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| Food type | Fried chicken |
| Other locations | South Korea, China, Canada |
Pelicana Chicken (Korean: 페리카나 Chicken) is a Korean fried chicken chain started in 1982. Its headquarters are in Gyeryong, South Chungcheong Province, South Korea.[1] As of 2014, Yang Hee-Kweon is the CEO.[2][3]
As of 2013, it had over 2,000 locations in South Korea and also has locations outside of South Korea. Pelicana Chicken Malaysia held its "soft opening" on January 4, 2013, and the company planned to hold the grand opening of the first full store in July 2013.[4]
The chain expanded to the United States in 2014, and has established locations in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia and (Seattle)[5] Washington.[citation needed]
Pelicana has also opened in China. In 2022 it opened its first location in Canada, in Toronto.[citation needed]
- ^ "Outline of the Pelicana Korea Ltd.". Pelicana Chicken. Retrieved on August 22, 2014. "257 Wangdae-ri Duma-myeon Gyeryong-city, Chungnam province". Map
- ^ "Greeting from CEO." Pelicana Chicken. Retrieved on August 22, 2014.
- ^ "Greetings from CEO." Retrieved on September 9, 2015.
- ^ "Pelicana Chicken outlet business set to expand Archived 2014-08-26 at the Wayback Machine". New Sarawak Tribune. Tuesday 28 May 2013. Retrieved on 22 August 2014.
- ^ Streefkerk, Mark Van (2021-10-29). "Pelicana Korean Fried Chicken and Salad Chain Sweetgreen Come to Capitol Hill". Eater Seattle. Retrieved 2023-10-04.