Boston Market (known before 1995 as Boston Chicken), headquartered in San Jose, California, is a chain of American fast casual restaurants. Founded in December 1985 in Newton, Massachusetts, the chain grew rapidly in the early and mid-1990s, filed bankruptcy in the late 1990s, and was purchased by McDonald's Corporation in May 2000. McDonald's initially purchased the company for its real estate, but found the brand serviceable and therefore continued to operate and expand the chain.

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  • Boston Market (known before 1995 as Boston Chicken), headquartered in San Jose, California, is a chain of American fast casual restaurants. Founded in December 1985 in Newton, Massachusetts, the chain grew rapidly in the early and mid-1990s, filed bankruptcy in the late 1990s, and was purchased by McDonald's Corporation in May 2000. McDonald's initially purchased the company for its real estate, but found the brand serviceable and therefore continued to operate and expand the chain. In 2007, McDonald's announced that it was "exploring strategic options" for the subsidiary. On August 6, 2007, McDonald's announced plans to sell the chain to Sun Capital Partners, a transaction that was completed on August 27, 2007. Boston Market has its greatest presence in the Northeastern United States. As of August 2007, the chain has 530 company-owned restaurants locations in 28 states, with 14,000 employees. At one point in the early 2000s, Boston Market operated two locations in Toronto. In early 2002, Boston Market entered the Australian market, opening nine stores in the Sydney metropolitan area by 2004, before quietly exiting the Australian market later that year due to competitive pressures. When still known as Boston Chicken, stores specialized in rotisserie chicken and a variety of side dishes, but in 1995 the chain expanded its menu to include turkey, meatloaf, ham, and sandwiches, and changed the name to Boston Market to reflect this. The chain later added roasted sirloin and made ham a seasonal offering. In 2009, Boston Market also started offering Crispy Country Chicken, its first baked chicken item. Beef brisket is being added to the menu in some locations and will be at all Boston Market restaurants in the future. It will replace the roasted sirloin. A selection of Boston Market-branded items have been available since April 1999 in many supermarkets across the U.S. In April 2004, Boston Market introduced chilled menu items to be sold at supermarkets. As of December 2005, these chilled menu items are available in 700 supermarkets. Frozen meals and side dishes are sold nationally under the Boston Market brand name, although they are made by H. J. Heinz Company. Boston Market also caters, providing hot lunch buffets and sandwiches for office parties, meetings, family gatherings, picnics, and weddings.
  • Boston market, anciennement connu sous le nom de Boston Chicken est une chaîne de fast food fondée en Décembre 1985 à Newton dans le Massachusetts, aux États-Unis.
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  • Boston Market (known before 1995 as Boston Chicken), headquartered in San Jose, California, is a chain of American fast casual restaurants. Founded in December 1985 in Newton, Massachusetts, the chain grew rapidly in the early and mid-1990s, filed bankruptcy in the late 1990s, and was purchased by McDonald's Corporation in May 2000. McDonald's initially purchased the company for its real estate, but found the brand serviceable and therefore continued to operate and expand the chain.
  • Boston market, anciennement connu sous le nom de Boston Chicken est une chaîne de fast food fondée en Décembre 1985 à Newton dans le Massachusetts, aux États-Unis.
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