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New Raising Cane’s Opened In Melrose Park Sept. 8


Wednesday, September 8, 2021 || By Michael Romain || @maywoodnews 

Raising Cane’s, a Louisiana-based fast food chain that specializes in chicken tenders, opened its newest location on Sept. 8 at 300 W. North Ave. in Melrose Park. 

The company has nearly 600 locations across the country, with $1.5 billion in annual sales, according to Restaurant Business. Each location averages more than $3.5 million in sales, the publication reported. 

The opening of the Melrose Park location comes as Raising Canes expands its managing partner program, which was introduced last year, Restaurant Business reported. 

Customers line up outside of the new Raising Cane’s in Melrose Park, which opened on Sept. 8. | Michael Romain 

The program is designed to “boost retention of top managers,” allowing them to earn more than $100,000 a year in salary and benefits, in addition to performance-based incentives. 

“The program also comes with benefits, such as a financial adviser and healthcare concierge service,” Restaurant Business reported. 

Raising Cane’s representatives could not be immediately reached on Wednesday morning to comment on whether or not the Melrose Park location was part of that program.

Raising Cane’s is the latest retail development to open on the site of the old Maywood Park horse racing track site, which the village of Melrose Park annexed after acquiring the site from Cook County in 2019. 

After annexing the site, the village struck a deal with developers to build an Amazon distribution center on what is now the Chariot Logistics Center in Melrose Park. 

A Panda Express under construction near the location of a new Raising Cane’s restaurant on North Avenue in Melrose Park. | Michael Romain 

The industrial warehouse development is surrounded by roughly 16 acres of retail along North Avenue. 

In addition to Raising Cane’s, national retailers that have opened or are close to opening include a Starbucks, which opened several months ago, and a Panda Express, which is under construction. 

According to Raising Cane’s job page, the Melrose Park location is hiring cashiers, cooks, customer service positions and a shift manager. 

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