Chicken Express

Chicken Express

Industry	Fast Food
Founded	1988 Benbrook, Texas
Headquarters	Mineral Wells, Texas, U.S.
Number of locations	163
Key people	Richard Stuart, Nancy Stuart, Founders
Products	Fried Chicken, Chicken Tenders, and other sides.
Parent	Stuart Group Inc.
Website	chickene.com

Chicken Express is a small, regional chain of fast food restaurants concentrated in the Southern United States.

History

Chicken Express was established in 1988 by Stuart Group Inc. A corporation established by Richard and Nancy Stuart which now does business as "Chicken Express." The concept for the restaurant was born in 1988 in Benbrook, Texas.^[1]

Present Day

The restaurant focuses primarily on Fried chicken, Catfish, and chicken tenders but also serves sides. Such as fried pickle slices, corn on the cob, apple pie, mashed potatoes, fried okra, gravy, cheese sticks, cole slaw, french fries, corn nuggets, mini poppers, green beans,and jalapenos. They are also known or their Iced Tea of which they sell gallon jugs. Chicken Express operates over 160 locations in Texas, Georgia, Arkansas, and Oklahoma. With company headquarters in Mineral Wells, Texas. Chicken Express believes that an important element to its franchise system is the owner/operator philosophy.^[2]

References

1. ^ http://www.chickene.com/about_us.html
2. ^ http://www.chickene.com/locations.html

External links

• ChickenE.com - Official site