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In response to "The CEO of the fast food chicken chain Raising Canes bought 50K lottery tickets - one of each of his 50K employees. If he wins he's splitting it with them all -- (link*)" by decline

The story of Raising Cane is kind of interesting one in that it was completely based on the idea he wanted a simple fast food place at LSU.

Posted by Qale As Folk (aka Qale) Jul 26 '22, 10:44

Another fascinating thing is that after they started down the franchise route, they realized it wasn’t great, and bought them all back.

They also have a very small menu. 6 items. Chicken fingers, Crinkle Cut Fries, Coleslaw, Texas Toast, Cane’s Sauce, and Soft Drinks.

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I love the idea of the pitch meeting for the chain. "We're going to serve chicken tenders". "Cool. What else? Sandwiches?". "Sure" (puts tenders - oblique Jul 26, 11:04 12
- You have to build the sandwich yourself. -- nm - Qale As Folk Jul 26, 11:20
- Fascinating. I assume they have customers over 18. The question is why. -- nm - con_carne Jul 26, 11:12 4
  - 'cause chicken fingers are delicious -- nm - decline Jul 26, 11:16 3
    - And drunk people get hungry -- nm - Swilcan Baron Jul 26, 11:50 2
      - This is what Denny's is for -- nm - oblique Jul 26, 11:50 1
        
        But last thing you want to do to drunk people is give them choices. -- nm - Spawn Jul 26, 11:51
- Sounds like Zaxby's -- nm - Strongbad Jul 26, 11:06 5
  - No. Zaxby’s has Zalads! We don’t want no stinking Zalads! - Qale As Folk Jul 26, 11:22 3
    - spoilers - Strongbad Jul 26, 11:30
    - I was going to say, Zaxby's wins because of deserts. - Spawn Jul 26, 11:23 1
      - "Yes, I'd like my chocolate cake with a side order of chicken." -- nm - Strongbad Jul 26, 11:42
  - I also can't believe they didn't come up with this idea first and/or buy this place out -- (link*) - oblique Jul 26, 11:08
we just got one here; I have yet to go. we also just got dean's hot chicken. -- nm - amanda Jul 26, 10:50 1
- is there *any* chain restaurant you don't have?!? -- nm - decline Jul 26, 10:55

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The story of Raising Cane is kind of interesting one in that it was completely based on the idea he wanted a simple fast food place at LSU.

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