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We just got our first "stand alone" location this year. It is just 2 minutes from my house. The place is ALWAYS packed!
One of the local schools in my area sells Chick-fil-A chicken burgers for sporting events at the school. There isn't really a stand alone local execpt for at the mall. Maybe someday we will get one in our area.
I like the Chick-fil-a spokescows. :insane: I usually see them on billboards.
Heres one on a blimp! :insane:
Most new Chick-fil-as look like this.
Heres a Chick-fil-a in a mall.
Another mall one.
And another.
And one not open on Sunday. :insane:
QuoteOriginally posted by Caldor1999
i uslay dotn trust chicken from a place like that cause i can only amage b what they do to thougsh pore birds
Do you eat hamburgers?
Hey Storehistory...where did you find soooo many Chic-Fil-A pics at? :huh::huh:
No Chick-Fil-A stores are open on Sunday. The founder, Truett Cathey, is a devout Christian and believes keeping the Sabbath is worth more than the dollar. Even in mall food courts, the stores are shuttered Sundays.
You have to give credit to someone for putting his beliefs before making the ol mighty dollar. ;)
QuoteOriginally posted by HoJofan206
Hey Storehistory...where did you find soooo many Chic-Fil-A pics at? :huh::huh:
Yahoo! and Google picture searches.
Southaven, MS.
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/lecentre1/chickfila.html
Southaven, MS. sign.
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/lecentre1/chickfila.html
Evansville Indiana
We are very lucky to have them in all of our malls here and quite a few standalong locations all within 5-30 minutes of where I live. I have loved their chicken ever since I first tried it in 1976! We could not believe then that a place that just sold chicken could ever survive. Who knew????
We are also lucky enough to have their 3-D billboards along the highway here. Marketing genius!!
:D :D :D :saint: :D :D
QuoteOriginally posted by HoJofan206
We just got our first "stand alone" location this year. It is just 2 minutes from my house. The place is ALWAYS packed!
HoJofan:
It won't be packed on Sundays. Chik- fil-a has a rule -- DO NOT OPEN SUNDAYS!!
JimS
A new one opened down on Beechmont in my area. My sister works there now.
I just want to add that I'm a complete idiot. Up until about a year ago, I thought it was pronounced Chick-Fill-Uh. I finally heard a commercial for it and learned the truth. I know chick-fill-uh makes no sense, but chick-filay never crossed my mind as a possible pronounciation.
Don't worry. I've done it. It's an easy mistake to make.
The Chick-fil-a in Wels Mifflin PA. This location is a former Krispy Kreme.
The last one in Massachusetts (there were never that many here) was inside the cafeteria in Harvard's main science building. It closed in 2005.
Actually there are Chick-fil-A locations at the Northshore Mall in Peabody and at the Burlington Mall. The Pheasant Lane Mall in Nashua NH has one too. But those are the only ones in New England. There's a mess of them in the Mid-Atlantic states but they are disproportionately on-campus locations.
Quote from: retailisking on January 28, 2011, 05:10:44 PM
Actually there are Chick-fil-A locations at the Northshore Mall in Peabody and at the Burlington Mall. The Pheasant Lane Mall in Nashua NH has one too. But those are the only ones in New England. There's a mess of them in the Mid-Atlantic states but they are disproportionately on-campus locations.
they closed a handfull of on campus locations and they have been in the news alot recently
Quote from: Caldor1999 on July 23, 2012, 08:15:28 PM
Quote from: retailisking on January 28, 2011, 05:10:44 PM
Actually there are Chick-fil-A locations at the Northshore Mall in Peabody and at the Burlington Mall. The Pheasant Lane Mall in Nashua NH has one too. But those are the only ones in New England. There's a mess of them in the Mid-Atlantic states but they are disproportionately on-campus locations.
they closed a handfull of on campus locations and they have been in the news alot recently
On the news because of their FAITH...Great Food and classy people!! Any in Connecticut, yet?
