Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers

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Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers is a fast-food restaurant chain founded in Baton Rouge, Louisiana by Todd Graves and Craig Silvey on August 26, 1996. The restaurant offers fried chicken fingers as its only main course. Raising Cane's total revenue in 2007 was $97.3 million.

1 History
2 Name
3 Menu
- 3.1 Sauces
4 External links
5 References

[edit] History

The original Cane's location at 3313 Highland Rd, Baton Rouge (Highland Road at State Street)

The initial concept for Raising Cane's comes from a concept developed by Graves for a business class project at LSU, for which he received a "C".^[1] Although the business plan was rejected numerous times by potential investors^{[citation needed]}, Graves and Silvey obtained a loan, which they used to open the first outlet in Baton Rouge at the intersection of Highland Road and East State Street near LSU. 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 to Cane's as director of finance and vice president of information technology.

By 2006, the chain had grown to over 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, Louisiana—since then, new stores have been opened in Mississippi, Texas, Colorado, Georgia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Nevada, Alabama, Virginia, Kentucky, Minnesota, and Nebraska. Graves plans to continue expansion of his restaurant chain throughout the United States and internationally.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Name

Graves, having previously worked as a salmon fisherman in Alaska to raise money to open the first Raising Cane's restaurant, was going to name the chain Sockeyes Chicken Fingers, after the Sockeye salmon he fished for. He was later convinced to name it after his dog, a yellow labrador, "Raising Cane", called "Cane" for short.^[2] Currently, the mascot for the restaurant is Raising Cane II.

[edit] Menu

"The Box" is Raising Cane's most popular combo.

The Cane's menu originally consisted of two options: "The Box" (composed of four chicken fingers, coleslaw, crinkle-cut fries, Texas toast, and Cane's Sauce) and "The Sandwich" (three chicken fingers on a Kaiser roll with lettuce and Cane's Sauce). Following expansion of the franchise, the menu expanded to include items such as "The Caniac" combo (six chicken fingers, two Cane's sauces, and a 32 ounce drink) and the "Tailgate Box", which offers sets of 25, 50, 75, or 100 chicken fingers and accompanying sauce.

[edit] Sauces

Cane's Sauce is provided with all chicken finger meals and is a signature of the restaurant. All Cane's employees are held to a confidentiality agreement regarding any details about the recipe.^{[citation needed]} Known ingredients are mayonnaise, ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, garlic salt, and black pepper, but the precise ratio is unknown.^{[citation needed]} It is also known that in the past at least one ingredient was not available to the general public for purchase.