Chick-fil-A Franchise News

Chick-fil-A Receives Chain's First LEED Gold Certification at Ft. Worth Restaurant
February 17, 2012 // Franchising.com // FORT WORTH, Texas - Nearly a year after opening its first restaurant built to the standards of the U.S Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) certification program, Chick-fil-A® is proud to announce that its Montgomery Plaza location received LEED Gold certification. Chick-fil-A at Montgomery Plaza is the first LEED Gold-certified restaurant in Fort Worth. Based on the company's learning and success at Montgomery Plaza, the company has committed to build four more LEED designed restaurants in 2012.
Chick-fil-A Montgomery Plaza was built in conjunction with the company's expanding environmental stewardship initiative, which is aimed at minimizing the company's environmental footprint...

Chain to Create Nearly 7,000 Jobs through Restaurant and Sales Growth
ATLANTA, Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In continuing with its trend of strong sales performance, Chick-fil-A®, Inc. announces that it exceeded $4 billion in annual sales in 2011. A record for the Atlanta-based chain, annual system-wide sales at Chick-fil-A totaled $4,050,992,837, a 13.08 percent increase over the 2010 overall sales performance. The company also generated a healthy seven percent same-store sales increase and marked the 44th consecutive year of sales growth since the company began in 1967.
"Of all our years of sales growth, we are humbled and deeply grateful to our customers for making 2011 particularly exceptional," said Chick-fil-A President and Chief Operating Officer Dan T...

Chain Sets Standard for Industry by Featuring More Nutritious Entrée Option for Children
January 09, 2012 // Franchising.com // ATLANTA - According to the Let’s Move initiative, one in three American children is considered overweight or obese. Children also consume 31 percent more calories and 56 percent more fat than their peers did 40 years ago. Starting today, Chick-fil-A® is taking another step in continuing to address the issue of childhood obesity by debuting one of the nation’s most nutritious kid’s meals.
In recent months, many fast food chains have updated their side options in an attempt to offer healthier children’s menu items. Chick-fil-A instead is concentrating on making the entrée healthier by adding Grilled Chicken Nuggets as an alternative for children...

ATLANTA (Oct. 31, 2011) - This holiday season, the Chick-fil-A “Eat Mor Chikin®” Cows are honoring the historic contributions of the cows that came before them to influence world history in the chain’s new 2012 Cow Calendar. The holiday cheer from Chick-fil-A® doesn’t end with the release of the annual Cow Calendar. The Atlanta-based restaurant chain is also bringing the Peppermint Chocolate Chip Milkshake back to menus as a limited-time flavor.
The 15th edition of the cow-themed calendars, entitled “Trail Grazers: Blazing New Paths That All Lead to Chicken,” pays tribute to some of world history’s bravest human explorers. Twelve courageous bovines that ventured into new frontiers by air, land and sea are featured in the calendar, proving that cows can do more than make a good meal...

Chain continues to add healthier options for the nutrition-minded
ATLANTA (July 25, 2011) – Recognizing the importance of a balanced breakfast, Chick-fil-A® is offering Multigrain Oatmeal as a new breakfast menu option for its health-conscious customers at its restaurants nationwide beginning today.
Starting at $2.49, Chick-fil-A's wholesome oatmeal is served as a entre?e in an 8 oz. bowl or can be purchased as part of a Chick-fil-A® Breakfast Meal, which includes a small coffee and medium fruit cup, starting at $5.65.
Choosing a different approach than most chains, who offer "instant oatmeal" that is prepared by adding hot water to the oatmeal, Chick-fil-A's Multigrain Oatmeal is slow cooked in kettles to retain the nutritional value naturally found in oats...

Chick-fil-A President Will Help Award Free Chick-fil-A for a Year to First 100 in Line at New Chicago Avenue Restaurant CHICAGO, June 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Less than a year after Chick-fil-A opened its first Chicagoland location, answering the impassioned pleas of its raving fans in the area, the chain will debut a first-of-its-kind Chick-fil-A restaurant on June 16 when it opens the doors of its first downtown Chicago restaurant on Loyola University's Water Tower campus.

Chick-fil-A and its renegade Cows will celebrate the landmark opening by awarding a free year's supply of Chick-fil-A to the first 100 adults in line that morning at the new location. Chick-fil-A's First 100 Celebration ushers in each grand opening around the country...

Chain Surpasses $3.5 billion in Annual Sales; Plans to Open 90 New Restaurants in 2011 ATLANTA, Feb. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- In a year of major new product introductions, geographic expansion and new store openings, Chick-fil-A® announces yet another year of consecutive sales growth. The Atlanta-based chain finished strong in 2010, reporting system-wide sales of $3,582,473,798 an 11.37 percent increase over the chain's 2009 overall sales performance and a same-store sales increase of 5.92 percent. The company's record sales performance in 2010 continues a trend of year-over-year growth the chain has sustained since its inception in 1967.

"We have been very blessed with our sales performance, which is a testament to our family of franchise Operators who remain committed to the business and dedicated to attracting the very best restaurant team members," said Chick-fil-A President and Chief Operating Officer Dan T...

Finally, Chicagoans to Enjoy the Original Chicken Sandwich ATLANTA -(BUSINESS WIRE)- Chick-fil-A, Inc. started construction on three stand-alone restaurants in Aurora, Orland Park and Wheaton, Ill., that will kick off the Atlanta-based chain's expansion into the Chicagoland area.

