Last Updated on July 24, 2012 by DeanR
Chicken Delight Franchise
Chicken delight is a franchise for a fast food chain serving primarily chicken. It was founded by Al Tunick in Illinois year 1952. It all started when Al bought deep fryers from someone who was closing out a restaurant.
He and his friends were trying to find something else to cook in it besides French Fries. It was then that he realized that chicken can be deep fried. Fried chicken was born. He found out that the juices stayed inside and it cooked fast. It was then chicken became an item on fast food chains menu. This was the birth of Chicken Delight.
Chicken Delight started small offering take-outs and deliveries. The Korean War was about to end when women came out of their houses to work and barely had time to cook. Their advertisement phrase was then “ Don’t cook tonight…call Chicken Delight.” They soon had more than 1,000 locations in the United States. A group of businessmen from Canada purchased Chicken Delight in 1958. After that, they had several locations in Canada. Otto Koch purchased Chicken Delight Canada in 1976. From then on, all Chicken Delight was under one owner and one company. They now franchise locations and provides training and support to franchisees.
What’s on the menu at Chicken Delight?
Their chickens are available in 2, 3 and 4 pieces and come with crinkle cut fries, coleslaw and roll. They call these complete dinners. They also have it in buckets of 8, 15, 20, and 30 pieces. You can also get just chickens in 6, 9, 15, or 24 pieces. Besides their famous chicken, they have pizzas. You can get the chicken with pizzas or you can get the pizzas separately. Their gourmet pizzas are available in Italian Delight, Pepperoni Delight, and Aloha Delight. Also on the their Gourmet Pizza menu is the Otto’s Delight which was named after Otto Koch. Otto’s Delight has pepperoni, beef, mushroom, bacon, and onion. Some other specialties are the Dry-Seasoned Ribs made from 100% pork with Bone-in, Popcorn Shrimp, and how would a chicken food chain be without the Hot n’ Spicy Cajun Style Wings.
Costs and Requirements Associated with Running a Chicken Delight Franchise
You should have a net worth of $150,000-$200,000 and a total liquid assets of at least $75,000-$100,000. Your total investment would be at around $150,000-$350,000. Franchise fee is at $20,000 with an on-going royalty fee of 5%. This is for a renewable 10 year term agreement.
What’s included in the franchise package?
There will be 1 month training at the headquarters. Two will be required to attend this but there is no limit as to how many you want to attend for an additional fee. There will be a site analysis and selection and assistance in design and construction. They will help you purchase equipment and help you get the best quality at the best prices thru volume purchasing. There will be assistance on evaluations on your locations performance and give you support on increasing sales and lowering your costs. They have a standard accounting that they will allow you to use to be able to monitor your numbers closely. Advertising and marketing are also included.
Contact Details
You may reach them at:
Phone: (204)885-7570
Address: 395 Berry St.Winnipeg, Manitoba R3J 1N6