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title: "bb.q Chicken to open 1st New Mexico locations in Walmart stores"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/ba54350b-c99f-4777-b879-4b489a0a3cf1
source: "FastCasual"
original_url: https://www.fastcasual.com/news/bbq-chicken-to-open-first-new-mexico-locations-in-walmart-stores/
category: "Chicken"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Chicken"
topics: ["Development & multi-unit","Operations"]
published: 2026-11-06T11:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-06T12:02:31.448Z
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# bb.q Chicken to open 1st New Mexico locations in Walmart stores

**TL;DR:** Korean fried chicken chain bb.q Chicken will open its first New Mexico restaurants in July 2027, with four locations planned inside Walmart stores in Albuquerque and Rio Rancho. The brand, based in Seoul with U.S. headquarters in Fort Lee, New Jersey, currently operates more than 230 U.S. locations.

*originally published in FastCasual on 2026-11-06. [Read the original](https://www.fastcasual.com/news/bbq-chicken-to-open-first-new-mexico-locations-in-walmart-stores/).*

## Story

Korean fried chicken chain bb.q Chicken will open its first New Mexico restaurants in July 2027, with four restaurants planned inside Walmart stores in Albuquerque and Rio Rancho.

The locations will include:

- 2701 Carlisle Blvd. NE, Albuquerque
- 901 Unser Blvd. SE, Rio Rancho
- 3500 Coors Blvd. SW, Albuquerque
- 2266 Wyoming Blvd. NE, Albuquerque

Customers will be able to order at the restaurants, online, through the bb.q Chicken app and via third-party delivery platforms. The company said the Walmart locations will give shoppers convenient dining options while also serving customers looking for takeout and dinner choices.

Based in Seoul, South Korea, bb.q Chicken maintains its U.S. headquarters in Fort Lee, New Jersey. The brand has more than 230 locations across the United States.

## Entities

- Restaurants (sector)
- franchise expansion (topic)
- Walmart (company)
- new mexico (location)
- Albuquerque (location)
- korean fried chicken (topic)
- Seoul (location)
- walmart partnership (topic)
- Rio Rancho (location)
- Fort Lee, New Jersey (location)
- new mexico (topic)

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Originally reported by FastCasual (https://www.fastcasual.com/news/bbq-chicken-to-open-first-new-mexico-locations-in-walmart-stores/). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/ba54350b-c99f-4777-b879-4b489a0a3cf1).