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Outdated conservative values be damned, Chick-Fil-A stands as one of America’s finest dining establishments. Despite its relatively limited menu, I could probably eat Chick-Fil-A every day for the rest of my short, heart diseased life. You should probably know everything there is to know about the best chicken joint in the US of A.
- Chick-Fil-A’s first college campus locations were at Georgia Tech and Clemson.
- Men’s Health Magazine named it the “Healthiest Chain Restaurant” in 2008. Good enough for me.
- They serve almost 10 sandwiches per second worldwide.
- Sales have increased over 600% since they launched the “Eat mor chickn” campaign in 1995.
- Every Chick-Fil-A restaurant is prohibited from being open on Sundays, which is stupid. The restaurant chain is closed Sundays to give all employees a well-deserved day off.
- They do close to $5 billion dollars in sales each year.
- You can open a Chick-Fil-A for literally $5,000, but you can’t operate any other businesses.
- Out of 20,000 new franchise inquiries per year, Chick-Fil-A only picks 75-80.
- Chick-Fil-A’s turnover rate among management employees is less than 5%.
- They still operate over 300 restaurants located in shopping malls.
- Out of thousands of restaurants in the country, there are 33 Chick-Fil-A drive-thrus that do not have dining rooms.
- They marinate their chicken in pickle juice. Really.
- They’ve been alleged to fund hate groups. So have Netflix, Best Buy, REI, Banana Republic, Six Flags, Apple, RadioShack and 600 other companies. If you boycott them, go ahead and boycott the rest of those companies too.
- And that whole thing with Mike Huckabee? Bullshit, too.
[via Chick-Fil-A, Serious Eats, Queerty]
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I got a $25 chick Fil a gift card and it is the best Easter present I have ever received.
Open up a chicfila copy cat open only on Sundays and weekend late nights and you will be a very very rich individual
Some of us still appreciate those outdated conservative values. Otherwise, great list.
Long live Chick-Fil-A
The Pickle Juice is the best thing I’ve ever heard. I tried marinating chicken cutlets in pickle juice in an attempt to recreate the recipe and came pretty damn close to nailing it.
Give it a try, it’s awesome.
Grilled chicken sandwiches and nuggets have finally hit the menu (at least in the Atlanta market). Now I could 100% eat Chick-Fil-A 6 days a week.
What I would do to a buffet of Chick-Fil-A nuggets is not mentionable in polite conversation.
So I guess you’ve never been to an AUCE nugget night then? Nasty, deplorable, unspeakable things happen on these nights. I lost a little piece of my soul/dignity around the 60th nugget, but that didn’t stop me.
Wow…No I haven’t, but as we speak I am seeking one out..
If you find yourself craven Chick-fil-A on Sunday, try this. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/spoon-university/copycat-chickfila-sandwich_b_4861183.html
craving*
I’m so hungry now.
I always crave it on Sunday.