Lee's Famous Recipe Chicken
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Industry | Restaurants |
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Founded | 1965 |
Founder | Maverick Long,Lee Cummings Harold Omer |
Headquarters | Fort Walton Beach, Florida |
Area served | Worldwide, but primarily Midwest |
Key people | Chuck Cooper Jim Dooley |
Products | Chicken, biscuits |
Services | Catering |
Parent | Famous Recipe Group, LLC |
Website | leesfamousrecipe.com |
Lee's Famous Recipe Chicken is a casual dining franchise founded in 1966 specializing in chicken, homestyle sides, and biscuits.
History
Lee Cummings, the nephew of Colonel Harland Sanders (founder of KFC).[1] After the sale of KFC in 1962, Cummings began developing his recipe, later to be known as "Famous Recipe."[2] In 1966, Cummings, along with Harold Omer, started "Harold's Take-Home" in Lima, Ohio where Cummings first introduced his Famous Recipe Chicken.[3] Later that year, Cummings opened the restaurant's first franchise in Columbus, Ohio. Locations in Springfield, Dayton, and Cincinnati, Ohio followed in the coming years, as well as a unit in Kalamazoo, Michigan.[citation needed]
In 1981, Cummings sold the chain to Shoney's Restaurants in Nashville, Tennessee.[2] Shoney's continued to operate Lee's along with their own Captain D's and Shoney's Restaurants until 1995, when Lee's was sold to RTM Restaurant Group in Atlanta, Georgia.[4][5]
In May 2003, the chain had 29 company-owned locations and 125 franchised locations. In October 2003, Lee's Famous Recipes Inc. purchased the chain from RTM. In April 2013, Famous Recipe Group LLC purchased the chain from Lee's Famous Recipes, Inc.[citation needed]
See also
References
- ^ Great American Eating Experiences: Local Specialties, Favorite Restaurants, Food Festivals, Diners, Roadside Stands, and More. National Geographic Books. 2016. ISBN 9781426216398.
- ^ a b Desloge, Rick (21 November 2004). "Nothing to bawk at". Biz Journals. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
- ^ Crosby, Meg (23 August 2017). "Local connection to Col. Sanders". Lima. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
- ^ "RTM Restaurant Group." International Directory of Company Histories. The Gale Group, Inc, 2006. Answers.com 01 Aug. 2011.
- ^ "COMPANY NEWS; SHONEY'S AGREES TO SELL LEE'S FAMOUS RECIPE CHAIN". The New York Times. 11 July 1995. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
External links
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