10 Things you should know about Chicken Licken

Chicken Licken is a brand founded by George Sombonos. Here are 10 things you should know about Chicken Licken.

1. Chicken Licken is a South African fast-food fried chicken restaurant chain.
2. The company had a 5% share of South Africa’s fast food market in 2010 this was a tie with McDonald’s.
3. A study published in 2011s aid that Chicken Licken is the largest non-American-owned fried chicken franchise in the world.
4. The founder died in Johannesburg at the age of 67.
5. He started Chicken Licken after bringing back a magic spice recipe from the US.
6. George bought the Chicken Licken secret recipe from the owner of a fast food outlet in Texas, for about US $1,000 while touring the United States in 1972.
7. Chicken Licken’s founder, George Sombonos was the son of a Greek immigrant restaurant owner.
8. It obtains its spices from the likes of Robertsons Spices and a Unilever brand of herbs and spices.
9. Chicken Licken is the second biggest fast-food brand in South Africa.
10. The Chicken Licken store costs approximately R4,8 million.