You are partnered with a Development Director and are provided with access to quantifying tools that provide valuable market analysis. Our Architecture & Engineering (A&E) group shares resources with you that include brand standards, sample floor plans and equipment specifications. If you are converting an existing facility to Church’s specifications we provide additional support.

Franchise restaurant managers attend a structured 5 week in-depth management training program that is designed to ensure optimum effectiveness and preparedness for Church’s restaurant systems and operations. Ongoing training support is provided including training procedures for new product rollouts.

You will be assigned a dedicated Regional Franchise Director/Manager who provides essential ongoing support to aid in all day-to-day restaurant operations. Our field operations team has extensive experience in working through business strategies and challenges and is always available to share that knowledge.

Church’s marketing team delivers strategic marketing and media programs that are creative and innovative, consistently producing advertising that communicates and supports Church’s Chicken brand positioning. Field Marketing Directors assist with local restaurant marketing and provide ongoing marketing support. Our Research & Development (R&D) team works closely with operations and marketing, testing new products and menu items.

Our restaurant support, operations and training teams aid in the coordination of any training procedures and equipment needs required for new products to ensure everything is in place when new products go to market.

Church’s has established a Purchasing and Supply Chain Division that is responsible for arranging volume purchases of various food, packaging and operating supplies, as well as arranging distribution services for the Church’s system. The Purchasing and Supply Chain Division is overseen by a Board of Directors, which consists of five franchisees and two corporate members. Church’s is committed to making this a non-profit division by passing on any savings directly to the store level. All franchisees are required to participate in the supply chain. The Supply Chain Division uses a network of distributors around the country to deliver products directly to the stores. All suppliers and products must be approved by and meet specifications established by Church’s Quality Assurance.