navigation search mrs. winner s chicken & biscuits type corporation industry food founded 1979 headquarters minnesota key people john buttolph products fast food including fried chicken biscuits and fixins website love mrswinners.com mrs. winner s chicken and biscuits is a regional fast food restaurant in the u.s. southeast which specializes in fried chicken . there are currently 11 stores located in tennessee north carolina and georgia . 1 mrs. winner s is mostly known for their fried chicken and biscuits . contents 1 history 2 trademark and copyright 3 see also 4 references history edit mrs. winner s was founded in 1979 by jack c. massey . massey s operating company volunteer capital bought the granny s of atlanta chain of 21 restaurants from l.s. hartzog and renamed them mrs. winner s chicken & biscuits . in 1982 volunteer capital was renamed winners corp. and by december there were 64 restaurants under the mrs. winner s umbrella . 2 in 1984 the chain boasted a total of 184 stores but by 1989 after four years of losses the company decided to sell the franchise . 3 to rtm inc. arby s largest franchisee for about 30 million . in 2006 famous recipe company operations inc. owner of the lee s famous recipe franchise acquired mrs. winners . as of august 2007 there were 113 locations in north carolina tennessee georgia arkansas mississippi and kentucky . 4 trademark and copyright edit the mrs. winner s chicken & biscuits brand trademarks copyrights trade dress and intellectual property are currently owned by mrs. winner s brand management llc . john buttolph acquired mrs. winners trademarks and trade dress from winners international restaurants franchise services inc. wirfs via strict foreclosure under revised article 9 of the uniform commercial code in october 2012 . in january 2013 buttolph assigned the trademarks and intellectual property to mrs. winner s brand management a georgia llc . 5 see also edit list of fast food chicken restaurants list of fast food restaurants references edit http lovemrswinners.com restaurant locations ed dinger the gale group inc. 2006 . j. alexander s company profile entry in the international directory of company histories . answers.com . retrieved 2007 12 19 . cs1 maint multiple names authors list link staff reports 1990 08 15 . volunteer capital reports earnings for qtr to july 1 . new york times . retrieved 2007 12 19 . whittaker kamille august 2007 . southern good . atlanta tribune . access date requires url help http georgiaiplit.blogspot.com 2013 03 franchisee sued by mrs winners.html v t e chicken based restaurant chains global chester s chicken cottage church s texas chicken dixy chicken kenny rogers roasters kfc nando s pollo campero popeyes southern fried chicken wienerwald regional africa chicken licken za chicken republic ng tastee fried chicken ng asia al baik sa al tazaj sa bacolod chicken inasal ph bonchon chicken kr california fried chicken id the chicken rice shop my dicos cn home original 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