Besides franchising Churchs Chicken restaurants, does Cajun Global LLC conduct any other business in the U.S.?
Churchs_Chicken Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
We are a Delaware limited liability company formed on January 14, 2011. Our principal business addressis 980 Hammond Drive, Suite 1100, Atlanta, Georgia 30328-6161. Our agentsforservice of process are listed in Exhibit B to this Franchise Disclosure Document. We do business under our corporate name and under the trade names Church's®, Church's Chicken® and Church's Texas Chicken® (as well as related trademarks and service marks). For purposes of this disclosure document, Church's Restaurants include restaurants bearing those trade names and related trademarks. We have franchised Church's Restaurants since our acquisition of the Church's Chicken Restaurant business on February 24, 2011. As of December 31, 2024, we and/or our affiliates operated 159 Church's or Church's Texas Chicken Restaurants. We do not engage in any business not described in this Item 1.
As of December 31, 2024, there were 1,445 Restaurants in the System worldwide, including 761 Restaurants located within the domestic United States and 684 franchised Restaurants located in Puerto Rico and in foreign countries (some of which operate under the Texas Chicken name and trademarks). Of the Restaurants located within the United States, as of December 31, 2024, there were 159 company-owned Restaurants and 602 franchised Restaurants. We may offer and sell franchises for operation of Church's Restaurants outside the United States on terms different than those described in this Franchise Disclosure Document and under different trademarks. In the U.S., we have not offered franchises other than for Church's Restaurants, although we may do so in the future, and we do not conduct any other business.
Source: Item 1 — THE FRANCHISOR AND ANY PARENTS, PREDECESSORS AND AFFILIATES (FDD pages 7–10)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Churchs Chicken Franchise Disclosure Document, Cajun Global LLC, the franchisor, primarily focuses on the Churchs Chicken restaurant system. The FDD specifies that Cajun Global LLC has been franchising Churchs Chicken Restaurants since acquiring the business on February 24, 2011. As of December 31, 2024, Churchs Chicken and its affiliates operated 159 Churchs Chicken or Churchs Texas Chicken Restaurants. The disclosure explicitly states that Cajun Global LLC does not engage in any business not described in Item 1 of the FDD.
Within the United States, as of December 31, 2024, there were 159 company-owned Churchs Chicken Restaurants and 602 franchised Churchs Chicken Restaurants. Churchs Chicken may offer and sell franchises outside the U.S. under different terms and trademarks. However, within the U.S., Churchs Chicken has not offered franchises other than for Churchs Chicken Restaurants.
While Cajun Global LLC focuses on Churchs Chicken, it's important to note that they have affiliates through common ownership with Super Rego and HBCP that own and franchise Quiznos Restaurants and Taco Del Mar Restaurants. These affiliated brands operate under different names and offer different menu items. As of December 31, 2024, there were 145 Quiznos Restaurants and 38 Taco Del Mar Restaurants located within the United States.