Lee's Famous Recipe Chicken

Lee's Famous Recipe Chicken is a casual dining franchise founded in 1965 specializing in chicken, homestyle sides, and biscuits.

Lee's Famous Recipe Chicken
IndustryRestaurants
Founded1965 (1965)
FounderMaverick Long
Lee Cummings
Harold Omer
HeadquartersFort Walton Beach, Florida
Area served
Worldwide, but primarily Midwest
Key people
Chuck Cooper
Jim Dooley
ProductsChicken, biscuits
ServicesCatering
ParentFamous Recipe Group, LLC
Websiteleesfamousrecipe.com

History

After the sale of KFC in 1962, Lee Cummings (the nephew of KFC founder Colonel Harland Sanders)[1] 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.

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.

See also

References
  1. Great American Eating Experiences: Local Specialties, Favorite Restaurants, Food Festivals, Diners, Roadside Stands, and More. National Geographic Books. 2016. ISBN 9781426216398.
  2. Desloge, Rick (21 November 2004). "Nothing to bawk at". Biz Journals. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  3. Crosby, Meg (23 August 2017). "Local connection to Col. Sanders". Lima. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  4. "RTM Restaurant Group." International Directory of Company Histories. The Gale Group, Inc, 2006. Answers.com 01 Aug. 2011.
  5. "COMPANY NEWS; SHONEY'S AGREES TO SELL LEE'S FAMOUS RECIPE CHAIN". The New York Times. 11 July 1995. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
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