Chickies & Pete's

What Chickies & Pete's does

Chickies Food LLC, operating under the Chickies & Pete's brand, is a regional kosher-certified fast-casual chicken restaurant chain headquartered in the NJ/NY metro area. The company serves consumers seeking chicken sandwiches, wings, tenders, burgers, and salads prepared under kosher supervision, with a dedicated gluten-free chicken line targeting dietary-restricted diners. The operation spans four known locations in Teaneck NJ, Cedarhurst NY (Five Towns), Staten Island NY, and the American Dream Mall in NJ, complemented by a branded food truck and catering service distributed via ezCater. Digital ordering is handled through the ToastTab platform.

The company is family-owned by the Mozorosky family, who acquired the business in 2018, and operates a hybrid go-to-market combining company-owned retail stores, mobile/event catering, retail distribution of proprietary signature sauces, and a franchise opportunity offered to external operators. Revenue mechanics are diversified across dine-in, takeout, online ordering, catering contracts, and ancillary sauce retail, though no enterprise or wholesale customer anchors are disclosed. The 2026 betPARX partnership indicates exploration of sports-betting and gaming-adjacent consumer engagement, potentially opening new promotional and revenue channels beyond traditional restaurant transactions.

The technical stack is intentionally lean and third-party-dependent: ToastTab handles online ordering and point-of-sale workflows, ezCater distributes catering, and no proprietary AI, data science, or technology platform is disclosed. The competitive positioning rests on kosher certification, the gluten-free line, signature branded sauces, and physical presence in destination retail and dense Jewish-community trade areas rather than on technology differentiation.

Name

Chickies & Pete's

Legal name

Chickies Food LLC

Website

https://chickiesonline.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Chickies Food LLC is a family-owned, kosher-certified fast-casual chicken restaurant chain operating four NJ/NY locations under the Chickies & Pete's brand, serving dine-in, takeout, catering, and retail sauce customers via ToastTab and ezCater.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Fast Casual Restaurant Services

NAICS

Limited-Service Restaurants (722513), Mobile Food Services (72233), Caterers (722320)

SIC

Retail-Eating Places (5812)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYTHAFABAI

Chicken Concepts (Fried/Grilled/Hot Chicken)

Travel & Hospitality/Foodservice & Beverage (Restaurants, Cafes, Bars)/Fast Casual Restaurants

SECONDARYTHAFAAAC

Chicken & Wings QSR

Travel & Hospitality/Foodservice & Beverage (Restaurants, Cafes, Bars)/Quick-Service Restaurants (QSR)

Keywords

• Fast casual dining
• Chicken restaurant chain
• Sports bar restaurant
• Catering services
• Kosher food service

Headquarters

HQ city

South Hackensack

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Restaurant Food and Beverage Sales: Core revenue from operating restaurant locations selling chicken sandwiches, wings, tenders, burgers, hot dogs, salads, and side dishes to dine-in and takeout customers.
2. Catering Services: Event catering services for parties and corporate events with customizable menu options.
3. Stadium and Venue Concessions: Operating concessions at stadiums and large venues as part of sports bar and entertainment operations.
4. Franchise Fees: Franchise expansion model generating licensing fees from new franchise locations.
5. Partnership Promotions Revenue: Revenue from promotional partnerships with sports betting platforms such as betPARX, offering exclusive promotions through their app at restaurant locations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Chickies & Pete's (operating as Chickies Food LLC) is a fast-casual restaurant chain serving chicken sandwiches, wings, tenders, burgers, hot dogs, fried chicken buckets, salads, and homemade side dishes across four locations in New Jersey and New York. The brand extends its offering through event catering, a 36-foot mobile food truck, signature homemade sauces, mascot appearances, and a franchise program, while maintaining kosher supervision certification and gluten-free options.

Product overview

Chickies is a restaurant chain offering a unified dining experience centered on quality chicken-based fast food. The core product is restaurant dining with online ordering capability across four locations (Teaneck NJ, Five Towns NY, American Dream Mall NJ, and Staten Island NY). The company extends its offering through supplementary services including catering for events, a 36-foot food truck for mobile service, signature sauces sold at kosher supermarkets, and mascot appearances for parties. The business also offers franchise opportunities for expansion.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Restaurant Dining Full-service restaurant dining at multiple locations offering chicken sandwiches, wings, tenders, burgers, hot dogs, fried chicken buckets, salads, and homemade side dishes for dine-in and takeout customers.
• Online Ordering

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• betPARX Casino & SportsbookflagshipGTM or Marketing Partner · 2 September 2026Season-long promotional partnership covering all 18 Chickie's & Pete's locations. betPARX offers exclusive casino and sportsbook promotions through the betPARX app at Chickie's locations. Partnership launches with a Birds Kickoff Party at the South Philly location and includes integrated marketing and watch parties at Parx Casino.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves12 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Wingstop: National chicken-wings-focused QSR/fast-casual chain. Direct menu overlap with Chickies' wings, tenders, and signature-sauce positioning, and similar reliance on a proprietary sauce line as differentiation.
• Bojangles: Regional chicken-and-biscuits QSR with proprietary sauce flavors and a strong regional brand. Comparable as a chicken-anchored QSR with signature-sauce differentiation, though operating in different regions.
• Dave's Hot Chicken: Fast-growing chicken tenders and sliders fast-casual concept with strong franchise expansion. Comparable menu focus and a comparable franchise-growth trajectory to Chickies' stated model.
• Slim Chickens: Chicken-focused fast-casual chain with a multi-state franchise model and a wings/tenders/sandwich menu. Highly relevant as a comparable franchise-driven, chicken-anchored concept.
• Wing Zone: Chicken-wings-focused QSR with franchise expansion and a proprietary sauce line. Comparable to Chickies in menu focus, sauce-led differentiation, and franchise-driven growth model.
• PDQ: Chicken-focused fast-casual concept with a menu centered on chicken tenders, sandwiches, and signature dipping sauces — closely mirroring Chickies' core offer and sauce differentiation strategy.
• Bonchon: Korean double-fried chicken concept with a strong proprietary-sauce identity. Comparable in its emphasis on signature sauces and a wings/tenders-focused menu, with an established multi-state franchise footprint.
• Raising Cane's: Chicken-focused fast-casual chain specializing in chicken fingers and tenders. Highly comparable to Chickies' core chicken-sandwich/wings/tenders menu and fast-casual service model, though at significantly greater scale.

Broad incumbents

• Chick-fil-A: Dominant national chicken QSR with a chicken-sandwich-led menu. Direct menu overlap with Chickies and the defining competitive benchmark in the chicken QSR category.
• KFC: Global chicken QSR incumbent owned by Yum! Brands. Comparable in fried-chicken menu focus and broad geographic reach, but operates as a global franchise system at vastly greater scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/chickiesfood
• Instagraminstagram.com/chickiesfood
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/chickies

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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