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Golden Fried Chicken (Pty) Ltd
Chicken Licken
TypePrivate
IndustryFast food
FoundedRidgeway, Gauteng 1981; 43 years ago (1981)
FounderGeorge Sombonos (1949–2016)
Headquarters,
Number of locations
259 (2013)[1]
Key people
Chantal Sombonos
ProductsFried chicken
RevenueR1.3 billion (2013)[2][3]
Websitewww.chickenlicken.co.za

Chicken Licken ke ketane ya diresetšhurente tša dikgogo tše di gadikilwego tša dijo tša go itima dijo tša Afrika Borwa.[4] Khamphani e bile le karolo ya 5% ya mmaraka wa dijo tša go itima dijo tša Afrika Borwa ka 2010, e tlama le McDonald's.[5] Go ya ka nyakišišo ya mohlala yeo e phatlaladitšwego ke Henny Penny Corporation ka 2011, Chicken Licken ke "franchise ye kgolo ya kgogo ye e gadikilwego yeo e sego ya Amerika lefaseng".[6][7][8]

Chicken Licken e hlomilwe ka Afrika Borwa ke George Sombonos, morwa wa mong wa lebenkele la go jela la mofaladi wa Mogerika.[7][9][10] Sombonos o ithutile kgwebo ya diresetšhurente ka bo-1970 kua Dairy Den, e lego lefelo la go jela la tatagwe kua Ridgeway, e lego motse-mošate wa ka borwa bja selete sa Inner City sa Johannesburg.[11][12] KFC e tsene mmarakeng wa Afrika Borwa ka 1971.[13] Sombonos o rekile risepe ya sephiri ya kgogo ye e gadikilwego ya Chicken Licken go mong wa lefelo la go rekiša dijo tša go itima dijo kua Waco, Texas, ka US $1,000 ge a be a etela United States ka 1972 gomme a e tsebiša Dairy Den.[11][12][14] Ka 1975 o thomile go hlankela bareki ba bathobaso ka dikoloing tša bona ge melao ya kgethollo ya kgethollo e be e thibela phihlelelo ya bona go direstorente.[11][15] Ka 1976 o ile a tsebiša kgopolo ya lebenkele la go jela la go otlela ka koloi go Dairy Den ka morago ga go e bona mabenkeleng a go jela a Wendy kua United States.[11]

Tatagwe o hlokofetše ka 1980 gomme Sombonos o butše lefelo la mathomo la go jela la Chicken Licken ka 1981 lefelong la Dairy Den.[7][11][15] Ka 1982 o ile a fana ka difranchise tše pedi tša mathomo, tšeo di theilwego Soweto le Alexandra, ka ge khamphani e be e sa tsebje gomme a sa kgone go di rekiša.[9][11] Go ba gona ga Chicken Licken ka ditoropokgolo nakong ya kgethologanyo go e thušitše go hloma motheo wa bareki ba botegago gare ga maAfrika Borwa a bathobaso.[7][9] Le ge go le bjalo, kganetšo ya ka gare ya kgethologanyo e ile ya gakala bogareng bja bo-1980 gomme ditiro tša khamphani ka ditoropong di ile tša amega gampe ke khuduego ya setšhaba go fihla ka 1991.[7] Kamano ya khamphani le ditoropokgolo le yona e tšweleditše tlhohlo ya kgolo ya ka ntle ga ditoropokgolo ka Afrika Borwa ye e fetogago.[9] Morwedi wa George Chantal o thomile go šoma Chicken Licken ka 2001,[14][16] gomme o latela mothalong wa go mo hlatlama go sepetša kgwebo yeo e laolwago ke lapa.[10][11][17]

Mathomong, mafelo a maswa a go rekiša Chicken Licken a be a bulwa fela ka ditoropong tša Afrika Borwa. Ga e sa le nako ya kgethollo e fela ka 1994, sehlopha sa magareng sa bathobaso se hudugile ka ntle ga ditoropokgolo gomme khamphani e fetotše tsepamiso ya yona go katološa mafelong a letseno la godimo le mafelong a mabenkele a maemo a godimo.[10][11][12][15] Go tloga ka 2013, go na le mafelo a 247 a go rekiša Chicken Licken ka Afrika Borwa le mafelo a 12 a go rekiša ka Botswana.[6] Go tloga ka 2012 ke mafelo a 12 fela a Chicken Licken ka Afrika Borwa ao a ruilweng ke khamphani, go akaretšwa le diresetšhurente tše tshela tše di atlegilego kudu tša khamphani.[9][10]

Maiteko a go hloma go ba gona dinageng tše dingwe tša Afrika ga se a atlega. Mafelo a go rekiša ka Zimbabwe, Nigeria le Mauritius a ile a tswalelwa ka lebaka la mathata a bao ba nago le difranchise le kabo ya dikgogo, mohlagase le phapantšho ya dinaga dišele bakeng sa metswako.[6][9][10] Mafelo a go rekiša ka Lesotho le Swaziland ka borwa bja Afrika le ona a ile a tswalelwa ka lebaka la maitemogelo a kgwebo ao a sa kgahlišego.[18]

  • Botswana – 18 mafelo a go rekiša (2021).
  • Afrika Borwa (South Africa) – 250 mafelo a go rekiša (2013).
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