Quote from: JimSawhill on July 28, 2012, 02:43:08 PM
Quote from: Caldor1999 on July 23, 2012, 08:15:28 PM
Quote from: retailisking on January 28, 2011, 05:10:44 PM
Actually there are Chick-fil-A locations at the Northshore Mall in Peabody and at the Burlington Mall. The Pheasant Lane Mall in Nashua NH has one too. But those are the only ones in New England. There's a mess of them in the Mid-Atlantic states but they are disproportionately on-campus locations.
they closed a handfull of on campus locations and they have been in the news alot recently
On the news because of their FAITH...Great Food and classy people!! Any in Connecticut, yet?
eh i don't care for chicken or their beliefs so you wont see me eating at one anytime soon
Quote from: Caldor1999 on July 31, 2012, 12:36:36 AM
Quote from: JimSawhill on July 28, 2012, 02:43:08 PM
Quote from: Caldor1999 on July 23, 2012, 08:15:28 PM
Quote from: retailisking on January 28, 2011, 05:10:44 PM
Actually there are Chick-fil-A locations at the Northshore Mall in Peabody and at the Burlington Mall. The Pheasant Lane Mall in Nashua NH has one too. But those are the only ones in New England. There's a mess of them in the Mid-Atlantic states but they are disproportionately on-campus locations.
they closed a handfull of on campus locations and they have been in the news alot recently
On the news because of their FAITH...Great Food and classy people!! Any in Connecticut, yet?
eh i don't care for chicken or their beliefs so you wont see me eating at one anytime soon
I don't care what anyone's faith is, but Chick Fil A is great!!
This has recently become my favorite fast food restaurant. Great, fresh-tasting food and the nicest staff I've ever encountered at a fast food place.
Coming soon to Brookfield, Connecticut:
http://brookfield.patch.com/articles/chick-fil-a-files-to-open-first-ct-location-in-brookfield
They want to build in Wallingford, Connecticut where Midas Mufflers is currently located on North Colony Road (Route 5).
http://www.myrecordjournal.com/wallingford/wallingfordnews/2282016-129/chick-fil-a-could-be-coming-to-wallingford.html
http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/1025371-469/closed-market-basket-in-somerset-plaza-may.html
Quote from: Caldor1999 on July 31, 2012, 12:36:36 AM
Quote from: JimSawhill on July 28, 2012, 02:43:08 PM
Quote from: Caldor1999 on July 23, 2012, 08:15:28 PM
Quote from: retailisking on January 28, 2011, 05:10:44 PM
Actually there are Chick-fil-A locations at the Northshore Mall in Peabody and at the Burlington Mall. The Pheasant Lane Mall in Nashua NH has one too. But those are the only ones in New England. There's a mess of them in the Mid-Atlantic states but they are disproportionately on-campus locations.
they closed a handfull of on campus locations and they have been in the news alot recently
On the news because of their FAITH...Great Food and classy people!! Any in Connecticut, yet?
eh i don't care for chicken or their beliefs so you wont see me eating at one anytime soon
Why do you care that much about their beliefs?
Quote from: bubcolbert1952 on January 11, 2014, 09:44:34 PM
Quote from: Caldor1999 on July 31, 2012, 12:36:36 AM
Quote from: JimSawhill on July 28, 2012, 02:43:08 PM
Quote from: Caldor1999 on July 23, 2012, 08:15:28 PM
Quote from: retailisking on January 28, 2011, 05:10:44 PM
Actually there are Chick-fil-A locations at the Northshore Mall in Peabody and at the Burlington Mall. The Pheasant Lane Mall in Nashua NH has one too. But those are the only ones in New England. There's a mess of them in the Mid-Atlantic states but they are disproportionately on-campus locations.
they closed a handfull of on campus locations and they have been in the news alot recently
On the news because of their FAITH...Great Food and classy people!! Any in Connecticut, yet?
eh i don't care for chicken or their beliefs so you wont see me eating at one anytime soon
Why do you care that much about their beliefs?
Because, they have the RIGHT to have their beliefs?
Actually I was asking Caldor1999.
Quote from: bubcolbert1952 on January 11, 2014, 09:44:34 PM
Quote from: Caldor1999 on July 31, 2012, 12:36:36 AM
Quote from: JimSawhill on July 28, 2012, 02:43:08 PM
Quote from: Caldor1999 on July 23, 2012, 08:15:28 PM
Quote from: retailisking on January 28, 2011, 05:10:44 PM
Actually there are Chick-fil-A locations at the Northshore Mall in Peabody and at the Burlington Mall. The Pheasant Lane Mall in Nashua NH has one too. But those are the only ones in New England. There's a mess of them in the Mid-Atlantic states but they are disproportionately on-campus locations.
they closed a handfull of on campus locations and they have been in the news alot recently
On the news because of their FAITH...Great Food and classy people!! Any in Connecticut, yet?
eh i don't care for chicken or their beliefs so you wont see me eating at one anytime soon
Why do you care that much about their beliefs?
