We cruised up to our 2^nd to last Bojangles’ of the tour, and from the moment we put BettyBo in park, it was a party!  People were excited about 1979 prices and all the freebies we had to give away.  Folks from every walk of life were there.  The old, the young, regulars, newcomers, and everyone in between.

Of course the staff was amazing.  They make you feel like family from the moment you walk through the door.

One girl even came on her day off to show some love to her coworkers.

And you won’t believe it but today we met Charlie Brown.  He is the exact same age as the Peanuts character too.

Tomorrow, May 26^th, is the last day of the CruisinSC tour!  Don’t forget every SC Bojangles’ will have the 1979 rollback prices all day long.  If you can make it, come see us at the 100^th store on Gardner’s Ferry Rd in Columbia.

And of course we GottaWannaNeedaGettaHavea cute kid pics galore!

Future Football Star

Mason!

WAY too cute!

Shy, but adorable

Just in case you don’t know what’s going on at Bojangles’, take a look at this commercial so you can celebrate with us.

We met a pretty special lady this morning.  Her name is Mary.  She works for an organization that helps families that live at or below the poverty line.  And she is in charge of taking care of the hygienic and health care needs of the children of these families.  She works hard and puts in a lot of thankless hours for the betterment of Columbia.  Bojangles’ loves people like Mary, and Mary loves her local Bojangles’.

We all have our simple pleasures that get us through the week.  For some it’s an afternoon nap, for others it’s two minutes a day playing games on their Verizon Droid (cough…cough-Matt-cough…).  But for this lady, it’s a delicious Bojangles’ biscuit and a good book.

Ask almost anyone, Bojangles’ is a great place to read.  It’s gotta be the sweet tea.  It makes you smarter, helps you concentrate.  Just ask these two girls.  They go to Bojangles’ to study for their French exam tomorrow.  Their dad came along to help and to buy the biscuits.

Do you have a best friend?  If you won the free Bahamas cruise, would you take them?  These ladies would.  They made an agreement that if either one won the cruise they’d take the other with them.  Now that’s friendship.

Some cute kid pics for ya’ll.

The folks of Clemson Rd in Columbia are very punctual people.  At 11:55 only a few travelers were having lunch, but then at 12:00, we roll up to the Bojangles’ and the neighborhood followed us in!  It seemed like everybody and their dog were coming out for some rollback prices and free giveaways.

“I want more… cant we go back?”

Magritte's famous Bojangles' painting

We love Bojangles'

But don’t worry; at Bojangles’, no matter how long the line gets, it will always move fast.  SO fast in fact it might make your eyes water.  Just ask Anthony.

It hurts sometimes...

And no matter what, the food will always be hot and fresh.  One gentleman was so excited about his hot, fresh and fast biscuit, that he woofed it down, just so he could go and order something else!  And with 1979 prices, one can afford such habits.

Hot and fresh

And of course the service is always with a smile.  In fact if you’re not careful, you might start to smile too.  Especially if you’re at a Bojangles’ like Clemson Rd.

Gotta love Bojangles'

Bojangles' lifers

What a crew!

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So many patrons feel a sense of ownership to their local Bojangles’, they are as friendly and helpful as the workers. Welcome to Bojangles’! Come on in.

Welcome

Heading into our last 3 days of the tour, we are really getting the word out about 1979 prices. Bojangles’ recognizes that while times are tight, it’s great to enjoy a family breakfast without worrying about price.

Family time

We met up with Vicki Olsen, the Teacher of the Year winner for Lee District 1. Inspired to teacher under-privileged students, this dual doctorate teacher gave up a lot of money up North to teach in South Carolina. A hidden benefit – being able to eat Bojangles’.

Matt, Matt, Vicki & Bo

Today is Albert’s 65^th birthday. He wanted a green polo so one of the Bojangles’ representatives literally gave him the shirt off of his back.

Happy Birthday Albert!

Old Bojangles’ saying – “A biscuit in hand is worth two in the…” Well, something like that.

