Who owns RIC Chicken House?
RIC Chicken House is owned by Cremonini (Italy, BIT: CRM).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Cremonini Group Company Profile 2024, Cremonini S.p.A, 1 June 2025. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Cremonini S.p.A. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇮🇹 Italy, Castelvetro di Modena
- Origin
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- Founded
- 2023
- Category
- Restaurants & foodservice › Quick-service restaurants › Burger & chicken chains
- Parent ticker
- BIT: CRM
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About RIC Chicken House
RIC Chicken House is a grilled-chicken restaurant format that Cremonini's company profile says Roadhouse launched in 2023, expanding its roster of own brands beyond the Roadhouse grills. The name stands for Really Important Chicken, and the format serves grilled chicken with homemade marinades and side dishes. The profile counts four venues open and expects growth in urban commercial areas and shopping centres.
Ownership timeline of RIC Chicken House
Where RIC Chicken House sits in Cremonini
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Cremonini
Cremonini controls 8 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in restaurants & foodservice.
Also in restaurants & foodservice
Other brands in burger & chicken chains, and who owns them
The 37 brands in burger & chicken chains on Brandtree belong to 22 owners. The largest is Jollibee Group, with 5.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Chowking | Jollibee Group | 🇵🇭 Philippines |
| Arby's | Inspire Brands | 🇺🇸 United States |
| KFC | Yum! Brands | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Chester's | CP Foods | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| Burger King | Restaurant Brands International | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Papa Murphy's | MTY Group | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Wimpy (Middle East) | Americana Restaurants | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates |
| Steak n Shake | Biglari Holdings | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Cremonini
Cremonini is a publicly listed company headquartered in Castelvetro di Modena, Italy. Brandtree records 8 brands under its control, and it is listed as BIT: CRM.
Cremonini S.p.A. is a Castelvetro di Modena food group controlled by the Cremonini family and listed on Euronext STAR Milan. Its company profile divides it into production (Inalca beef, Italia Alimentari cured meats), restaurants and catering (Chef Express, Roadhouse) and foodservice distribution (MARR, in which it holds 52.95% according to its 2025 financial statements). Brands of its cured-meat arm Italia Alimentari are shown only as logos in the profile and are not listed here. Chef Express also serves McDonald's, wagamama, Panella and Pret A Manger as a supplier of licensed brands, which are not Cremonini brands.
🇮🇹 RIC Chicken House and other Italian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 209 brands that began in Italy. 76 of them (36%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; RIC Chicken House is not one of them.
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- Aeroporti di Roma — Mundys 🇮🇹
- Agriturismo.it — HomeToGo 🇱🇺
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of RIC Chicken House?
The parent company of RIC Chicken House is Cremonini, a publicly listed company headquartered in Italy.
Is RIC Chicken House Italian?
Yes. RIC Chicken House originated in Italy in 2023 and its owner, Cremonini, is also headquartered in Italy.
Is RIC Chicken House still owned by Cremonini?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, RIC Chicken House is still owned by Cremonini. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Cremonini Group Company Profile 2024 — Cremonini S.p.A., Annual report, published 1 June 2025; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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