• Investment Required
• Investment Level: $ 125 K
• Training and Support: Yes

The Chicken Delight franchise has created a colorful and important place for itself in the North American fast food industry. The company got its start in 1952 by an American entrepreneur by the name of Al Tunick, who has become a true pioneer in the fast food franchising industry. He got his start by purchasing a couple of deep fryers from a restaurant that was going out of business, and then he and his friends tried to cook a bunch  of different foods, looking for a product besides French fries that they could create. At this time, chicken was only ever pan fried, oven roasted or steamed, which made it a failure as a fast food item because the cooking times were long. So one day Tunick coated some chicken with a spicy breading and put it into the hot oil, and found that it cooked much more quickly while still sealing the juices inside. This is the concept that led to the Chicken Delight franchise concept.

It did not take long for the Chicken Delight franchise to grow into more than 1,000 franchise units all throughout the United States, making it one of the biggest fast food company chains of its kind within the United States at the time. Chicken Delight is one of the oldest fast-food franchisors in the entire world offering chicken products, which were quite rare at the time. A local group of businessmen bought a Chicken Delight trademark in 1958 and franchising rights allowed them to start opening franchise opportunities of their very own in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. 

The future is looking really bright for the Chicken Delight franchise, with the head office owning and operating a number of corporate stores in both rural and urban settings in addition to a number of franchise opportunities all over Canada and the United States. The corporate store locations allow the Chicken Delight franchise to monitor the marketplace from a number of sources all over the continent. The Chicken Delight franchise company is interested in entering into agreements for master franchises and unit franchises, especially in Eastern Canada, Western Canada and a number of markets in the United States and in international territories as well.

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