Biscuit in the hand

In case you didn’t know it, Camden has a lot of history. We saw a couple museums, tons of old houses, and the house belonging to Lord Cornwalis – Commander of the British Army during the Civil War. Many of these places dated back to the late 1700’s. Just imagine if we rolled back prices to 1779…

Lord Cornwalis' House

In the stocks

In the stocks

Matt laughed at me when we locked ourselves out of the RV at the Hartsville stop on May 14, so I decided to trick him this morning. I acted like we locked ourselves out again and the only window unlocked was 8” by 12” so he had to climb through it. He got halfway through and then we “found” the keys…Point Anthony.

Need a lift?

Do you need these?

Awesome kiddies!

Lovin' that frisbee

Little girls who love Bojangles'

It was a sunny morning in the lovely town of Charleston today.  The smell of fresh Bojangles’ biscuits was in the air, neighbors were waving at each other as they passed, and the birds were singing… well actually they were fighting fiercely.  We arrived to find a whole gaggle of seagulls, crows and other birds squawking, flapping, snapping, and fighting beak and feather for some food on the ground.

Must have been a Cajun Filet

Luckily there were more pleasant animals to be seen at Savannah Highway.  Like this Scottie who loves ham biscuits almost as much as her owner.

If you haven’t met Bo yet, he is Bojangles’ mascot.  And not only is he a good dancer (as seen on YouTube)  BUT he is also popular with the ladies.

We gave away all 100 of our free biscuit coupons this morning, and it just so happened that the 100^th customer was a gentleman who worked for Pepsi.  He knew all about Teacher Appreciation Month.  How Pepsi is donating 5 cents of every drink purchased at Bojangles in the month of May to Future Minds (up to $10,000).  That’s something we all can feel good about.

Holding the coveted 100th coupon

We’re almost to the end!  Only three more days and five more stores.  Don’t forget May 26^th.  Make sure you are in our wonderful state and near a Bojangles’ because the rollback prices are coming back!

It’s hard to believe that we only have 6 stops left until we have cruised all of South Carolina. We have seen a lot of great people during this trip. Also, we’ve seen a lot of repeat patrons like this young man here. He just can’t get enough Bojangles’. I don’t know where he gets his money, but I guess with 1979 Rollback prices you don’t really need a lot of it.

3 timer

Happy Birthday to this guy. His birthday is May 26 – the day every South Carolina Bojangles’ rolls back prices to 1979. Guess what year he was born…1979. Is that a good omen to win a free cruise or what?

Model Bojangles' Citizen

Always good to see those in uniform enjoying a good meal.

Armed Forces

Armed Forces

And Fonzie stopped by too!

The Fonz

Word to the fellas out there – with Bojangles’ rolling back prices, you can definitely afford to treat your lady to a nice meal. No excuse for not going out for a nice lunch date…

Date night tonight

Kind of space age isn't it?

I’ll tell you, everyone in John’s Island is hopeful about the future, now that Bojangles’ is in town.  Everyone we talked to told us how excited they were that we had come.

I don’t know what these kids did, but it must have been really bad to need a police escort to breakfast.

And old friend popped up today.  Do you remember a few years ago the chicken puppet from the Bojangles’ commercials?  Were you wondering what happened to him?  Well he’s hanging out at John’s Island.  Him and all his little finger puppet brothers.

Another oldie but goodie arrived this morning.  A seasoned gentleman was sporting an old Bojangles’ t-shirt, designed for senior citizens.  Or as Bojangles’ likes to call them, VIP guests.

VIP baby!

Bojangles’ has a strong past and a bright future, especially with stores like John’s Island in the team.  Keep it up guys!

awesome staff

We saw lots of men in uniform down at the Beaufort Bojangles’. Located near Paris Island, 30 min from Hilton Head, and just a bit further to Savannah, this nice looking (and functioning) Bojangles is in the right spot for business. There was an amazing mixture of young, old, seasoned customer, first-timer, professional, and retired – all of whom love some famous chicken at Bojangles’.

