What is Boston Market?
The '''Boston Market''', known before 1995 as '''Boston Chicken''', is an [[United States|American]] [[fast casual restaurant]]. Boston Market is [[headquartered]] in [[Golden, Colorado]]. It is mostly concentrated in the [[Midwestern United States|Midwestern]] and [[Northeastern United States]]. But there are also restaurants in [[California]], [[Texas]] and [[Florida]]. As of November 2020, there are over 340 company-owned restaurants in 28 states and [[Puerto Rico]], with over 14,000 employees.<ref>{{cite web|title=Locations|publisher=The Boston Market|url=https://www.bostonmarket.com/location|access-date=May 14, 2021|archive-date=May 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505034758/https://www.bostonmarket.com/location/|url-status=deviated|archivedate=May 5, 2021|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505034758/https://www.bostonmarket.com/location/}}</ref> Boston Market was established as Boston Chicken in 1985 in [[Newton, Massachusetts]]. The restaurant chain grew rapidly in the early-to-mid 1990s In 1998 the company filed for Chapter 11 [[bankruptcy]].<ref>{{cite news|title=A Chicken Autopsy|publisher=Motley Fool|url=http://www.fool.com/EveningNews/foth/1998/foth981007.htm|access-date=May 14, 2021|archive-date=August 22, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110822022520/http://www.fool.com/EveningNews/foth/1998/foth981007.htm|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> [[McDonald's]] bought the Boston Market in May 2000. In August 2007, McDonald's sold the Boston Market to [[Sun Capital Partners]]. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:American restaurants]] [[Category:Companies based in Colorado]] [[Category:1985 establishments in the United States]]