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Boston Market
Rotisserie chicken chain bought from McDonald's by Sun Capital Partners in 2007; Sun Capital sold it in 2020 to Jay Pandya's Engage Brands, after which the chain collapsed from roughly 300 locations to fewer than 30 by 2024-2025.
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Record updated Sept. 4, 2026
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1 ownership record has an unresolved current/former status.
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Sun Capital Partners sold Boston Market to Jay Pandya's Engage Brands in April 2020. Under Pandya the chain fell from about 300 locations in early 2023 to 16 by December 2024 and 22 by March 2025, amid unpaid rent and wage lawsuits.
Owned by Jay Pandya's Engage Brands since April 2020; about 22 locations were open as of March 2025, the most recent count found, with no 2026 figure confirmed.
- Founded
- 1985
- Wikipedia · founded 1985; Sun Capital bought it from McDonald's in 2007 (completed August 27, 2007) and sold to Engage Brands/Jay Pandya in April 2020; location counts of 1
- The Daily Meal · Sun Capital's 2007-2020 ownership and 2011-2015 revitalization attempts; sale to Pandya's Engage Brands
- Nation's Restaurant News · 2023 · Colorado locations seized for unpaid taxes; employee quote describing Pandya's mismanagement
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