When did Cajun Global LLC acquire the Churchs Chicken Restaurant business?
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 Churchs Chicken's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, Cajun Global LLC acquired the Churchs Chicken restaurant business on February 24, 2011. As the franchisor, Cajun Global LLC has been franchising Churchs Restaurants since this acquisition date.
Cajun Global LLC, identified as "Cajun," "we," or "us" in the document, is the owner and franchisor of the Churchs Chicken restaurant system. This means that since February 24, 2011, Cajun Global LLC has been responsible for granting franchises to individuals and entities looking to operate Churchs Restaurants.
As of December 31, 2024, Churchs Chicken and its affiliates operated 159 Churchs or Churchs Texas Chicken Restaurants. The franchise system included a total of 1,445 restaurants worldwide, with 761 located within the United States. Of those in the United States, 159 were company-owned, and 602 were franchised. This indicates that a significant portion of Churchs Chicken restaurants are operated by franchisees, highlighting the importance of the franchise model to the brand's overall strategy.