- “At any given time, we have about 300 Restaurants at various stages in our development pipeline and are continually evaluating sites all over the world to achieve our goal of operating 1,600+ restaurants and becoming a Top 10 US Restaurant Brand.” – Company Press Release in January 2025
From Lutz to Orlando, Clearwater to Tampa — it seems like every new strip center welcomes either a car wash with revolving brushes or a chicken joint with crispy tenders. And right now, the one everyone in Florida can’t stop talking about is Raising Cane’s.
Hen It Rolls in Tampa Bay
- In Lutz, Cane’s just opened at 25952 FL‑56, across from Tampa Premium Outlets — marking their third Tampa-area site.
- In Clearwater, they’ve been showing up all over Pinellas: their first appeared in early 2023, followed by another at 2525 Gulf to Bay Blvd, Clearwater, FL 33765, with plans for Largo and St. Pete outlets too.
- Tampa proper is getting in on the action, and whispers in real estate circles suggest more locations are looming.
- And Orlando? Cane’s is expanding statewide — 800+ locations nationally, with nearly 100 new sites planned by year-end.
Chicken Chains Flock to Florida
Nationally, fast-casual chicken is gobbling up market share. In 2024, fried chicken chains saw visits grow 4.3% — more than double that of their fast-food and casual-dining cousins. By comparison, Raising Cane’s broke records in 2024, rolling out 118 locations and delivering its first-ever billion-dollar quarter…