Having spent the past five years evaluating and researching the local marketplace, Chick-fil-A® has identified a healthy list of prospective restaurant sites to further its Chicago expansion over the next several years. In addition to the three locations set to open this year, Chick-fil-A anticipates opening up to six more restaurants throughout the Chicago area in 2011 – representing 10 percent of its overall annual restaurant growth.

Chick-fil-A takes conservative measures when it comes to restaurant growth, opening an average of 75 or more new restaurants annually...

Chain Surpasses $3 billion in Annual Sales During Down Year for Industry

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Despite the sluggish economy and its effect on the restaurant industry, Chick-fil-A® ended 2009 on a positive note by marking the company's 42nd year of consecutive sales growth. The Atlanta-based chain today reported 2009 system-wide sales of $3,217,001,094, representing an 8.6 percent increase over the chain's 2008 overall sales performance and a same-store sales increase of 2.52 percent. 2009 also marked the first time the company surpassed $3 billion in annual sales.

Chick-fil-A's record sales performance in 2009 continues a trend of year-over-year growth the chain has sustained since its inception in 1967...

Chick-fil-A Will Give Away Free Year's Supply to First 100 in Line

September 17, 2009 // Franchising.com // HOLLY SPRINGS, N.C. - The Chick-fil-A® restaurant chain and its Eat Mor Chikin® Cows will do their part to "boooost" and support the local economy with the opening of Holly Springs' first stand-alone Chick-fil-A restaurant on Sept. 17, with the celebration to include the giving away of more than $26,000 in free food and creating more than 65 new jobs.

Chick-fil-A will award a one-year supply of free Chick-fil-A Meals (52 certificates) to each of the first 100 adults in line, age 18 and older with identification, at the restaurant located at 801 Village Walk Drive. The line officially begins forming up to 24 hours before the grand opening with the prizes being awarded Thursday, Sept...

State-wide locations join two other national test markets

ATLANTA, April 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Atlanta-based restaurant chain Chick-fil-A(R) has selected its California restaurants to test a new Spicy Chicken Sandwich the chain is considering adding to its menu nationally. The chain has been testing a Spicy Chicken Sandwich in Baltimore, Md., and Jacksonville, Fla., and now is expanding the test to include the 32 Chick-fil-A restaurants throughout the state, including Los Angeles and Orange Counties, San Diego, the Inland Empire, Bakersfield, Oxnard and the Fresno and Sacramento areas.

A spicy variation of its signature hand-breaded Chick-fil-A(R) Chicken Sandwich, the Spicy Sandwich is seasoned with a fiery blend of peppers, pressure-cooked in 100 percent refined peanut oil and served on a toasted buttered bun with two pickle chips...

Atlanta--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Despite the struggling economy, Chick-fil-A® enjoyed an unprecedented year of sales growth in 2008. The Atlanta-based restaurant chain today reported 2008 system-wide sales of $2,962,253,976, representing a 12.17 percent increase over the chain's 2007 overall sales performance and a strong same-store sales increase of 4.59 percent.

Chick-fil-A's record sales performance marked the chain's 41st consecutive year of system-wide sales gains – a streak that the chain has sustained since its inception in 1967 – and its 16th straight year of double-digit sales growth.

"Of all of our years of sales growth, we are truly grateful for our customers' support as reflected in our 2008 sales...

Chain-wide promotion reminds consumers that the original Chick-fil-A Chicken Biscuit can be 'imitated but never duplicated'

ATLANTA, Dec. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Chick-fil-A(R) restaurants nationwide are ringing in the New Year by offering customers a free taste of the chain's signature Chick-fil-A(R) Chicken Biscuit, the menu item that first introduced quick-service customers to the concept of eating chicken for breakfast.

On Jan. 1, 2009, Chick-fil-A customers will receive an invitation for a free, made-from-scratch Chick-fil-A(R) Chicken Biscuit with any purchase. The promotion is both a celebration of the chain's signature breakfast entree and a response to competitors' recent attempts to enter the segment with their imitation chicken biscuit offerings...

On-set mascot activities, television spots, and web-site activation highlight arrangement

ATLANTA, Aug. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Chick-fil-A is further increasing its association with college football in 2008 by becoming the newest integrated sponsor of ESPN's top-rated College GameDay Built by the Home Depot.

The key component of its involvement with the show is entitled "Mascot Movers" and will focus on the climactic moment at the conclusion of each College GameDay telecast when analyst Lee Corso predicts the winning team by donning the mascot head of his favored university. ESPN event staff in special College GameDay and Chick-fil-A co-branded uniforms will escort the crate carrying the mascot head to the set prior to Corso's announcement...

ATLANTA, June 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Holy cow! It's time to break out your cow suit and leave your wallet out to pasture. On Friday, July 11, the Chick-fil-A(R) chain will celebrate its annual Cow Appreciation Day event by offering a free meal to any customer who isn't "too chicken" to visit any of the chain's nearly 1,400 participating restaurants fully dressed as a cow.

Customers fully dressed as a cow will be rewarded with a free Chick-fil-A Meal, which includes an entree of choice, a side item and a Dr Pepper (or another beverage of choice). And for those who are a little timid to wear spots from head to toe, Chick-fil-A will award a complimentary entree to customers partially dressed in cow attire, such as a cow-spotted scarf, purse, hat or other accessory...