Country Style Cooking
{{Short description|Chinese fast food restaurant chain}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Country Style Cooking Restaurant Chain Co., Ltd.
| logo = Country Style Cooking.png
| type = Private
| slogan =
| genre = Chinese fast food
| foundation = {{start date|1996|11|23}}
| founder = Li Hong, Zhang Xingqiang
| Head Office =
| location_city = Chongqing
| location_country = China
| location =
| locations = 948 (2020)http://www.csc100.com/about/about.php {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}
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| area_served = China
| industry = Restaurants
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| num_employees = 7,119
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| homepage = {{URL|http://www.csc100.com}}
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File:CSCRestaurantinChongqing.jpg
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Country Style Cooking Restaurant Chain Co., Ltd., doing business as Country Style Cooking or CSC ({{zh|s=乡村基|t=鄉村基|p=Xiāngcūnjī}}), is a Chinese fast food restaurant chain. The company is incorporated in the Cayman Islands and has its headquarters in Yubei District, Chongqing Municipality.[http://csc100.investorroom.com/download/Annual+Report+2014.pdf 2014 Annual Report of CSC]{{Dead link|date=November 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Securities and Exchange Commission. Retrieved on August 24, 2015. p. 2/119: "No. 19 Yunshan South Road Yubei District, Chongqing People’s Republic of China"
History
The chain was established in 1996,"[http://www.csc100.com/english/about/about.php Corporate Overview]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20150923211437/http://www.csc100.com/english/about/about.php Archive]). CSC. Retrieved on August 24, 2015. and its original name was 乡村鸡.{{citation needed|date=August 2015}} In January 2008 the company had nine restaurants."[http://csc100.investorroom.com/index.php?s=68 Company Information]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20160413044411/http://csc100.investorroom.com/index.php?s=68 Archive]). Country Style Cooking Investor Relations. Retrieved on August 24, 2015.
As of 2013 it has 250 restaurants in Chongqing Municipality, Sichuan, Guizhou, Hunan, Shaanxi, and Yunnan. As of that year is the largest fast food restaurant brand within Chongqing Municipality and the only restaurant chain headquartered in Asia that has a listing on the New York Stock Exchange. As of 2013 the chief financial officer is Adam Zhao.Berg, Caroline. "[http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/epaper/2013-10/01/content_17006370.htm Country-Style Cooking seeks fast-food crown]" ([http://web.archive.org/web/20140820045850/http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/epaper/2013-10/01/content_17006370.htm Archive]). China Daily. October 1, 2013. Retrieved on August 24, 2015.
Operations
As of 2015 it has elements of Sichuan cuisine and each restaurant has a total of 20 employees. The time to prepare a meal is usually 60 seconds from ordering. In 2014 James Roy, a China Market Research Group senior analyst, stated that CSC was "really strong in western China"."Chinese fast food firms challenging McDonald's." China Daily. October 29, 2013. p. [http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/food/2013-10/29/content_17084838_3.htm 1] ([http://web.archive.org/web/20140909103446/http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/food/2013-10/29/content_17084838_3.htm Archive]). Retrieved on August 24, 2015.
Notes
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External links
{{Commons category|Country Style Cooking}}
- [http://www.csc100.com/english/ Country Style Cooking]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150816150811/http://www.csc100.com/ Country Style Cooking] {{in lang|zh-hans}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150822051841/http://csc100.investorroom.com/ Country Style Cooking Investor Relations]
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Category:Fast-food chains of China
Category:Companies based in Chongqing
Category:1996 establishments in China
Category:Restaurants established in 1996