Why wouldn't you care about their beliefs? If the CEO of a company went around saying that white is a superior race and all African Americans are below Caucasians would you still buy their products and help pay their paycheck?
To be honest this place was my second favorite fast food restaurant but once I found out about the supporting of anti-gay organizations and anti-gay comments made by their ceo I refuse to go their now. They have the right to their beliefs however I'm not going to buy anything from a company that used the money it made from it's customers to support a hateful agenda.
Quote from: zonemad96 on January 27, 2014, 12:12:49 AM
Quote from: bubcolbert1952 on January 11, 2014, 09:44:34 PM
Quote from: Caldor1999 on July 31, 2012, 12:36:36 AM
Quote from: JimSawhill on July 28, 2012, 02:43:08 PM
Quote from: Caldor1999 on July 23, 2012, 08:15:28 PM
Quote from: retailisking on January 28, 2011, 05:10:44 PM
Actually there are Chick-fil-A locations at the Northshore Mall in Peabody and at the Burlington Mall. The Pheasant Lane Mall in Nashua NH has one too. But those are the only ones in New England. There's a mess of them in the Mid-Atlantic states but they are disproportionately on-campus locations.
they closed a handfull of on campus locations and they have been in the news alot recently
On the news because of their FAITH...Great Food and classy people!! Any in Connecticut, yet?
eh i don't care for chicken or their beliefs so you wont see me eating at one anytime soon
Why do you care that much about their beliefs?
Why wouldn't you care about their beliefs? If the CEO of a company went around saying that white is a superior race and all African Americans are below Caucasians would you still buy their products and help pay their paycheck?
To be honest this place was my second favorite fast food restaurant but once I found out about the supporting of anti-gay organizations and anti-gay comments made by their ceo I refuse to go their now. They have the right to their beliefs however I'm not going to buy anything from a company that used the money it made from it's customers to support a hateful agenda.
i didnt even notice that he was asking me. lol Pretty much this is the reason why i dont go there i dont agree with the comments he made and i choose not to spend my money there. Also its not like i can anyway we dont have any Chick-fil-a's near were i live
Is it possible that we can steer this conversation back to the restaurants themselves? Thanks...
I read that one may be built in Hamden, CT on land that was previously a Chrysler dealership.
Quote from: standa on January 27, 2014, 09:31:52 AM
I read that one may be built in Hamden, CT on land that was previously a Chrysler dealership.
It would be nice if they came to Bristol, CT. The old Checker's would be a good spot.
Demolition of the old Midas Muffler Shop in Wallingford began last week so construction can begin on Chick-Fil-A.
http://www.myrecordjournal.com/wallingford/wallingfordnews/4589308-129/chick-fil-a-construction-starts-in-wallingford-dibellas-subs-set-to-open.html
Their food is great, but the one near me is so crowded I rarely go there.
I have actually seen the line of cars at their drive-thru lap itself!
No way I can get in and out and back to work in time from lunch.
Chick-fil-A founder S. Truett Cathy passed away at 93.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/08/us/truett-cathy-chick-fil-a-founder-death/index.html
Brookfield, Connecticut just opened a few weeks ago. Now Wallingford (on Route 5) and Danbury (in the Danbury Fair Mall) open on November 6th.
We have 2 Chick-fil-a that are less than a 1/2 mile from each other in Bensalem, PA, only seperated by US Route 1.
The first is located inside Neshaminy Mall. this location has been opened sice at least the 1980's.
The second location is on Horizion Blvd. It is a modern day stand alone store, and opened at the same time the Horizion Center itself opened. the Horizion Center is built on the site of Eastern State Hospital.
Bangor will get them first
http://bangordailynews.com/2015/07/28/news/bangor/chick-fil-a-to-open-restaurant-in-bangor-in-2016/
Nothing official yet as nothing has been filed with the town, but there's a rumor that they're going to put one on Queen Street in Southington, Connecticut in a new development planned for next to 7-Eleven.
They're are also talking about putting one on Universal Drive in North Haven, Connecticut where the Rave movie theater used to be. Cinemark built a new movie theater on the property that just opened and they demolished the old one.
Quote from: retailisking on July 29, 2015, 01:18:35 AM
Bangor will get them first
http://bangordailynews.com/2015/07/28/news/bangor/chick-fil-a-to-open-restaurant-in-bangor-in-2016/
Great news!
