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Church’s Chicken closes, moves to Guam
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Posted on Mar 14 2006
After three years of operations on Saipan, Church’s Chicken closed down its business Monday in Susupe.
The business owners, led by general manager Mike Smith, said yesterday that it will relocate the business to Guam in anticipation of a bigger market—the transfer of the U.S. Marines from Okinawa.
“We’ll be opening in Guam. We will prepare for the military men,” said Smith’s team yesterday.
The group said three years on Saipan “has been fine” but admitted that the business was affected by the departure of Japan Airlines last October.
“I’d say six months ago, there’s more money in the economy,” said one of the business partners.
Church’s Chicken is popular for its big servings of crispy and juicy fried chicken, its “Bombers,” with cheese and Jalapeno chili fillings, and a variety of great tasting biscuits.
The Susupe restaurant was the first Pacific outlet of the internationally renowned name.
There are at least 1,500 branches of Church’s Chicken worldwide. While many of these are in the United States, about 300 others are located in different countries.
San Antonio, Texas in the U.S. gave birth to the first Church’s Chicken restaurant in 1952.
NEW OWNER
A new business group, Sky International, a partnership of local and Korean businessmen, has acquired Church’s Chicken location in Susupe.
The new owner said a restaurant will open very soon at the site, offering similar products to customers.
It will be called Papa’s Chicken & Pizza.
