Chicken Express is a small, regional chain of fast food

Fast food

Fast food is the term given to food that can be prepared and served very quickly. While any meal with low preparation time can be considered to be fast food, typically the term refers to food sold in a restaurant or store with preheated or precooked ingredients, and served to the customer in a...

 restaurants concentrated in the Southern United States

Southern United States

The Southern United States—commonly referred to as the American South, Dixie, or simply the South—constitutes a large distinctive area in the southeastern and south-central United States...

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History

Chicken Express was established in 1988 by Stuart Group Inc. A corporation established by Richard and Nancy Stuart which now does business as "Chicken Express." The concept for the restaurant was born in 1988 in Benbrook, Texas

Benbrook, Texas

Benbrook is a city located in the southwestern corner of Tarrant County, Texas, in Texas's 12th congressional district, and a suburb of Fort Worth...

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Present Day

The restaurant focuses primarily on Fried chicken, Catfish, and chicken tenders but also serves sides. Such as fried pickle slices, corn on the cob, apple pie, mashed potatoes, fried okra, gravy, cheese sticks, cole slaw, french fries, corn nuggets, mini poppers, green beans,and jalapenos. They are also known or their Iced Tea of which they sell gallon jugs. Chicken Express operates over 160 locations in Texas

Texas

Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

, Georgia

Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...

, Arkansas

Arkansas

Arkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquian name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares borders with six states , and its eastern border is largely defined by the Mississippi River...

, and Oklahoma

Oklahoma

Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...

. With company headquarters in Mineral Wells, Texas

Mineral Wells, Texas

Mineral Wells is a city in Palo Pinto and Parker counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 16,946 at the 2000 census. The city is named for mineral springs in the area, which were highly popular in the early 1900s...

. Chicken Express believes that an important element to its franchise system is the owner/operator philosophy.

External links

• ChickenE.com - Official site