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LFR Chicken LLC

Trade name

Lee's Famous Recipe Chicken
Company type
  • subsidiary company
    • IndustryRestaurants
    GenreFast food
    Founded1966; 58 years ago (1966)
    FounderLee Cummings
    Harold Omer
    Headquarters
    Fort Walton Beach, Florida
    ,
    U.S.

    Number of locations

    		131

    Area served

    		Worldwide, but primarily Midwest

    Key people

    		Ryan Weaver (CEO)
    ProductsChicken, biscuits
    ServicesCatering
    RevenueSystem-Wide Sales US$229 million (2023)
    OwnerRyan Weaver, Artemis Lane LP

    Number of employees

    		500 (2023)
    ParentArtemis Restaurant Corp
    Websiteleesfamousrecipe.com

    Lee's Famous Recipe Chicken is a quick service restaurant franchise founded in 1966 specializing in chicken, homestyle sides, and biscuits.

    History[edit]

    After the sale of KFC in 1964, 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.[citation needed]

    In 1981, Cummings sold the chain to Shoney's Restaurants in Nashville, Tennessee.[2] He died in 2002 at the age of 80.[4] 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 GroupinAtlanta, Georgia.[5][6]

    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.

    In June 2021, Famous Recipe Group, LLC, brand owner of Lee’s Famous Recipe Chicken agreed to sell the brand to LFR Chicken, LLC a new entity backed by Artemis Lane Partners. [7]

    See also[edit]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ 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.
  • ^ "CONTINUED FROM 9A Lee's Chicken founder dies Cummings had Ocala ties Headline goes here Words here".
  • ^ "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.
  • ^ "FAMOUS RECIPE GROUP, LLC, PLANS FOR GROWTH THROUGH STRUCTURED SALE OF THE LEE'S FAMOUS RECIPE CHICKEN BRAND TO ARTEMIS LANE PARTNERS". 24 June 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2023.

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