Caniacs, rejoice! After seeing explosive growth throughout 2023 with 100 store openings and the debut of a flagship location in New York City's Times Square, Raising Cane's plans to continue expanding at a breakneck pace in 2024.
The southern chain—known for its signature chicken fingers (130 calories apiece), Texas toast (140 calories), crinkle-cut fries (390 calories), and famous Cane's sauce (190 calories)—is on pace to open a whopping 90 new locations this year, QSR Magazine reported.
Cane's has already made significant progress on its growth plans since the start of the year. It opened 13 new restaurants in January alone across Washington D.C., Florida, Indiana, Illinois and California.
The chain followed that up with 10 additional openings in February—including its first-ever Connecticut location—and four more the following month. That brought its total store count to 788 at the end of March.
Looking ahead, Raising Cane's is planning to open a new flagship restaurant in Nashville this year. Additionally, it's working to add more New York City locations and reach the 20-store milestone in Florida (the restaurant's website currently lists 15 Sunshine State locations).
Solid financial results are backing up this big expansion push. Raising Cane's has seen 62 consecutive quarters of positive same-store sales, including a notable 15.1% rise in the first quarter of 2024, per QSR Magazine.
Raising Cane's isn't the only popular chicken restaurant that will end 2024 with a much bigger footprint. Beloved regional chain Bojangles currently has hundreds of new stores in development, including its first-ever locations in California, Arizona, and Nevada.
Pollo Campero, Krispy Krunchy Chicken, Bonchon, and Wingstop are among the other chicken chains that are also expanding aggressively right now.