Chester's
Chester’s International is the fifth-largest fried chicken quick-service restaurant in the U.S. with more than 1,700 locations and operations in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, the Caribbean, Central America, Europe, and Canada. Its headquarters are located at 3500 Colonnade Parkway in Birmingham.
W. O. Giles founded Chester’s in October 1965 and adopted Chester the Chicken as the emerging food service company’s mascot, named for the Chester Goode character on Gunsmoke, a favorite T.V. show of Giles.
Today, Chester’s is predominately found as a food service offering in convenience stores and travel plazas across the country. The company began franchising its concept in July 2004 and has grown to in-line locations in shopping plazas and mall food courts.
References
- Chester's International. (December 9, 2007). Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Accessed December 28, 2007.