Raising Cane’s, the rapidly expanding Louisiana-based fried chicken brand, is currently accepting bids for the construction of a new outpost located along Nuevo Rd and the 215 in Perris, according to documents reviewed by What Now Orange County.
A representative of Raising Cane’s did not return a request for comment.
Founded in Baton Rouge in 1996 by the uncompromising entrepreneur Todd Graves, the restaurant now has more than 600 locations across the country. However, that success was not without its doubters.
According to Graves’ origin story on the company’s official website, Raising Cane’s “began as a college dream” which was parlayed into an assignment for Graves’s business course that, “ironically, earned the lowest grade in the class. The professor said a restaurant serving only chicken fingers in South Louisiana would never work.”
Since then, Graves has gone on to not only build a chicken empire but also earn wide acclaim, with such accolades as the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year, SCORE Award for Outstanding Socially Progressive Business, Restaurateur of the Year by Louisiana Restaurant Association, and Louisianan of the Year by Louisiana Life.
