(Church's in the UK is also the name of an unrelated shoe store chain.) They withdrew from the country a few years later, and the former Texas Chicken location in Leytonstone was replaced with a new independent fried chicken restaurant known as Tex Bites. However, only a small number of restaurants opened, with one in High Road Leytonstone, London, and another in Salford, Greater Manchester. In February 2008, Church's Chicken entered the UK market under the 'Texas Chicken' name, claiming to have signed up 50 former Dixy Chicken franchisees. Afterwards, locations in Malaysia, Taiwan, Singapore, and the Philippines were also opened under the trade name 'Texas Chicken'. The first reason of changing the name into 'Texas' is because the brand name 'Church' does not seem to be popular for countries with majority non-Christian religions such as Indonesia. It also gained popularity in the 1980s when it was first opened in Indonesia under a trade name 'Texas Chicken'. Global and national expansion Pako, the Texas Chicken mascot for the chain's Indonesian marketĬhurch's Chicken began its international expansion in the 1970s and the locations were in Canada, Mexico, Japan, and Puerto Rico. Hala Moddelmog was appointed president of Church's Chicken in March 1996, making her the first female president of a fast food restaurant chain. resigned as corporation chairman and was replaced by childhood friend Roger Harvin. The roughly 60 locations were shuttered in 1985. In the late 1970s, the chain briefly operated a hamburger franchise in Texas called G.W. Church's Chicken gained 387 more restaurants between 19. By the end of that year, there were more than 100 Church's Chicken restaurants in seven states, making the chain the first from Texas to become a national one. In 1968, the Church family sold the company, which became incorporated and went public in 1969. gave Jim Dandy the right to use the trade names and trademarks 'Church's Fried Chicken' or 'Church's' within fifty miles of Houston's city hall and within the city limits of Galveston, Texas for ten years, as long as Church's Chicken received the agreed upon royalties. In 1966, a contract between Church's Fried Chicken, Inc. By 1967, the chain opened restaurants in five Texan cities outside of San Antonio and operated 17 restaurants in 1968. when he joined Bamberger's vacuum cleaner distributorship, joined Church's Chicken in 1965 to oversee the franchising. David Bamberger, who first met Church Jr. and his brother Richard developed a signature marinade that could be prepared at any location. To begin expanding and franchising in 1965, Church Jr. as top executive, there were eight restaurants in San Antonio. After his death, family members took over operations, and in 1962, with Church Sr.'s son Bill Church Jr. The company had four restaurants by the time of Church Sr.'s death in 1956. A Church's Texas Chicken in Detroit Early expansion, franchising and sale

designed the kitchen with the fryers next to the takeout window. To allow customers to see their food prepared while they waited, Church Sr. Church's Chicken added fries and jalapeños to its menu in 1955. Initially, Church's Chicken was a single walk-up establishment that only sold fried chicken, and two pieces of chicken and a roll cost 49 cents. opened the first Church's Chicken, named Church's Fried Chicken To-Go, in San Antonio, Texas. In 1952, retired chicken incubator salesman George W. The chain is currently owned by American private equity firm High Bluff Capital Partners.Īs of 2017, Church's Texas Chicken had more than 1,700 franchised and company-owned locations in 26 countries. Church's Texas Chicken trades as Texas Chicken or Church's Chicken in many countries. on April 17, 1952, in San Antonio, Texas, across the street from The Alamo. The chain was founded as Church's Fried Chicken To-Go by George W.

South America Restaurants Corporation (Honduras, Puerto Rico and Venezuela)Ĭhurch's Texas Chicken is an American fast food restaurant chain that specializes in fried chicken and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. High Bluff Capital Partners (United States) Fast food, most known for its fried chicken, honey-butter biscuits and jalapenos.

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