I appreciate the cleanliness of their restaurants near me. The people who work there are always kind. Their food is meh.
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Chick-fil-a is garbage. Change my mind.
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I think it involves three seashells???
That was a shitty sci-fi. Buttfuckers is the restaurant of the future.
I will say this... Chick-Fil-a makes sure that the pickles on their sandwiches never touch each other.
Just like God intended.
I’ll stick with Hooters. I like the owl theme.
Cheers, Sirhr
Just like God intended.
I’ll stick with Hooters. I like the owl theme.
Cheers, Sirhr
You either haven't been in a hooters in 15 yrs or the hooters up there are a lot better than around here.
The talent up here is awful. But the wings at the one I go to rock. And at my age, I am more interested in good wings and talking frogs.
Sirhr
Hmmm. I see myself spending more time with the grill...and when this happens, please don't post reviews.
Since getting out of the Navy I have a huge aversion to standing and/or sitting in line for anything , especially chow. My gf is a chick-fil-a fangirl and she pestered me to eat there. Was a total waste of time....money...gasoline used sitting in a 10 car line.
Insult to injury , everything she ordered was bland and reeked of processed ingredients. My first and last time there
Insult to injury , everything she ordered was bland and reeked of processed ingredients. My first and last time there
The CFA in Clackamas is always packed out blocking traffic. I never go there but once I tried and the line was lightning fast. I don’t wait in line for stuff so I avoid it.
The CFA in Beaverton almost never has more than a car or two in the line. I stop in there for a spicy chicken sammich if I’m in the area.
Popeyes Spicy chicken sandwich is better in every way and there is never a wait at any of the few locations in the area.
The CFA in Beaverton almost never has more than a car or two in the line. I stop in there for a spicy chicken sammich if I’m in the area.
Popeyes Spicy chicken sandwich is better in every way and there is never a wait at any of the few locations in the area.
Chick-fil-A. Here’s why.
Experts cite careful growth, strong customer service and an embrace of new technologies for the chicken chain’s surge
In 2015, employees prepare sandwiches for guests during an event ahead of the grand opening for a Chick-fil-A restaurant in New York. (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg)
By
Laura Reiley
June 19, 2019 at 6:00 a.m. CDT
Through the diligent efforts of those billboard cows with their poor penmanship and dubious spelling skills, Chick-fil-A has moved up the ranks from the seventh-largest restaurant chain in the United States to become the third.
The chicken sandwich giant blew past Wendy’s, Burger King, Taco Bell and Subway on its ascent, with $10.46 billion in American store sales, according to Nation’s Restaurant News’ latest countdown. Up 17 percent for the year, Chick-fil-A stands behind only McDonald’s ($38.52 billion in American sales) and Starbucks ($20.49 billion).
Average sales for a Chick-fil-A location brought in $4.6 million in 2018, up from $4.2 million in 2017 — more than three times that of major chicken competitor KFC.
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David Portalatin, food industry expert for Chicago-based market research NPD Group, said Chick-fil-A’s ascent is more noticeable because everyone else is treading water.
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“The industry as a whole is very flat,” he says. “It’s all about demographics, where our population is shifting, from a life-stage perspective. Where total restaurant traffic increased less than 1 percent, Chick-fil-A saw double-digit growth.”
Aging boomers are eating out less often, and while millennials rely on restaurants more than any other group (240 restaurant meals per capita per year, compared with 185 in the general population), they are still eating out less than Generation X did at their age.
The company is not without challenges, from its faith-based decision to remain closed on Sundays (making things problematic for locations in airports and sports stadiums) to its management’s statements in opposition to same-sex marriage, which prompted boycotts and “kiss ins” organized by GLAAD. But there are reasons the American Customer Satisfaction Index has rated it the No. 1 company for the past four years.
Texas Republicans pass a ‘Chick-fil-A’ bill. LGBT advocates are up in arms.
First, for each of the nearly 100 new franchises opened each year since 2003, the parking lot fills up with tents and there’s a sanctioned overnight “First 100 Campout” that rewards the first 100 customers through the door the next morning with Chick-fil-A for a year (technically, you get a card loaded with 52 No. 1 meals, which is a chicken sandwich, medium waffle fries and a medium beverage).
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And second, those waffle fries. The No. 1 ordered item on the short menu, these skin-on spuds are from Washington state, a medium order ringing in at 360 calories. Fried in canola oil, their distinctive shape have set it apart from other fast-food restaurants since the chain debuted in 1967.
Portalatin says that industry experts agree that the biggest distinguishing feature for Chick-fil-A is the customer experience.
“The level of customer satisfaction is highly differentiated from many of their fast-food peers.”
Chick-fil-A’s customer service is legendary, prompting rafts of memes enumerating real and imagined over-the-top polite employee interactions.
