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Country Style Cooking

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Country Style Cooking Restaurant Chain Co., Ltd.
Company typePrivate
IndustryRestaurants
GenreChinese fast food
FoundedNovember 23, 1996(1996-11-23)
FounderLi Hong, Zhang Xingqiang
Headquarters,
Number of locations
948 (2020)[1]
Area served
China
Number of employees
7,119
Websitewww.csc100.com
A Country Style Cooking restaurant in Chongqing
Country Style Cooking (Chongqing) Investment Co., Ltd.
Simplified ChineseHương thôn cơ ( trọng khánh ) đầu tư hữu hạn công tư
Traditional ChineseHương thôn cơ ( trọng khánh ) đầu tư hữu hạn công tư
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXiāngcūnjī Tóuzī (Chóngqìng) Yǒuxiàngōngsī

Country Style Cooking Restaurant Chain Co., Ltd.,doing business asCountry Style CookingorCSC(simplified Chinese:Hương thôn cơ;traditional Chinese:Hương thôn cơ;pinyin:Xiāngcūnjī), is a Chinese fast food restaurant chain. The company is incorporated in theCayman Islandsand has its headquarters inYubei District,Chongqing Municipality.[2]

History

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The chain was established in 1996,[3]and its original name was hương thôn kê.[citation needed]In January 2008 the company had nine restaurants.[4]

As of 2013 it has 250 restaurants in Chongqing Municipality,Sichuan,Guizhou,Hunan,Shaanxi,andYunnan.As of that year is the largest fast food restaurant brand within Chongqing Municipality and the only restaurant chain headquartered in Asia that has a listing on theNew York Stock Exchange.As of 2013 the chief financial officer is Adam Zhao.[5]

As of September 2014 there were 332 restaurants.[4]

Operations

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As of 2015 it has elements ofSichuan cuisineand each restaurant has a total of 20 employees. The time to prepare a meal is usually 60 seconds from ordering.[5]In 2014 James Roy, a China Market Research Group senior analyst, stated that CSC was "really strong in western China".[6]

Notes

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  1. ^http://www.csc100.com/about/about.php[dead link]
  2. ^2014 Annual Report of CSC[permanent dead link].Securities and Exchange Commission.Retrieved on August 24, 2015. p. 2/119: "No. 19 Yunshan South Road Yubei District, Chongqing People’s Republic of China"
  3. ^"Corporate Overview"(Archive). CSC. Retrieved on August 24, 2015.
  4. ^ab"Company Information"(Archive). Country Style Cooking Investor Relations. Retrieved on August 24, 2015.
  5. ^abBerg, Caroline. "Country-Style Cooking seeks fast-food crown"(Archive).China Daily.October 1, 2013. Retrieved on August 24, 2015.
  6. ^"Chinese fast food firms challenging McDonald's."China Daily.October 29, 2013. p.1(Archive). Retrieved on August 24, 2015.
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