Maricopans hungering for a chicken restaurant should not lose faith. Tom Barnett certainly hasn’t.
Barnett, the owner of both the current Burger King in town and the one under construction on Maricopa-Casa Grande Highway, still is actively looking to bring a Slim Chickens franchise to town.
“We’ve been looking all over down there, and we just haven’t found the right thing yet,” Barnett said. “Of all the places I’m looking at, Maricopa is going to be the best market by far.”
Barnett describes Slim Chickens as a competitor to Chick-Fil-A. He has signed an agreement to bring up to 32 of the chicken-focused restaurants to Arizona, to go with the 53 Burger Kings he already operates across the state.
Barnett has identified Maricopa as an ideal future Slim Chickens market and is confident the concept will succeed once he finds the right location.
“The Slim Chickens in Maricopa is going to be the biggest restaurant we ever opened,” he said. “If we open four or five of these in the next year, Maricopa is going to do the most sales by a mile.”
I am looking forward to a good chicken place. I haven’t tried this one yet, but if they compete with Chick Fil A, they must be good.