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50 years of embracing technological change50 years of embracing technological change

Lee’s Famous Recipe Chicken keeps evolving with new tools and innovations

May 24, 2016

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Lee’s Famous Recipe Chicken shares a 50th anniversary founding year with Nation’s Restaurant News, and, like our publication, the brand has evolved with technology.

The 135-unit limited-service restaurant brand, launched in Lima, Ohio, in 1966, has seen such innovations as sophisticated point-of- sale systems, credit cards, digital signage, online training and energy-efficient equipment bring new tools to the heritage art of fried chicken.

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Lee’s Famous Recipe Chicken president, Chuck Cooper

Lee’s Famous Recipe Chicken president, Chuck Cooper. Photo: Lee's

“Technology has changed through the years,” said Chuck Cooper, president of Lee’s Famous Recipe Chicken for 13 years, “everything from the POS system that helps us understand what costs should be in a restaurant to the introduction of credit cards to many of our franchisees just 13 years ag...

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