AFC Enterprises is the Atlanta-headquartered company that owns three fast-food restaurants: Church's Chicken, Popeye's Chicken & Biscuits, and Cinnabon. In August 2004, the company sued the now-defunct Arthur Andersen company for malpractice and breach of contract, alleging that its accountants failed to catch the problems they were hired to when performing audits for 2000, 2001, and 2002.
In 2003, the company sold off its Seattle Coffee Company division to Starbucks. AFC Enterprises is a publicly traded company that lists on the NASDAQ as AFCE.
