Mrs. Winner's Chicken & Biscuits

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Mrs. Winner's Chicken & Biscuits
Type Corporation
Founded 1979
Headquarters Atlanta, Georgia
Key people Jack C. Massey, Founder
Jeff Miller, CEO
Chuck Cooper, President
Daryl Berry, Co-Owner and Chief Operating Officer
James Beasley III, Co-Owner and Chief Marketing Officer
Industry Food
Products Fast food, including fried chicken, biscuits and fixins
Website http://www.mrs-winners.com

Mrs. Winner's Chicken and Biscuits is regional fast food restaurant in the U.S. Southeast which specializes in fried chicken. Mrs. Winner's was founded in 1979 by Jack C. Massey. Massey's operating company, Volunteer Capital, bought the Granny's of Atlanta chain of 21 restaurants and renamed them Mrs. Winner's Chicken & Biscuits. In 1982, Volunteer Capital was renamed Winners Corp. and by December there were 64 restaurants under the Mrs. Winner's umbrella.[1] . In 1984 the chain boasted a total of 184 stores but by 1989 after 4 years of losses, the company decided to sell the franchise.[2] RTM Inc., Arby's largest franchisee for about $30 million. In 2006, Famous Recipe Company Operations, Inc., owner of the Lee's Famous Recipe franchise, acquired Mrs. Winners. Currently there are 113 locations in North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Kentucky. [3]

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  1. ^ Ed Dinger, The Gale Group, Inc. (2006). J. Alexander's Company Profile entry in the International Directory of Company Histories. Answers.com. Retrieved on 2007-12-19.
  2. ^ Staff Reports (1990-08-15). Volunteer Capital reports earnings for Qtr to July 1. New York Times. Retrieved on 2007-12-19.
  3. ^ Whittaker, Kamille. "Southern Good", Atlanta Tribune, August 2007. Retrieved on 2007-12-19. 

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