Chicken Restaurant Chains Management Education and Training

Enhancing a chicken restaurant business management career with education and training

Whether you want to break into the chicken restaurant chains business in management, or own/operate an independent chicken fastfood restaurant or a chicken restaurant franchise, chicken restaurant chains management education and training will help your business reach its potential. Customers can find plenty of chicken chains in any city. The quality of food they produce definitely impacts the amount of customer traffic, but management training/education can set your chicken restaurant apart from all your competition in the chicken restaurant industry.

Education/training can improve your credibility, efficiency, profits and the overall success of your business. Many chicken restaurants don't demand a strong educational background for new owners and restaurant managers, so strong franchise training programs will help management staff better lead employees, bring in more customers and make more sales. This guide hones in on management training offered for chicken restaurants:

1. Food safety certification programs important to any chicken restaurant business.

2. Training for owner/managers of fried chicken chains.

3. Grilled or rotisserie chicken restaurant management training.

4. Training for the owner/management staff of other types of chicken chain restaurants.

 

Look for food safety certification programs to help your chicken restaurant business thrive

Because of the danger of cross contamination when working with poultry, ensure your managers/employees receive initial and continuing training in proper food handling techniques.
Try: Start your management training with the Food Protection Manager Certification, a nationally recognized and accredited program, from sources like ServSafe and SuperSafeMark training programs. Find out the food safety training requirements for your location by using the Food Marketing Institute's guide to State Food Safety Training Requirements found on the National Registry of Food Safety Professionals.

Choose from among fried chicken restaurants that provide management training/education

When choosing among fried chicken restaurant chains, look for one that at least provides thorough training for franchise owners/general managers.
Try: Big Chic, a franchise with opportunities in smaller communities throughout Georgia and neighboring states, provides a 30-day training program in an existing restaurant and 10 days of training just prior to and through the grand opening. Popeyes franchisee management teams go through its restaurant management training program, and a team of trainers helps new franchises during grand openings. It also operates a support center that assists franchises with training, operations and development services. Bojangles' conducts an initial six-week training program for each new management team.

Check out management training offered by rotisserie or grilled chicken chains

While people eat more chicken in this increasingly health-conscious country, research also shows a 15% decrease in the purchasing of deep-fried foods over the last several years. So, if your interest (and/or taste buds) lies in rotisserie/grilled chicken, look for those types of chicken franchises with solid support and management training.
Try: The management teams of Koo Koo Roo, a Southern California rotisserie and flame-broiled chicken chain owned by Fuddruckers, complete a six-week training program. El Pollo Loco, a flame-grilled chicken franchise, includes six weeks of pre-opening training for new owners/general managers and ongoing management training programs.

Consider management training in a different type of quick-service chicken restaurant chain

Besides basic fried chicken or grilled/rotisserie chicken, other franchises brand themselves with a specific specialty such as wings or chicken fingers.
Try: For a quick-service chicken restaurant chain with a strong training program, read more about the franchisee training program for Zaxby's, a chain specializing in chicken wings and fingers. Besides an intensive initial training program, the chain operates a learning center that houses online courses, a library with job aids and discussion forums. Wingstop, a franchise focusing on wings, requires franchise owners/general managers to attend an intensive, interactive four-week initial training session. New franchises also receive pre-opening training and then ongoing training via different resources.

 

• Check with your local, county or state health department for the most accurate information on food manager certification requirements in your area before opening a chicken restaurant business.

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