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Operator profile

BOJ of WNC

Acquired by Eyas Capital Bojangles
120
Chicken units
120
Total units
Western North Carolina
Headquarters
Western North Carolina
Primary geography
Six states

Known activity

  • Was Bojangles' largest franchise group with 120 locations across six states before being acquired by Eyas Capital1 (2025)
  • Led by owner/operator Jeff Rigsby, who joined the Bojangles corporate team in 1994 and bought six Asheville, NC locations in 20011 (2025)
CSW Analysis

Six restaurants in 2001 to the brand's largest franchisee by 2025, then an exit to institutional capital. This is the standard lifecycle of a successful regional chicken operator, and it is the reason the operator database matters more than the brand database — ownership of these units changed hands entirely without the brand's unit count moving at all.

Sources

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  1. [1] Restaurant Dive — Bojangles' largest franchisee acquired by PE firm (2025)