Company type | Private |
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Industry | Restaurants |
Genre | Fast food |
Founded | 1985 |
Founder | Robert Ilvento |
Headquarters | College Park, Maryland, United States |
Number of locations | 19 |
Area served | United States |
Products | Chicken, hot wings, french fries, hot sandwiches |
Website | www |
Cluck-U Chicken, also known as Cluck University, is an American quick-serve restaurant chain, [1] with most locations in the U.S. states of Maryland and New Jersey, but there are locations in Pennsylvania [2] as well as one location in Ohio and one international location in Lebanon, Kuwait, and the UAE. [3] There were previously several other locations, including Delaware, Florida, Chapel Hill NC, and Washington, D.C. as well as a location in Fort Collins, CO. [4]
While most locations are franchises, Cluck-U also operates corporate-owned stores, featuring a more limited menu, under the name Cluckster's.
Cluck-U Chicken was started by Robert Ilvento [5] in 1985. The first location was in New Brunswick, New Jersey at Rutgers University. [6] Ilvento sold the business in 1999. [7]
In 2000, JP Haddad acquired the rights to develop the franchise nationally, while Ilvento began to promote the business.
Cluck-U Chicken (a.k.a. "Cluck") serves chicken wings ("wingers") with a variety of traditional sauces including Honey-Hickory and spicy sauces on the scale Mild, Atomic, Nuclear, Thermo-Nuclear, 911 and Nuclear Fusion. [1] [8] At some locations where the "911" sauce is served, customers must sign a liability waiver. [4] Other food products include chicken sandwiches, salads, appetizers, chicken fingers, fries, rice bowls, fish sandwiches and the like. [9]
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