They should try to convert the soon-to-close Arby's, it would probably happen sooner than late 2016
Quote from: Zayre88 on August 09, 2015, 07:30:07 AM
Quote from: retailisking on July 29, 2015, 01:18:35 AM
Bangor will get them first
http://bangordailynews.com/2015/07/28/news/bangor/chick-fil-a-to-open-restaurant-in-bangor-in-2016/
Great news!
They should try to convert the soon-to-close Arby's, it would probably happen sooner than late 2016
CFA tends to favor new builds in new markets. I think the Arby's franchise owner balked at the corporate refresh mandate, which hastened his "retirement." It appears to have scared away potential buyers as well, as they closed without a new franchisee in place.
Went to the Chick-fil-a at Voorhees Town Center a couple of Thursday ago. it is located in the food court, and it has it's own seating area
Quote from: MikeRa on August 09, 2015, 09:34:26 PM
Went to the Chick-fil-a at Voorhees Town Center a couple of Thursday ago. it is located in the food court, and it has it's own seating area
Chick-fil-A was in the food court at Century III Mall from it's opening until about eight or nine years ago,
when it moved into a failed Krispy Kreme location down on Route 51 in front of the Southland Shopping Center. For years this was the only CFA in the greater Pittsburgh area.
http://www.pressherald.com/2016/10/18/shopping-plaza-will-move-forward-at-westbrook-quarry/
Quote from: retailisking on October 18, 2016, 09:03:52 PM
http://www.pressherald.com/2016/10/18/shopping-plaza-will-move-forward-at-westbrook-quarry/
Nice!!
The first Chick-Fil-A on the Eastern side of CT is slated to open up in Mohegan Sun this weekend.
Quote from: retailisking on October 18, 2016, 09:03:52 PM
http://www.pressherald.com/2016/10/18/shopping-plaza-will-move-forward-at-westbrook-quarry/
I saw one in Bangor yesterday.
An article on the Meriden-Record Journal's website confirms the Southington, CT Chick Fil-A will open January 8th, 2018. The article was about the progress of the new development that also includes an Aldi, a Chipotle, and ugh another Urgent Care Center.
Quote from: Brammy on August 15, 2017, 08:49:52 PM
An article on the Meriden-Record Journal's website confirms the Southington, CT Chick Fil-A will open January 8th, 2018. The article was about the progress of the new development that also includes an Aldi, a Chipotle, and ugh another Urgent Care Center.
Opens Thursday January 11th.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/chick-fil-a-opening-toronto-location-in-2019-1.4027034
Quote from: retailisking on July 25, 2018, 02:00:40 PM
https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/chick-fil-a-opening-toronto-location-in-2019-1.4027034
Nice! There's only one location in Canada currently, at the Calgary Airport.
They opened up the new restaurant at The Plaza at Buckland Hills in Manchester, CT in early December of last year.
https://www.hartfordbusiness.com/article/chick-fil-a-opens-in-manchester
I got an email from Chick-fil-A the other day informing me that their store in Pleasant Hills, PA
(near the dead Century III Mall) will be closing next week for a remodel that will run through the
end of July. I have to wonder just what sort of remodel would keep this store offline for an entire
three months?
The Chick-fil-A near the South Hills Village Mall in Pittsburgh is apparently being renovated. I just drove by there and a big construction fence now surrounds it. Strangely I did not get an email from them alerting me this time. They also have a new store currently under construction at the former Taco Bell site in Bridgeville, PA.
The new Chick-fil-A in Bridgeville, PA opened this past weekend with the usual insanely huge crowds. A drive-thru line stretching a mile long. Meanwhile the Sonic restaurant right next door was deserted.
Looks like renovations are about done on the other location and it's about to reopen. From the outside all I can see that has changed is they added a bit to the back of the building and installed two huge canopies around the drive-thru so that for the most part you will now be out of the rain.
The location near my office just reopened. I stopped by to grab lunch. The amount of seating inside the restaurant has been drastically reduced. What used to be the entire left side of the seating area has been walled-off to create the world's biggest drive-thru window service area. You could fit ten employees in there at least. They also grabbed some space from the other side of the dining room to expand the kitchen. The drive-thru is now a full-double lane with both the ordering and pick-up sides now sheltered under long canopies. They gave up an entire row of parking spaces nearest the building to achieve this. The drive-thru does seem a whole lot less chaotic, which is a good thing. Often times walking in there as a pedestrian you were taking your life in your hands with all of the insanity going on in the parking lot.
Clearly the pandemic shifted a big chunk of their business away from dine-in and towards drive-thru and pick-up, and the redesign reflects this. The very definition of a data-driven decision.