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title: "Bojangles' Had Same-Store Sales Bump in Q3"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/89df5cba-5cd5-4bf7-a3eb-206a276f9eac
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/bojangles-had-same-store-sales-bump-in-q3-2708421
category: "Chicken"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Chicken"
topics: ["Finance & M&A"]
published: 2018-11-12T18:13:01.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:31:20.496Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/81174d0ec86e9b36d200a84caa9e5142986.jpg
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# Bojangles' Had Same-Store Sales Bump in Q3

**TL;DR:** Bojangles' Inc. reported a 0.4 percent systemwide same-store sales increase in its third quarter, following six consecutive quarters of declines. The company's interim president and CEO Randy Kibler attributed the bump to the company's back-to-basics strategy.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2018-11-12. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/bojangles-had-same-store-sales-bump-in-q3-2708421).*

## Story

Bojangles’ Inc. saw a systemwide same-store sales increase of 0.4 percent in its third quarter, according to a report in Nation’s Restaurant News.

That may not seem like a huge jump, but the article noted that Bojangles’ experienced six quarters in a row of same-store sales declines. In August, the company announced plans to close underperforming locations. Last week, the company announced it would be acquired by two New York law firms.

Bojangles’ interim president and CEO Randy Kibler addressed the bump in sales.

“We believe our back-to-basics strategy of operating ‘well-run restaurants’ is elevating customer perceptions of Bojangles’,” Kibler said in a statement, according to the article. “We are enhancing customers’ total brand experience through staffing and training initiatives, improving speed of service at the drive-thru, promoting high-quality signature menu items with value messaging, and building out our technological capabilities to support the use of our new mobile app and delivery test.”

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- Nation's Restaurant News (publication)
- same store sales (topic)
- Bojangles (company)
- restaurant performance (topic)
- q3 earnings (topic)
- acquisition plans (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/bojangles-had-same-store-sales-bump-in-q3-2708421). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/89df5cba-5cd5-4bf7-a3eb-206a276f9eac).