raising cane redirects here . for the 1992 film see raising cain . raising cane s chicken fingers type private genre fast casual restaurant founded 26 august 1996 ; 20 years ago 1996 08 26 baton rouge louisiana u.s. founder todd graves and craig silvey headquarters baton rouge louisiana u.s. number of locations 290 area served u.s. bahrain kuwait products chicken fingers french fries coleslaw cane s sauce texas toast soft drinks lemonade tea revenue 97.3 million 2007 website raisingcanes.com raising cane s chicken fingers is a fast food restaurant chain specializing in chicken fingers that was founded in baton rouge louisiana by todd graves and craig silvey on august 26 1996 . while company headquarters remain in louisiana a second restaurant support office was opened in plano texas in 2009 . contents 1 history 1.1 name 2 logo 3 menu 3.1 sauces 4 references 5 external links history edit todd graves first started dreaming of his very own restaurant in the early 1990s . craig silvey an initial partner in todd s plan was enrolled in a business plan writing course at lsu at the time . they wrote the business plan and silvey turned it in for which silvey received a b . 1 although the business plan was rejected numerous times by potential investors graves set out to earn the money he needed to start the restaurant first by working in refineries in california then by fishing for sockeye salmon in alaska . he and silvey then obtained a sba loan which they used to open the first restaurant in baton rouge at the intersection of highland road and state street near the lsu campus . they even drew on the help of friends and family for some of the work on cane s 1 and many of these names are carved in the restaurant woodwork . originally the small restaurant competed against a similarly themed drive in called bailey s chicken fingers on the opposite end of the campus . by 1999 however it was able to prove itself the more successful business it forced bailey s out of business becoming the only chicken finger focused restaurant in the area . in mid 1999 silvey sold his stake to graves to focus on completing an mba at wake forest university and work in silicon valley . later graves asked silvey to return as vice president of finance and information technology . by 2008 the chain had grown to more than 50 locations . most of the locations are in louisiana particularly in the baton rouge area . the first location outside of baton rouge was opened in 2001 in lafayette since then new restaurants have been opened in 20 other states in addition to all eight metropolitan areas of louisiana . graves plans to continue expansion of the chain throughout the united states and internationally one each in kuwait opened september 2015 & bahrain opened september 2016 . today there are over 290 locations in 21 states . 2 california has 5 west coast locations all but one in orange county the first opened in late october 2015 in costa mesa ; the second in early december in aliso viejo ; the third in early march 2016 in orange ; and the fourth had opened in mid june in laguna hills . the very first in l.a. county and fifth overall had opened in downey in late august . kansas opened its very first in lawrence in early may and the second opened in overland park in early october . and iowa has opened its very first in council bluffs in mid october making it the 21st state overall . in january 2009 the company opened a second restaurant support office in plano texas . 3 in june 2011 it opened its 100th restaurant in laurel mississippi . in february 2013 it opened its 150th location in san antonio texas . the milestone 250th location opened in december 2015 in lake jackson texas . ceo graves and the chain have given more than 25 percent of their profits back to the communities where restaurants operate with an emphasis on schools food banks active lifestyles canine assistance and business and entrepreneur organizations . 4 name edit graves and silvey who both worked as salmon fishermen in alaska to raise money to open the first raising cane s restaurant were going to name the chain sockeye s chicken fingers after the sockeye salmon they fished for . they were later convinced to name it after graves s dog a yellow labrador raising cane called cane for short . currently the mascot for the restaurant is raising cane ii . raising cane i died of old age . 5 logo edit the sign at the original location at the intersection of highland rd and state st. in baton rouge the original raising cane s was established in baton rouge louisiana at the north gates of louisiana state university at the intersection of east state street and highland road . when remodeling the building graves discovered a hand painted sign featuring the logo from a previous business wolf s bakery under the cracking plaster on the south interior wall . it is a takeoff on the one for the bakery . the remains are still visible and intact on the wall inside the restaurant . menu edit raising cane s offers a limited menu consisting of four main combos the box combo the 3 finger combo the caniac combo and the sandwich combo . it also includes a kid s meal and several sizes of bulk chicken items called tailgates . 6 sauces edit cane s sauce is provided with all chicken finger meals and is the signature sauce of the restaurant . only managers at cane s have access to the recipe and are allowed to make the sauce . they are held to a confidentiality agreement regarding any details about the recipe which features a pre made mix of spices that come pre packaged to each restaurant . honey mustard is also made fresh and is available as a substitute at most locations for an extra charge . louisiana hot sauce packets are available by request at most locations though unadvertised . references edit history pdf . todd graves raising cane s secret millionaire chicken fingers cane s sauce . raisingcanes.com . retrieved 2011 05 29 . star local news plano star courier news raising cane s moves to plano . lewisvilleleader.com . 2008 11 12 . retrieved 2011 05 29 . learn about todd . raisingcanes.com . 2011 01 01 . retrieved 2014 01 31 . todd graves raising cane s secret millionaire chicken fingers cane s sauce . raisingcanes.com . retrieved 2011 05 29 . our menu . raising cane s chicken fingers . retrieved 22 october 2014 . external links edit official website raising cane s chicken fingers las vegas nevada 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 chicken cn jollibee ph klg tw kyochon kr marrybrown my max s of manila ph mang inasal ph pelicana chicken kr scr my tkk fried chicken tw europe 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