Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers Explained

Raising Restaurants, LLC.
Trade Name:Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers
Former Name:none
Type:Private
Location City:Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Location Country:U.S.
Locations:800+ (2024)[1]
Revenue:US$1.5 billion (2020)[2]
Industry:Restaurants
Genre:Fast casual
Num Employees Year:2022
Num Employees:50,000[3]
Founded:[4]
Founder:Todd Graves
Area Served:United States
Bahrain
Kuwait
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates

Raising Restaurants, LLC, doing business as Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers (commonly simply called Raising Cane's) is an American fast casual chain specializing in chicken fingers founded in 1996 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, by Todd Graves and Craig Silvey. The company is named after Graves's dog, a yellow Labrador. Other yellow Labradors have served as company mascots, as well as certified therapy animals.[5]

History

Founders Todd Graves and Craig Silvey were studying at different universities when they wrote a plan for a chicken-finger restaurant which Silvey submitted in a business plan-writing course, receiving a C-minus grade. At the time, Graves worked at Guthrie's Chicken Fingers.[6]

The business plan was rejected numerous times by potential investors, so Graves and Silvey earned the needed money working various manual labor jobs.[6] They obtained an SBA loan, which they used to open their first restaurant, located in Baton Rouge at the intersection of Highland Road and State Street near the LSU campus.[7] [8] [9] Silvey sold his share of the partnership shortly after the second restaurant opened.[6]

In March 2020, many of Cane's locations switched from dine-in to pick-up and take-out service only because of the COVID-19 pandemic, while others closed temporarily. As of July 2020, certain locations had reopened their dining rooms, although Graves said the company was in no rush to do so on the full scale.[10]

In 2021, in response to a shortage of workers at the time, the company began dispatching hundreds[11] of their corporate employees to work in its restaurants as cooks and cashiers, in addition to their existing duties regarding the hiring of new employees. The company planned to hire 10,000 new employees.[12] The company's co-CEO said that the corporate employees are trained in the kitchen and on the register under normal circumstances.[13]

In 2022, Raising Cane's sued a shopping center in Hobart, Indiana. After the restaurant chain had signed a long-term lease, it came to light that the shopping center had a non-compete agreement with McDonald's which prohibited other vendors selling deboned chicken products in the complex.[14] [15] [16]

In 2023, Raising Cane's started a campaign with Post Malone. In April 2023, a restaurant designed by Malone opened in Midvale, Utah.[17] In June, themed cups were launched.[18] In October, a Post Malone and Dallas Cowboys themed location opened in Dallas.[19]

In June 2024, Raising Cane's started a campaign based on their Iced Tea, featuring actor and rapper Ice T as the campaign's mascot. The campaign ended at the end of June.[20]

A new location opened in Encino, California on October 22, 2024, which included a design that gives a nod towards the area's movie history.[21]

International expansion

The chain first began expanding internationally in 2015, opening its first restaurant in Kuwait.[22] The namesake mascot, a dog, is not seen on signage and merchandise, as dogs are not popular in Kuwait due to religious reasons.[23] The restaurant expanded to Dubai in 2024.[24]