One loyal patron, Pam, merely asks for “The Usual” which means a 2piece dinner, a leg and thigh, and dirty rice. But today, she took advantage of incredible Rollback pricing and had an 8piece box for $5.99 instead.

A mother brought her daughter in for her first Bojangles’ experience. After I gave them both one of my free biscuit coupons, the mother was so pleased that she kissed my arm. I feel loved.

This lady used to be a Bojangles’ employee back in 1995-1997. Now she takes care of other senior ladies. She loved loved loved her Bojangles’ bag.

Hey! You bet me 5 bucks that I wouldn’t put you on the blog today. I win.

Best line I heard today: “My husband asked me ‘When can we stop eating chicken?’ I told him ‘When Bojangles’ goes outta business!’”

Young dudes with Frisbees

What’s up kiddo?

Our Bojangles’ stop in Santee, SC was a big ‘ole friend reunion. Scores of people participated in devouring food at our 1979 Rollback prices – the biscuits were especially good today. These three ladies knew each other but hadn’t seen one another in awhile. Nothing like Bojangles’ bringing people together.

Friends reunited!

A cool group of Bojangles’ patrons claimed their corner again this morning. As you walk into the store, the first section on the right belongs to the Santee Bojangles’ Club that holds Symposiums on World and Local Issues. Congrats on having the longest title in the world…You can thank Mayor Ralph (the guy on the left with glasses)

Bojangles' Symposium

A group of high schoolers from Lakes Marion High School came for Rollback prices and some giveaways. We ended up getting a musical performance!

Classic line of the day: Me – “Here’s a Frisbee for you, sir.” Uncle Paul – This is the first time I can understand you cause you don’t have food fallin’ out of your mouth.”

Thanks Uncle Paul.

Uncle Paul

Big Bo filling up someone’s car. He’s a humanitarian and a chickentarian.

Big Bo, the Humanitarian

Hi kiddo! Hello dogs!

Good morning, kiddo

Dog number 1

Dog number 2

If this crew has to sign a contract to work at this specific Bojangles’, do they read through all the fine print and check for a Santee Clause? Didn’t think so….

A+ crew

Bojangles’ is all about tradition.  Friends and family who make their local Bojangles’ their home away from home.  Loyal customers who come every morning for some hot, fresh and tasty biscuits and they not only get their delicious breakfast, but they get it with speed and a smile.  Day after day, week after week, year after year.  We met a couple this morning who have been loyal customers ever since the Walterboro Bojangles’ opened its doors… three weeks ago. Here’s the first couple to ever eat at this Bojangles’.

First Walterboro customers

Look everything has to start somewhere, and like I said Bojangles’ is all about tradition, so we think that the Walterboro store will be making lots of tradition in the years to come. However, today people loved the items we were giving away. Why don’t you hold up your goodies for us?

Frisbee Man

I love stree relievers

I love boats

The Walterboro staff is primed and pumped up to be a super Bo-staff.  They can handle any order with the speed and grace of a cheetah chasing down a Cajun Filet Biscuit.  And they do it all with a smile on their face and a biscuit in their belly… hey everybody’s gotta eat.

Awesome crew

I saw the strangest creature today.  I honestly, have never seen anything like it before!  So of course I whipped out my Verizon Droid phone and took a picture before it flew away; then I did a quick Google search.  Turns out, it was a Giant Leopard Moth.

Leopard Moth - BEWARE

Guess he was hunting down some sweet BoBerry Biscuits like the rest of us.

We’re nearing the end of our tour, only 10 stores left to go!  So remember, on May 26^th, every Bojangles’ in South Carolina will have the 1979 rollback prices all day long.  We’ll be at the 100^th store that day: Gardner Ferry’s Rd in Columbia.  If you’re nearby come see us, if not no worries; you’re Bojangles’ will be serving 2-piece dinners for only $1.99 too.