What specific branded items must be removed from a closed Churchs Chicken restaurant during the de-identification process?
Churchs_Chicken Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
| identification work is completed you must take several photographs of the Restaurant, which will verify the completion of the de-identification work and send them to your Regional Franchise Director. CAJUN may inspect a closed Restaurant to insure compliance and if necessary complete the de-identification process and pass these costs on to the Franchisee. |
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| Remove all interior and exterior signage, including removal of all CHURCH'S TEXAS CHICKEN logos from the building, |
| interior and exterior menu boards (and translites), roof flags, cloud signs, star signs or other signs containing CHURCH'S |
| TEXAS CHICKEN branding elements, awnings, drive-thru canopies, tower panels, pole/monument signs, directional signs |
| and channel letter signs. The pole sign frame may be removed. |
| Remove all Department of Transportation, billboard, or other signage that would direct customers to the location. |
| Remove all CHURCH'S TEXAS CHICKEN P.O.P. elements and trademarks, decals, kids' merchandise, and any other |
| promotional material or merchandising items. |
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPT (FDD pages 68–406)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Churchs Chicken's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, a specific de-identification process must be completed within seven business days after a restaurant permanently closes. This process involves removing all branding elements to ensure the location is no longer identifiable as a Churchs Chicken restaurant.
Specifically, franchisees must remove all interior and exterior signage, including logos, menu boards (and translites), roof flags, cloud signs, star signs, awnings, drive-thru canopies, tower panels, pole/monument signs, directional signs, and channel letter signs. Franchisees must also remove any Department of Transportation, billboard, or other signage that directs customers to the location.
Additionally, franchisees are required to remove all Churchs Chicken point-of-purchase (P.O.P.) elements, trademarks, decals, kids' merchandise, and any other promotional material or merchandising items. The FDD also states that after completing the de-identification work, franchisees must take photographs verifying the completion and send them to their Regional Franchise Director. Churchs Chicken may also inspect the closed restaurant to ensure compliance and complete the de-identification process if necessary, passing the costs on to the franchisee.