Pelicana Chicken Explained

Pelicana Chicken
Food-Type:	Fried chicken
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Other-Locations:	South Korea, China, Canada
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Pelicana Chicken (Korean: 페리카나 Chicken) is a Korean fried chicken chain started in 1982. Its headquarters are in Gyeryong, South Chungcheong Province, South Korea.^[1] As of 2014, Yang Hee-Kweon is the CEO.^{[2] [3]}

As of 2013, it had over 2,000 locations in South Korea and also has locations outside of South Korea. Pelicana Chicken Malaysia held its "soft opening" on January 4, 2013, and the company planned to hold the grand opening of the first full store in July 2013.^[4]

The chain expanded to the United States in 2014, and has established locations in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia and (Seattle)^[5] Washington.

Pelicana has also opened in China. In 2022 it opened its first location in Canada, in Toronto.

Socials

• Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/pelicanachicken (US)
• Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/1982 (Korea)

External links

• Pelicana Chicken USA
• Pelicana Chicken Korea
• Pelicana Chicken Korea

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924070526/http://www.pelicana.co.kr/global/english/index.php?c=peli&d=corp "Outline of the Pelicana Korea Ltd."
2. "Greeting from CEO." Pelicana Chicken. Retrieved on August 22, 2014.
3. "Greetings from CEO." Retrieved on September 9, 2015.
4. "Pelicana Chicken outlet business set to expand ". New Sarawak Tribune. Tuesday 28 May 2013. Retrieved on 22 August 2014.
5. Web site: Streefkerk . Mark Van . 2021-10-29 . Pelicana Korean Fried Chicken and Salad Chain Sweetgreen Come to Capitol Hill . 2023-10-04 . Eater Seattle . en.