Notes and References

  1. News: Locations . July 12, 2023 . Raising Cane's . July 12, 2023 . April 12, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230412173419/https://www.raisingcanes.com/locations/ . live .
  2. Web site: Kelso . Alicia . Raising Cane's Now Offering 'Industry-Leading' Compensation, Including The Chance To Make $1 Million . February 23, 2023 . . en. December 29, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221229133426/https://www.forbes.com/sites/aliciakelso/2020/03/13/raising-canes-is-now-offering-industry-leading-compensation-including-the-chance-to-make-1m/.
  3. News: Raising Cane's drops $100,000 on Mega Millions tickets — again. July 29, 2022. The Washington Post. July 29, 2022. July 30, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220730100318/https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/07/29/raising-canes-mega-millions-lottery/. live.
  4. Web site: Who We Are: One Dream, One Love . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230930112759/https://www.raisingcanes.com/who-we-are/ . September 30, 2023 . October 26, 2023 . Raising Cane's . Opening Day: After finally getting the cash registers to work, Raising Cane’s opened on August 28th, 1996..
  5. News: Kern. Sydney. March 20, 2018. Big paws to fill: training begins for Raising Cane III. en. WBRZ. February 12, 2021. April 19, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210419034503/https://www.wbrz.com/news/big-paws-to-fill-training-begins-for-raising-cane-iii. live.
  6. News: Finger joint beat the odds on fish turf. Sayre. Alan. June 12, 2007. Atlanta Journal-Constitution. D3. en. April 18, 2020. October 27, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211027020237/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36074179/the-atlanta-constitution/. live.
  7. News: This fast-food chain serves one specialty. Olmstead. Larry. May 30, 2018. USA Today. September 13, 2019. May 5, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210505223157/https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/columnist/greatamericanbites/2018/05/30/raising-canes-fast-food-chicken-fingers/651025002/. live.
  8. Web site: Our Philosophy. Raising Cane's. September 13, 2019. December 9, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211209123733/https://www.raisingcanes.com/our-philosophy/. dead.
  9. Web site: About Our Founder. Raising Cane's. June 20, 2022. July 1, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220701174025/https://www.raisingcanes.com/about-our-founder/. live.
  10. News: Chung . Heidi . April 30, 2020 . Raising Cane's CEO: We're not going to hurry back and reopen stores . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210128193342/https://finance.yahoo.com/news/raising-canes-ceo-were-not-going-to-hurry-back-and-reopen-stores-182318462.html . January 28, 2021 . July 11, 2020 . Yahoo! Finance.
  11. Web site: October 7, 2021. Raising Cane's sending corporate staff to work in restaurants amid labor shortage. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211031073358/https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/575818-raising-canes-sending-hundreds-of-corporate-staff-members-to-work-in. October 31, 2021. October 29, 2021. The Hill.
  12. Web site: October 6, 2021. Facing employee shortage, Raising Cane's putting corporate staff to work as fry cooks, cashiers . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211026184754/https://abc7.com/raising-cains-fast-food-worker-shortage-hiring/11090795/. October 26, 2021. October 23, 2021. ABC7.
  13. Web site: Raising Cane's puts corporate staff to work as fry cooks, cashiers amid staffing shortage. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211128200805/https://www.today.com/food/raising-cane-s-puts-corporate-staff-work-fry-cooks-cashiers-t233562. November 28, 2021. January 31, 2022. TODAY.com . October 8, 2021 . en.
  14. News: Raising Cane's raises Cain over a lease that bans chicken fingers. en-US. The Washington Post. December 9, 2022. 0190-8286. November 10, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221110194753/https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/2022/11/10/raising-canes-chicken-fingers-lawsuit/. live.
  15. Web site: November 9, 2022. Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers sues Indiana shopping center after being told it can't sell chicken fingers. December 9, 2022. Fox 59. en-US. December 9, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221209151732/https://fox59.com/indiana-news/raising-canes-chicken-fingers-sues-indiana-shopping-center-after-being-told-it-cant-sell-chicken-fingers/. live.
  16. Web site: November 10, 2022. Raising Cane's sues shopping center over chicken finger ban. December 9, 2022. NewsNation. en-US. December 9, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221209151731/https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/midwest/raising-canes-sues-shopping-center-over-chicken-finger-ban/. live .
  17. Web site: Jennings . Lisa . 2023-04-13 . This Raising Cane's does it the Post Malone way . 2024-10-05 . Restaurant Business . en.
  18. Web site: Hauari. Gabe. 2023-06-21. Post Malone, Raising Cane's team up to launch exclusive 32 oz collector's cups . 2024-10-05. USA TODAY. en-US.
  19. Web site: 2023-10-10 . Post Malone and The Dallas Cowboys Team Up with Raising Cane's to Open First-of-its-Kind Restaurant in Cowboys Country . 2024-10-05 . PR Newswire . en.
  20. Web site: Raising Cane's Keeps It Cool This Summer with Ice-T Campaign Raising Cane's. 2024-08-08. raisingcanes.com.
  21. Web site: Guzman. Richard. Raising Cane's opens new location in Encino with a nod towards the area's movie history. 2024-10-30. dailynews.com. October 22, 2024 .
  22. News: Raising Cane's goes international. Blake. David. February 9, 2018. WWL News. September 13, 2019. March 27, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190327091244/https://wwl.radio.com/articles/raising-canes-goes-international. live.
  23. Web site: Yoder. Kaci. November 11, 2015. First overseas Raising Cane's adapts to the Middle East. live. August 23, 2021. 225 Magazine. en. October 29, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211029071848/https://www.225batonrouge.com/food-drink/first-overseas-raising-canes-adapts-middle-east.
  24. Web site: Raising Cane's secret sauce: Is Dubai's newest fried chicken restaurant worth the hype? . The National . 10 November 2024 . 18 January 2024.

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