[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.