# Bojangles’ Restaurants, Inc.

> Bojangles is a Charlotte-born quick-service restaurant operator and franchisor built around Southern-style chicken, scratch-made biscuits, all-day breakfast and iced tea. Its strongest asset is a regional ritual customers already understand; its growth challenge is translating that loyalty into new markets through franchise partners, simplified menus, digital ordering and drive-through automation without making the food feel generic.

- **Founded:** 1977
- **Headquarters:** Charlotte, United States
- **Founders:** Jack Fulk (Co-founder), Richard Thomas (Co-founder)
- **Team size:** 9,000+ team members on the official company site; LinkedIn lists a 10,001+ company-size band.
- **Products:** Southern-style chicken, Made-from-scratch biscuits and breakfast, Fixins, tea and sweets, Digital ordering and delivery, Catering and family meals
- **Notable:** Expanded from one Charlotte restaurant in 1977 to approximately 850 restaurants in 20 states by late 2025., Reached its 500th restaurant in 2011 and listed on Nasdaq in 2015 before returning to private ownership in 2019., Built a franchise base in which more than 500 locations are franchised and 93% of franchised restaurants are owned by multi-unit operators.

## Products & services

- **Southern-style chicken** — Hand-breaded bone-in chicken, tenders, sandwiches and rotating boneless formats seasoned in the brand’s Southern style.
- **Made-from-scratch biscuits and breakfast** — Buttermilk biscuits made throughout the day, used for Cajun filet, sausage, steak, country ham and other breakfast sandwiches; breakfast is served all day in many restaurants.
- **Fixins, tea and sweets** — Seasoned fries, Bo-Tato Rounds, Dirty Rice, coleslaw, Legendary Iced Tea and sweets such as the Bo-Berry Biscuit.
- **Digital ordering and delivery** — Mobile and web ordering for pickup or delivery, with account-based offers and app-only items.
- **Catering and family meals** — Large-format breakfast, chicken and side orders for workplaces, parties, tailgates and family gatherings, including digital catering at hundreds of restaurants.
- **Franchise program** — Traditional and express restaurant formats with territory development, training, supply-chain, marketing and operating support for qualified multi-unit operators.

## Achievements

- Expanded from one Charlotte restaurant in 1977 to approximately 850 restaurants in 20 states by late 2025.
- Reached its 500th restaurant in 2011 and listed on Nasdaq in 2015 before returning to private ownership in 2019.
- Built a franchise base in which more than 500 locations are franchised and 93% of franchised restaurants are owned by multi-unit operators.
- Opened a 60,000-plus-square-foot Charlotte Support Center in 2025 with a full-scale test kitchen and leadership training space.
- Deployed bilingual AI drive-through ordering to nearly 500 restaurants, reaching a reported one million orders per week in 2025.
- The Bojangles Foundation’s third annual golf classic raised more than $500,000 in 2025.
- Entered additional markets including Las Vegas, Houston, Colorado, New Jersey, New York, Michigan, Oklahoma and Arizona during the 2025-2026 expansion cycle.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Introduced limited-time crunch-and-flavor variations for two fan favorites.
- **2026-07** — Opened the first Arizona restaurant, extending the brand farther west.
- **2026-06** — Added peach iced tea and blackberry cobbler for summer and brought back breakfast Bo-Ritos with a new Fuego version.
- **2026-05** — Installed its first EV charging station as a test of a charge-and-dine roadside experience.
- **2026-04** — Opened the first Oklahoma restaurant and introduced Bo’s Chicken Rippers.
- **2026-02** — Opened the first Michigan restaurant and added the Triple Double Biscuit with iced coffee.
- **2026-01** — Returned to New York City with a Brooklyn opening and opened its first Austin-area restaurant in Manor, Texas.
- **2025-10** — Recognized Hi Auto, Eagle Fabrication and TriMark USA at its supplier summit; the system was then described as approximately 850 restaurants in 20 states.

## Links

- Website: https://www.bojangles.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bojangles%27%E2%80%8B-restaurants-inc-
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/Bojangles
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/itsbotime
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bojangles/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Bojangles/

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Last updated: 2026-08-13