Raising Cane’s® is a chicken tenderloin restaurant known for its One Love®, premium chicken tenderloin meals. Raising Cane’s uses only highest quality ingredients which are freshly prepared and cooked to order - ensuring a great tasting chicken
Raising Cane’s® is a chicken tenderloin restaurant known for its One Love®, premium chicken tenderloin meals. Raising Cane’s uses only highest quality ingredients which are freshly prepared and cooked to order - ensuring a great tasting chicken tenderloin meal served hot and fresh every time. The first Raising Cane’s opened in 1996 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana outside of the gates of Louisiana State University. As a young college student, founder, Todd Graves, had a dream of one day opening a restaurant that focused on one thing – serving quality chicken finger meals. Graves wrote a business plan for the restaurant and got the worst grade in the class. The banks would not lend him money. So he took a job as a boilermaker working 90-hour weeks in a Los Angeles refinery to raise his own money. Then he fished commercially for Sockeye Salmon in Alaska, working 20-hour days in dangerous conditions. Finally, he'd saved enough money, so he returned home to Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Graves purchased an old building near Louisiana State University and renovated it himself. The very first Raising Cane's® restaurant, called ""The Mothership,"" opened in 1996. Thanks to everyone who believed in the vision, Raising Cane’s now has over 500 restaurants all across the United States. Raising Cane's® opened its first restaurant in the Middle East in September 2015 at The Mall - The Avenues in Kuwait. Since then has grown into several markets within the region Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and UAE.
Our concept is simple and unique. We only have ONE LOVE - quality chicken finger meals! At Raising Cane's you get an exceptionally craveable product served quickly and conveniently. We can do this because we offer a focused menu. The specialized systems developed by Raising Cane's allow us to maintain a level of quality unmatched in the industry. Our commitment to this concept will not allow us to compromise our quality, cut corners or clutter our menu with new products that do not fit our core menu offerings.
Our company values are rooted in appreciation – appreciation for our Crewmembers and for the Communities we serve. We strive to be active members of our Communities and are always looking for ways to give back and lend a helping hand to those in need.
To turn chicken dreams into reality, our Founder, Todd Graves, initially worked up a business plan and presented it in a business course, where he promptly earned the lowest grade in the class. Undeterred, he donned a cheap suit and picked up a weathered briefcase to lure investors in, but time after time, he was told the same thing, “Serving only chicken finger meals just won’t work.”
So, Todd worked hard as a boilermaker in California and a Sockeye salmon fisherman in Alaska to earn money to open the first location. He renovated the building himself and opened the first Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers in 1996 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana – The Mothership.
