |deadurl=yes |df= }} 9. ^{{cite news|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5553/is_/ai_n22324638|title=White Castle, Church's Chicken to Share Restaurant Sites|last=Gramig|first=Mickey H.|date=November 2006|publisher=Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News|accessdate=2009-02-03}} 10. ^{{cite book |last=Lorinc |first=John |date=1995 |title=Opportunity knocks: the truth about Canada's franchise industry |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ycCGvqhBubkC&q=%22church%27s+chicken%22+%22harvey%27s%22&dq=%22church%27s+chicken%22+%22harvey%27s%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=4NPpUrjuA-imyQHb14DoAg&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAQ |location= |publisher=Prentice Hall |page= |isbn=0-13-455693-3 |accessdate=July 17, 2014 }} 11. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.linkedin.com/company/church's-chicken |title=Church's Chicken |author= |date= |website=linkedin.com |publisher= |accessdate=2014-07-17}} External links{{commons category|Church's Chicken}}
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