Jr. Food Mart

In the 1960s, Jr. Food Mart was chartered as a subsidiary to the supermarket chain Jitney Jungle. Today, the company is an independent company with many leased locations. They operate convenience stores throughout Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. At one time, they had franchise locations from Texas to Florida, and as far north as Ohio. All the stores sell gasoline and groceries. Many of them have fast service restaurants featuring, amongst others, the well-known Creole Fried Chicken. The name and concept of spicy chicken was obtained from one of their franchisees, Sonny Adams. While the chicken recipe that Mr. Adams had created was indeed, quite spicy, it was modified and adapted to be accepted in a wide variety of locations, and the...