PDQ

PDQ is a fast food chicken restaurant founded in Tampa, Florida in 2011 by Outback Steakhouse co-founder Bob Basham and MVP Holdings CEO Nick Reader. It has grown across Florida, North Carolina, New Jersey, and New York. PDQ blends the quality ingredients of a fine-casual restaurant with the speed, convenience and value of a fast-casual joint, and is known for hand-breaded buttermilk chicken tenders and nuggets, sandwiches, and hand-spun milkshakes. The brand also operates a loyalty program, PDQ Rewards, with a Gold tier reached at 3,000 points.

PDQ was founded in Tampa, Florida in 2011 by Outback Steakhouse co-founder Bob Basham and MVP Holdings CEO Nick Reader. The brand has grown into a fast food chicken restaurant across Florida, North Carolina, New Jersey, and New York. Since its founding, PDQ states it has given millions of dollars and in-kind donations to charities, schools and organizations in need.

Blends the quality ingredients of a fine-casual restaurant with the speed, convenience and value of a fast-casual joint.

• hand-breaded buttermilk chicken tenders

• nuggets

• sandwiches

• hand-spun milkshakes

• 2026.10.27

  Reported2026.10.27

  PDQ announces a brand refresh[4]PDQ宣布品牌焕新nrn.com

  PDQ is refreshing its visual identity, beginning with restaurant updates in St. Petersburg, Florida, before a gradual rollout across its system. The effort also includes refreshed hands-on brand-standards training.

• Unconfirmed

  Reported2026.10.09

  PDQ appoints former Microsoft leader Jeff Pinkston as Chief Technology Officer[5]PDQ任命前微软高管Jeff Pinkston为首席技术官channellife.news

  PDQ, a Salt Lake City-based provider of IT endpoint management and security software, appointed Jeff Pinkston as Chief Technology Officer. Pinkston joins after 24 years at Microsoft, most recently as Vice President and General Manager of Defender for Office, and will lead technology strategy at PDQ, including the company's endpoint management products.

• 2026.08.13

  Reported2026.08.13

  PDQ launches early access MCP server for AI endpoint management[6]PDQ推出面向AI端点管理的MCP服务器早期访问channellife.news

  PDQ launched early access to a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that connects endpoint management tasks to AI tools including Claude, Microsoft Copilot, and VS Code. The server is free during the early-access period across all subscription tiers and is distributed through native AI connector directories.

Read more

1. 1PDQ Chicken | Chicken Tenders, Nuggets, and Sandwicheseatpdq.com
2. 2PDQ Gold | Earn Free Chicken, Exclusive Perks, and Rewards with our elite loyalty tier — PDQ Chickeneatpdq.com
3. 3The Story of PDQ | Our Journey to Perfecting Fried Chicken — PDQ Chickeneatpdq.com
4. 4PDQ宣布品牌焕新nrn.com
5. 5PDQ任命前微软高管Jeff Pinkston为首席技术官channellife.news
6. 6PDQ推出面向AI端点管理的MCP服务器早期访问channellife.news