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Rotisserie-Chicken Chain Boston Market Is Said to Be for Sale

  • Buyout firm Sun Capital said to seek suitors for company
  • Sun Capital acquired Boston Market from McDonald’s in 2007

A Boston Market restaurant in Oakland, California, on Aug. 21, 2012.

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Sun Capital Partners is weighing a sale of restaurant chain Boston Market Corp., people with knowledge of the matter said.

The mid-market private equity firm is working with advisers to solicit offers for the rotisserie-chicken restaurants, said the people, who asked not to be identified because they weren’t authorized to speak publicly. Boston Market could fetch about $400 million in a sale and is attracting interest from other buyout firms, the people said.