Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers to open restaurants in the Indianapolis area
Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers, a popular chain built on a limited menu, is setting up shop in the Indianapolis area.
A restaurant will open in Avon at 8970 E. U.S. Highway 36 in November, and one will open in Noblesville at Campus Parkway and Cabela Parkway in late December. Both will have drive-thru service.
They won’t be the firsts in the state though. A Mishawaka shop opened in December 2020 and a West Lafayette restaurant opened in April 2021.
A store in Bloomington, at 422 E. Kirkwood Ave., is expected to open in late August.
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After developing the business plan for a college class, Todd Graves started the chain in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in 1996, and named it after his yellow Labrador retriever, Raising Cane. Since then, there have been two other dogs named Raising Cane to serve as the brand mascot.
Raising Cane’s is the third most popular fried chicken chain in the U.S., according to the Fried Chicken Index from Top Data, a market research agency.
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The chain logged the largest growth in visits among the top five fried chicken chains, with an increase of 4.7%.
Raising Cane's is actively looking for other sites in the state.
Operations in Muncie and Merrillville will open in 2023 and 2025, respectively.
Contact IndyStar reporter Cheryl V. Jackson at cheryl.jackson@indystar.com or 317-444-6264. Follow her on Twitter: @cherylvjackson.
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