11 Facts About Zaxby's

Zaxby's is an American chain of fast casual restaurants offering chicken wings, chicken fingers, sandwiches, and salads.

The first Zaxby's was established in Statesboro, Georgia in March 1990, near the Georgia Southern University campus, by childhood friends Zach McLeroy and Tony Townley.

In December 2019, the Oklahoma-based Zaxby's franchisee announced it would be shuttering five of its nine locations across the state.

In 2022, Zaxby's introduced a new CEO, Bernard Acoca; he was the first CEO that was not one of the co-founders.

Since the December 2013 announcement that Zaxby's would begin to offer the Coca-Cola Freestyle machine at their locations, the decor in the fountain drink dispensing area has been dominated by that distinctive dispenser and other Coca-Cola branding.

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Zaxby's is "The Official Chicken of Sports Fanz®" and has collective intellectual property rights at nearly 30 Division I colleges through 2015 through a deal with their football and basketball teams.

Additionally, Zaxby's has a separate agreement with Clemson University to provide brand presence at all football and men's and women's basketball games.

Zaxby's was the sponsor of the Heart of Dallas Bowl, played at the Cotton Bowl Stadium.

Zaxby's was a sponsor for Joey Clanton in the No 09 JTG Daugherty Racing truck in the NCWTS.

Zaxby's sponsored John Wes Townley in NASCAR's Camping World Truck Series and Xfinity Series, and Townley's Athenian Motorsports.

In honor of the children the restaurant chain serves every year, Zaxby's is a supporter of Make-A-Wish.