Bojangles (restaurant)

[3] Bojangles has locations in Honduras and previously franchised restaurants in Grand Cayman Island, Jamaica, Mexico[4] and China.

[5][6] As of 2023[update], restaurants are in 17 U.S. states[7] (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia) with planned expansions into Arizona,[8] California,[9] Nevada[10] and New Jersey.

[14] During Horn and Hardart's ownership, the chain grew rapidly and expanded to 335 restaurants including 100 in Florida.

The company was sold to a group of investors headed by the former Wendy's executive Joe Drury and financed by FMAC in 1998.

In August 2011, Falfurrias sold Bojangles to Boston-based Advent International, another private equity firm, after a competitive bidding process with other investors.

[19] In April 2015, the company filed with the US regulator for an initial public offering of its common stock, expecting to raise $372 million.

On the same day, Bojangles released a video announcing a partnership with Dale Earnhardt Jr., the first celebrity to say the words, "It's Bo Time.

For lunch and dinner, the signature item is the bone-in fried chicken with a variety of side items (called "Fixin's"), including French fries, cajun-seasoned pinto beans, dirty rice, Bo-tato Rounds (a type of hashbrowns), coleslaw, green beans, macaroni and cheese, mashed potatoes and grits.

[36] In August 2024, they added bone-in chicken wings to their menu in plain, Creamy Buffalo, and Barbecue flavors.

Logo used from 1977 until 2020
Bojangles in Tifton, Georgia
Advertisement for Bojangles' at Durham Athletic Park in Durham, North Carolina (1989)
Bojangles Hard Sweet Tea for sale at grocery store
Fried chicken at Bojangles