Texas Chicken Bids Farewell to Thailand

[Surasak]

21 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

Never ate it. 

 

Good Bye 

 

I had it once, never again. I am certain the chicken walked here, as I could have resoled my shoes.

[Freddy42OZ]

21 hours ago, JimTripper said:

I'm from the USA and I have never heard of it.

 

 

Church's Texas Chicken is an American fast food restaurant chain that specializes in fried chicken and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The chain was founded as Church's Fried Chicken To-Go by George W. Church Sr. in April 1952, in San Antonio, Texas, across the street from The Alamo.^[3][4] Church's Texas Chicken trades as Texas Chicken or Church's Chicken in many countries.^[1][2] The chain is owned by American private equity firm High Bluff Capital Partners. As of 2017, Church's Texas Chicken had more than 1,700 franchised and company-owned locations in 26 countries.

Church's Chicken began its international expansion in the 1970s, in Canada, Mexico, Japan, and Puerto Rico.^[14][15] In the 1980s, it gained popularity in Indonesia when it opened under the trade name, "Texas Chicken".

In 1989, after a four-month legal dispute to avoid a takeover, Church's Chicken became the second-largest chicken restaurant chain when it was acquired by Popeyes for $330 million.

 

[Surasak]

20 hours ago, mackayae said:

I will miss their biscuits. 

I find it rather strange that 'biscuits' would be served with chicken? Tea or coffee with biscuits at ones morning break, but not with ones lunch or dinner. I suppose if it were meant to be like sweet and sour, one could raise an eyebrow, but stranger things have been known I guess.

[KhunLA]

13 minutes ago, Surasak said:

I find it rather strange that 'biscuits' would be served with chicken? Tea or coffee with biscuits at ones morning break, but not with ones lunch or dinner. I suppose if it were meant to be like sweet and sour, one could raise an eyebrow, but stranger things have been known I guess.

Think 'dinner roll', not 'cookie'

 

Edited September 17 by KhunLA

[marin]

12 minutes ago, Surasak said:

I find it rather strange that 'biscuits' would be served with chicken? Tea or coffee with biscuits at ones morning break, but not with ones lunch or dinner. I suppose if it were meant to be like sweet and sour, one could raise an eyebrow, but stranger things have been known I guess.

American biscuit. Not a cookie. 🤣

 

 

[Patong2021]

Not a fan of Popeye's, Church's or KFC. Surprised there was  Church's/Texas. Never saw a Texas outlet. I have seen a Chester's , and the one time I wanted to order, they only had legs.  I much preferred Carl's Jr. Chicken strips, but then Carl's abandoned me. It was the only place where I ordered chicken after having been disappointed  everywhere. Bonchon is a growing chain, and I just get disappointed. 3X in 3 years and each more awful than the previous years.  As many lament, KFC is King of the hill, but it is awful. Small chickens, greasy and far too much salt. 

 

Am I wrong when I believe that Thailand's chicken fast food chains source chicken from the same chicken supplier,  Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF) Thailand or Cargill?

[Sheist]

22 hours ago, JimTripper said:

I'm from the USA and I have never heard of it.

It's Church's.

[Fortean1]

In Arizona displayed as Church's.  During our meetups at Future Park Mall, Rangsit, Bangkok ate two or three times.  Biscuits OK and chicken passable.  I get plenty of chicken at home.  My wife of 51 years cooks a mix of Thai, Chinese, Italian, and American.  We do not dine out much at all.  Oddly enough my wife likes Long John Silver's.

Edited September 17 by Fortean1
too much grease...

[JimTripper]

1 hour ago, Sheist said:

It's Church's.

Church's catered to a lower socio-economic class. They were typically found in poor black neighborhoods in the USA "The Ghetto".

 

Edited September 17 by JimTripper

[PETERTHEEATER]

I never put gravy on my McVities digestive biscuits.

[CLW]

In Thai language forums there are rumours that the sudden closure was due to an issue with the franchisee (to high fees or not wanting to extend the contract). And that the branches are reopening soon under own concept from PTTOR with fried chicken Thai style. Whatever that means...

