Ali Chunara’s very first restaurant purchase was a Church’s Chicken — a franchise he still owns today. With less than $20,000 saved at the time, he financed the deal on the seller’s trust and worked open-to-close to pay it off. This location remains the foundation on which the entire Chunara network was built.
Church’s Chicken is an American chain of fast food restaurants specializing in fried chicken, also trading outside North America as Texas Chicken. Founded on April 17, 1952 by George W. Church Sr. in San Antonio, Texas, across the street from The Alamo.