Chicken Salad Chick
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| 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 | 139 |
| Products | Chicken salad, sandwiches, side dishes, and desserts |
| Website | chickensaladchick |
Chicken Salad Chick is a fast casual restaurant chain and franchise of chicken salad restaurants based in Auburn, Alabama.[1][2][3] As of March 2020, the chain consists of 146 franchise restaurants and stores in 16 different U.S. states.[4]
History
The company started with Stacy Brown and her husband Kevin; he died in 2015 from colon cancer.[5] Stacy Brown was selling her homemade chicken salad door-to-door in Auburn, Alabama.[1][2] With the health department prohibiting the sale of foods cooked in one's home, 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.[6][7]
Fare
The restaurant serves fifteen styles of chicken salad, served either on bread or lettuce.[2][8] It also provides chicken salad by the pound for take-out and delicatessen-style sandwiches and side dishes.[2]
The restaurant's menu includes pimento cheese, macaroni and cheese, pasta salad and grape salad. Daily soup specials include tomato bisque and chicken tortilla; loaded potato soup is available daily.[5]
Philanthropy
The Chicken Salad Chick Foundation was founded by the company in August 2014 and is a partner with the American Cancer Society.[9] The foundation also partners with food banks in communities with Chicken Salad Chick restaurant locations in efforts to nourish people in need.[9] For example, in 2014, the foundation donated over $6,000 to the Chattanooga Area Food Bank.[10] 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".[11] Barclay Smith is the director of the foundation.[9]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d "About us". Chicken Salad Chick. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e Thorn, Bret (February 12, 2015). "Breakout Brands 2015: Chicken Salad Chick". Nation's Restaurant News. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Chicken Salad Chick Grows In Texas With Second Houston Opening This Year" (Press release). Houston, TX: RestaurantNews.com. March 28, 2019.
- ^ a b Ruggiero, Loretta (April 19, 2019). "'Openings and Closings: Two Daphne's Mediterraneans, Chicken Salad Chick'". Houston Press. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
- ^ "Spread the Word: Chicken Salad Chick Is No. 896 on the Inc. 5000 This Year!". Inc.com. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
- ^ Rogers, Kate (October 20, 2016). "Business advice from some of America's fastest-growing companies". CNBC. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
- ^ Kennedy, Bud (November 6, 2017). "Like chicken salad? Here's 15 flavors, from Southern to spicy". star-telegram. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
{{cite web}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - ^ a b c Harper, Brad (August 28, 2014). "Chicken Salad Chick fights hunger, cancer". The Montgomery Advertiser. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
- ^ "Chicken Salad Chick Supports Chattanooga Area Food Bank With Fundraiser". The Chattanoogan. December 22, 2014. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
- ^ 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.