[Evil Penevil]

8 hours ago, shdmn said:

They stopped offering those biscuits in Thailand at least a year or two ago.  I suspect that getting rid of that was part of the reason they failed.  I know that I went there less often after they discontinued that.

 

U.S.-style biscuits aren't popular outside North America.  One problem is biscuits go stale very quickly and have to be baked fresh every day, which is a lot of hassle for a fast-food restaurant.  British scones on the other hand have proved popular in many countries.

[marin]

On 9/16/2024 at 12:01 PM, Ralf001 said:

Church's TEXAS CHICKEN .

No not at all. I had never heard of Texas here but always knew Church's

[Ralf001]

15 minutes ago, marin said:

No not at all. I had never heard of Texas here but always knew Church's

 

 

[marin]

 

Its international locations include Honduras, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Oman, Pakistan, Puerto Rico, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Singapore, St. Lucia, Thailand, Trinidad & Tobago, United Arab Emirates and Vietnam.

 

Church's Texas Chicken - Wikipedia

 Not going to argue with you as you have said you are not a native speaker of the language, and are not American. But here. In Thailand there is no clue it was Church's in others its double labeled.

 

 

[Rhys]

Honestly, I don't think I have ever seen one... Years ago in Malaysia, I saw a Kenny Roberts Chicken Wings Store Front like McDs.

[impulse]

8 hours ago, CLW said:

In Thai language forums there are rumours that the sudden closure was due to an issue with the franchisee (to high fees or not wanting to extend the contract). And that the branches are reopening soon under own concept from PTTOR with fried chicken Thai style. Whatever that means...

 

That's the most likely explanation I've heard.  I suspect it's not so much a matter of high franchise fees as PTT has gleaned all the knowledge they need, so it's time to throw their partner under the bus.

 

That's a familiar pattern.

 

[FruitPudding]

Queue is out the door today at the Silom branch.

[scoutman360]

It doesn't taste the same as it does in the U.S. That's why it failed; chicken is dry, stale, and over-cooked. KFC is not the same as the U.S. either. And for the same reasons, KFC should have failed by now. Both are trying to accomodate local tastes. I must applaud McDonald's for their commitment to maintian the same flavors no matter where you buy their burgers in the world.

[brewsterbudgen]

16 hours ago, scoutman360 said:

It doesn't taste the same as it does in the U.S. That's why it failed; chicken is dry, stale, and over-cooked. KFC is not the same as the U.S. either. And for the same reasons, KFC should have failed by now. Both are trying to accomodate local tastes. I must applaud McDonald's for their commitment to maintian the same flavors no matter where you buy their burgers in the world.

 

KFC Thailand presumably adjusted the style to suit their Thai customers, not expat Americans, and it seems to have worked!

[marin]

16 hours ago, scoutman360 said:

And for the same reasons, KFC should have failed by now.

Lost your credibility there buddy. KFC is by far the biggest and most popular fast food chain in Thailand, Why? The Thai's love the taste and dining options available there. 

[shdmn]

On 9/16/2024 at 7:10 PM, marin said:

American biscuit. Not a cookie. 🤣

 

 

They must be from the UK. Totally different meaning there.

Edited September 19 by shdmn

[simon43]

A terrible loss for Thai aficionados of early heart attacks....

[shdmn]

3 minutes ago, simon43 said:

A terrible loss for Thai aficionados of early heart attacks....

KFC more than makes up for it.

Edited September 19 by shdmn

[uncletiger]

Took the family to Texas Chicken today to say farewell.

 

Branch at Future Park was already closed and boarded up.  Went to another location at the PTT station. Standing room only. Place was packed. Had to wait for a table and rush over as soon as someone left. Never experienced that before. There was a constant line of customers, and they actually ran out of chicken.

 

Really curious to understand why PTT decided to ditch this chain. Lots of people are disappointed, as it is orders of magnitude better than KFC.  My kids all agree that KFC sucks compared to Texas.

[kevozman1]

On 9/19/2024 at 2:24 AM, brewsterbudgen said:

 

KFC Thailand presumably adjusted the style to suit their Thai customers, not expat Americans, and it seems to have worked!

 

It's just cheap. 160 baby for a box full of food and refills, where as the other typical western fast joints in Thailand that will only get you a basic crapburger meal