Krispy Krunchy Chicken to open 600 stores in 2025
/You’ve head of Chick-fil-A Restaurants, Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen and KFC. But have you heard at all about KKC? It’s the fastest growing chain of store-in-store restaurants serving Louisiana-style fried chicken called Krispy Krunchy Chicken by Krispy Krunchy Foods LLC.
The Alexandria, Louisiana-based chain beat its previous record of 481 restaurant openings in 2023, and opened 605 restaurants in 2024. This year it plans to open more than 600. Most of these restaurants are inside c-stores but many are inside Walmart, supermarkets, malls, casinos and college campuses. For comparison, fast-growing coffee chain Starbucks opened 614 new locations from 2023 to 2024, according to its financial filing.
KKC uses the Olo app to consolidate third-party delivery services and works with DoorDash, UberEats and Grubhub.
The restaurant chain was purchased by a private equity firm Main Post Partners in 2021. Jim Norberg is the CEO of Krispy Krunchy Chicken. Dan Shapiro is chairman of the board of the company. There are currently more than 3,200 Krispy Krunchy Chicken locations in 47 states.