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title: "1,500 Unit Brand Church's Chicken Seeks Buyer"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/21e74ef5-cf42-4f7a-87bf-9f8f6b0603db
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/1500-unit-brand-churchs-chicken-seeks-buyer-2710239
category: "Chicken"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Chicken"
published: 2019-06-14T18:13:03.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:31:58.175Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/4c792eb0afd452599e6e7ec79dad44688672.jpg
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# 1,500 Unit Brand Church's Chicken Seeks Buyer

**TL;DR:** Church's Chicken, a 1,500 unit brand, is seeking a buyer after experiencing declining growth in recent years. The company has unveiled a comprehensive rebrand and plans for regrowth abroad in Asia and the Middle East.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2019-06-14. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/1500-unit-brand-churchs-chicken-seeks-buyer-2710239).*

## Story

FFL, a San Francisco-based firm, bought Church’s Chicken in 2009 for $390 million from Arcapita Bank BSC, but the brand hasn’t seen much action since. In spite of being one of the worlds largest chicken chains with 1500 locations in the United States and more than 20 countries, the brand hasn’t seen consistent growth as of late. Church’s total units have declined by 159 restaurants in three years.

The company recently unveiled its first comprehensive rebrand since the 1980s and is planning regrowth abroad in Asia and the Middle East. Domestically, this redesign will focus on imagery and modernizing the brand. CEO Joe Christina said to QSR, “The domestic business shift was really around how we advertise to our guests. There will be small components like packaging and uniform changes throughout the year, but it was more around how we advertise what we are and what we stand for.”

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- international expansion (topic)
- private equity (topic)
- rebranding (topic)
- Church's Texas Chicken (company)
- Joe Christina (person)
- unit decline (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/1500-unit-brand-churchs-chicken-seeks-buyer-2710239). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/21e74ef5-cf42-4f7a-87bf-9f8f6b0603db).