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Bojangles is back: Chain returns to greater Orlando area

SANFORD, Fla. — Bojangles is back in the greater Orlando area.

The chain returned to the area with a new location in Sanford that opened this week.

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The new location is located at 101 South Oregon Avenue. The next closest location is in Ocala.

Eight locations in Central Florida shuttered in 2015.

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The Sanford location is operated by Bojangles Restaurants Inc.

Last year, Chaac Foods Restaurants announced it would open 12 Bojangles locations in Orlando and one location each in Winter Garden, Davenport and Kissimmee over the next seven years.

Photos: Bojangles returns to Central Florida

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Sarah Wilson

Sarah Wilson, WFTV.com

Sarah Wilson joined WFTV Channel 9 in 2018 as a digital producer after working as an award-winning newspaper reporter for nearly a decade in various communities across Central Florida.