Bush's Chicken
{{short description|American fast food chain}}
{{Infobox company
| type = Private
| name = Bush's Chicken
| logo = Bush's Chicken.png
| logo_size = 150px
| foundation = {{start date and age|1996}}
| founders = Keith and Charlene Bush
| location = Waco, Texas, U.S.
| locations = 75 stores
| key_people = Patrick J. Clarke (CEO)
| industry = Restaurants Franchising
| genre = Fast food
| products = Fried chicken, fried okra, fries, mashed potatoes, corn nuggets, jalapeño poppers, yeast rolls and macaroni and cheese
| area_served = Texas
| revenue = {{Profit}} US$231 Million
| revenue_year = 2021
| num_employees = 1,000
| num_employees_year = 2021
| homepage = {{official website|http://www.bushschicken.com/}}
}}
Bush's Chicken (stylized as Bush's Chicken!) is a fast food restaurant serving fried chicken. The company is headquartered in Waco, Texas and has over 75 franchise locations in Central, North, South, and West Texas.{{cite web|url=https://www.wacotrib.com/news/business/bush-s-chicken-rebuilding-in-lorena-plans-expansion-outside-texas/article_4d24aca2-8b4e-5b2b-a31f-16662c5230ca.html |title=Bush's Chicken rebuilding in Lorena, plans expansion outside Texas|work=Waco Tribune-Herald|date=January 5, 2016|access-date=November 27, 2018}} The chain serves fried chicken, fried okra, fries, mashed potatoes, corn nuggets, jalapeño poppers, yeast rolls and macaroni and cheese. Bush's Chicken also sells sweet and unsweet iced tea by the gallon jug.[http://www.thefairfieldrecorder.net/news/2010-04-15/Front_Page/Bushs_to_open_at_Pontes_site.html Bush's to open at Ponte's site | www.thefairfieldrecorder.net | Fairfield Recorder] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724095342/http://www.thefairfieldrecorder.net/news/2010-04-15/Front_Page/Bushs_to_open_at_Pontes_site.html|date=July 24, 2011}}
History
The first Bush's Chicken was opened in 1996 in Waco, Texas by Keith Bush.{{cite web|url=http://www.bushschicken.com/our-story/|title=Our story|access-date=May 29, 2018}} The chain was sold to Hammock Partners, L.L.C. in 2005. The headquarters was moved to Austin that same year. In 2011 Keith Bush's son, Corey Bush, purchased three of the chain's restaurants.{{cite web|url=http://kdhnews.com/business/bush-s-chicken-restaurants-in-killeen-change-ownership/article_f2d8b401-147a-5b27-811a-8cf0201ef484.html |title=Bush's Chicken restaurants in Killeen change ownership|work=The Killeen Daily Herald|date=June 5, 2011|access-date=May 29, 2018}} After a change in ownership in 2015, headquarters relocated back to Waco.
In December 2012 the restaurant was hit with a lawsuit. The customer accused the restaurant of serving her husband tainted chicken from which he died.{{cite news|url=http://www.kxxv.com/story/24422171/wrongful-death-lawsuit-filed-against-bushs-chicken|title=Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Against Bush's Chicken|publisher=KXXV|access-date=May 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180529203254/http://www.kxxv.com/story/24422171/wrongful-death-lawsuit-filed-against-bushs-chicken|archive-date=May 29, 2018|url-status=dead}} Bush's was later cleared of wrongdoing based on medical evidence presented at the trial. {{cite news|url=http://www.tdtnews.com/news/article_9394d97a-70b7-11e6-8331-9767f9c51a12.html|title=Bush's cleared of wrongdoing in Killeen man's death|publisher=Temple Daily Telegram|access-date=October 26, 2018}}
Corey Bush filed for bankruptcy in Texas Western Bankruptcy Court in 2018{{Cite web|url=https://www.pacermonitor.com/public/case/25400676/Studensky_v_Bush_et_al|title=Studensky v. Bush et al (6:18-ap-06013), Texas Western Bankruptcy Court|website=www.pacermonitor.com}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.bushschicken.com/}}
{{Establishments serving chicken}}
Category:Fast-food poultry restaurants
Category:Fast-food chains of the United States
Category:Regional restaurant chains in the United States
Category:Companies based in Austin, Texas
Category:1996 establishments in Texas
Category:Restaurants established in 1996
Category:Companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2018
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