AFC Enterprises (NASDAQ: AFCE) is the Atlanta-headquartered company that owns Popeye's Chicken & Biscuits. The NASDAQ (acronym of National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations) is an American Stock exchange. Headquarters (HQ denotes the location where most if not all of the important functions of an organization are concentrated Generally a company is a form of Business organization. The precise definition varies Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits (often referred to as Popeyes) is a chain of Fried chicken Fast food restaurants owned since 1993 by the Atlanta AFC Enterprises is a publicly-traded company.
AFC was formerly the franchiser of Seattle's Best Coffee and Cinnabon. Seattle's Best Coffee®, a subsidiary of Starbucks, is a specialty Coffee retailer and wholesaler based in Seattle Washington, USA. Cinnabon is a chain of American Baked goods stores and kiosks formerly owned by AFC Enterprises, and As of 2004, owned by FOCUS Brands In 2003, the company sold off its Seattle's Best Coffee division to Starbucks and in 2004 sold its international division and Cinnabon to FOCUS Brands, Inc. In late 2004, AFC sold off its Church's Chicken division to Arcapita (formerly Crescent Capital Investments), a venture-capital firm that also is the parent of Caribou Coffee. Starbucks Corporation ( is an international Coffee and coffeehouse chain based in Seattle Washington. FOCUS Brands is an affiliate of the Atlanta-based private equity firm Roark Capital Group, that owns the Schlotzsky's, Carvel, Cinnabon, and Church's Chicken is a US chain of Fast food Restaurants specializing in Fried chicken. Caribou Coffee ( is a specialty Coffee retailer the second largest in the United States after Starbucks
In August 2004, the company sued the now-defunct Arthur Andersen company for malpractice and breach of contract, alleging that its accountants failed to catch the problems they were hired to when performing audits for 2000, 2001, and 2002. August 2004: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - In law a lawsuit is a civil action brought before a Court in which the party commencing the action the Plaintiff, seeks a legal or equitable remedy Arthur Andersen LLP, based in Chicago, was once one of the "Big Five" accounting firms among PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte Touche In Law, malpractice is a type of negligence in which the Misfeasance, Malfeasance or Nonfeasance of a Professional, under a duty Breach of contract is a Legal concept in which a Binding agreement or bargained-for exchange is not honored by one or more of the parties to the contract by non-performance An accountant is a practitioner of Accountancy, which is the measurement disclosure or provision of assurance about financial information that helps managers investors The most general definition of an audit is an evaluation of a person organization system process project or product 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar.