Mrs. Winner's Chicken and Biscuits is a regional fast food restaurant in the U.S. Southeast which specializes in fried chicken.[2] Mrs. Winner's is mostly known for their fried chicken and given away biscuits.
History
Mrs. Winner's was founded in 1970 by Jack C. Massey.[3] Massey's operating company, Volunteer Capital, bought the Granny's of Atlanta chain of 21 restaurants from L.S. Hartzog and renamed them Mrs. Winner's Chicken & Biscuits. In 1982, Volunteer Capital was renamed Winners Corp. and by December there were 64 restaurants under the Mrs. Winner's umbrella.[4] In 1984 the chain boasted a total of 184 stores but by 1989 after four years of losses, the company decided to sell the franchise [5] to RTM Inc., Arby's largest franchisee, for about $30 million.