Chicken Salad Chick

Chicken Salad Chick
Industry Fast casual restaurant chain and franchise
Founded 2008 in Auburn, Alabama
Founders Stacy and Kevin Brown
Headquarters Auburn, Alabama, United States [1]
Number of locations
 85
Products Chicken salad, sandwiches, side dishes
Website chickensaladchick.com

Chicken Salad Chick is a fast casual chain of chicken restaurants based in Auburn, Alabama.[1][2][3] As of June 2018, the chain consists of 91 franchise restaurants and stores.[4] Chicken Salad Chick has restaurants in Alabama, Florida,[5] Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. The company to expanded into Louisiana and Texas in 2016.[2][6] The company was founded in Auburn, Alabama, in 2008 by Stacy and Kevin Brown.[2][3]

History

The company's origins started with Stacy Brown selling her homemade chicken salad door-to-door in Auburn, Alabama.[1][2] The health department prohibited the sale of foods cooked in one's home, so the Browns devised a plan to open a restaurant.[1][2]

In 2016, Chicken Salad Chick was ranked #37 on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing companies in the U.S.[7][8]

Fare

The restaurant serves fifteen styles of chicken salad, which is served on bread or a bed of lettuce.[2][9] It also provides chicken salad by the pound for take-out and delicatessen-style sandwiches and side dishes.[2]

Philanthropy

The Chicken Salad Chick Foundation was founded by the company in August 2014 and is a partner with the American Cancer Society.[10] The foundation also partners with food banks in communities with Chicken Salad Chick restaurant locations in efforts to nourish people in need.[10] For example, in 2014, the foundation donated over $6,000 to the Chattanooga Area Food Bank.[11] Since the foundation's inception, Chicken Salad Chick restaurants have served to generate "...more than $100,000 in donations to fight cancer and hunger in the communities it serves".[12] Barclay Smith is the director of the foundation.[10]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "About us". Chicken Salad Chick. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Thorn, Bret (February 12, 2015). "Breakout Brands 2015: Chicken Salad Chick". Nation's Restaurant News. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  3. 1 2 Garman, Valerie (March 19, 2015). "PCB Chicken Salad Chick wins franchise award". The News Herald. Archived from the original on March 22, 2015. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  4. ↑ danny (2018-06-12). "Chicken Salad Chick, and the Evolution of a Booming Franchise". QSR magazine. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
  5. ↑ "Chicken Salad Chick restaurant opening in Pensacola on Bayou Boulevard". Pensacola News Journal. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
  6. ↑ Downes, Catherine (November 12, 2014). "Chicken Salad Chick to Open in Dallas". Side Dish magazine. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Spread the Word: Chicken Salad Chick Is No. 896 on the Inc. 5000 This Year!". Inc.com. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
  8. ↑ Rogers, Kate (2016-10-20). "Business advice from some of America's fastest-growing companies". CNBC. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
  9. ↑ Kennedy, Bud (November 6, 2017). "Like chicken salad? Here's 15 flavors, from Southern to spicy". star-telegram. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
  10. 1 2 3 Harper, Brad (August 28, 2014). "Chicken Salad Chick fights hunger, cancer". The Montgomery Advertiser. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Chicken Salad Chick Supports Chattanooga Area Food Bank With Fundraiser". The Chattanoogan. December 22, 2014. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  12. ↑ Berry, Lucy (May 14, 2014). "Chicken Salad Chick founders take home Alabama's 2014 Restaurateur of the Year award". The Birmingham News. Retrieved March 21, 2015.

Further reading

  • Garman, Valerie (February 24, 2015). "Chicken Salad Chick tops Paula Deen list". The News Herald. Archived from the original on March 12, 2015. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
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