Global restaurant consultant Aaron Allen says some of this is about the speed of the drive-through and a culture of saying “please” and “thank you.” Some of the positive customer-service experience can be linked to an embrace of technology. In 2016, the chain debuted what it called Mom’s Valet (which let parents order at the drive-through, then go inside where a Chick-fil-A employee would have a table ready). More recently, the company launched a successful app, and it is routine for employees to walk the drive-through line taking tablet orders to expedite.
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Allen says he thinks that some of the brand’s success is about how it has grown:
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“There are a couple of paths to growth. You can cherry-pick markets like Shake Shack. Or you can grow in concentric circles like Chick-fil-A. Then you’re gaining economies of scale in terms of market share saturation, and your supply chain can grow with you.”
While he thinks the company has grown at a sustainable, measured pace, Allen sees substantial prospects in Chick-fil-A’s future. The company opened its first New York City restaurant in 2015 and has rapidly expanded there. Plus, international markets have been eager to acquire the brand.
“Half of all meals are now eaten in restaurants, half of those as fast food, and half of those are just 10 companies. Chick-fil-A is now one of them,” Allen says.
Experts cite careful growth, strong customer service and an embrace of new technologies for the chicken chain’s surge
In 2015, employees prepare sandwiches for guests during an event ahead of the grand opening for a Chick-fil-A restaurant in New York. (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg)
By
Laura Reiley
June 19, 2019 at 6:00 a.m. CDT
Through the diligent efforts of those billboard cows with their poor penmanship and dubious spelling skills, Chick-fil-A has moved up the ranks from the seventh-largest restaurant chain in the United States to become the third.
The chicken sandwich giant blew past Wendy’s, Burger King, Taco Bell and Subway on its ascent, with $10.46 billion in American store sales, according to Nation’s Restaurant News’ latest countdown. Up 17 percent for the year, Chick-fil-A stands behind only McDonald’s ($38.52 billion in American sales) and Starbucks ($20.49 billion).
Average sales for a Chick-fil-A location brought in $4.6 million in 2018, up from $4.2 million in 2017 — more than three times that of major chicken competitor KFC.
Texas Republicans pass a ‘Chick-fil-A’ bill. LGBT advocates are up in arms.
David Portalatin, food industry expert for Chicago-based market research NPD Group, said Chick-fil-A’s ascent is more noticeable because everyone else is treading water.
AD
“The industry as a whole is very flat,” he says. “It’s all about demographics, where our population is shifting, from a life-stage perspective. Where total restaurant traffic increased less than 1 percent, Chick-fil-A saw double-digit growth.”
Aging boomers are eating out less often, and while millennials rely on restaurants more than any other group (240 restaurant meals per capita per year, compared with 185 in the general population), they are still eating out less than Generation X did at their age.
The company is not without challenges, from its faith-based decision to remain closed on Sundays (making things problematic for locations in airports and sports stadiums) to its management’s statements in opposition to same-sex marriage, which prompted boycotts and “kiss ins” organized by GLAAD. But there are reasons the American Customer Satisfaction Index has rated it the No. 1 company for the past four years.
Texas Republicans pass a ‘Chick-fil-A’ bill. LGBT advocates are up in arms.
First, for each of the nearly 100 new franchises opened each year since 2003, the parking lot fills up with tents and there’s a sanctioned overnight “First 100 Campout” that rewards the first 100 customers through the door the next morning with Chick-fil-A for a year (technically, you get a card loaded with 52 No. 1 meals, which is a chicken sandwich, medium waffle fries and a medium beverage).
AD
And second, those waffle fries. The No. 1 ordered item on the short menu, these skin-on spuds are from Washington state, a medium order ringing in at 360 calories. Fried in canola oil, their distinctive shape have set it apart from other fast-food restaurants since the chain debuted in 1967.
Portalatin says that industry experts agree that the biggest distinguishing feature for Chick-fil-A is the customer experience.
“The level of customer satisfaction is highly differentiated from many of their fast-food peers.”
Chick-fil-A’s customer service is legendary, prompting rafts of memes enumerating real and imagined over-the-top polite employee interactions.
Global restaurant consultant Aaron Allen says some of this is about the speed of the drive-through and a culture of saying “please” and “thank you.” Some of the positive customer-service experience can be linked to an embrace of technology. In 2016, the chain debuted what it called Mom’s Valet (which let parents order at the drive-through, then go inside where a Chick-fil-A employee would have a table ready). More recently, the company launched a successful app, and it is routine for employees to walk the drive-through line taking tablet orders to expedite.
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Allen says he thinks that some of the brand’s success is about how it has grown:
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“There are a couple of paths to growth. You can cherry-pick markets like Shake Shack. Or you can grow in concentric circles like Chick-fil-A. Then you’re gaining economies of scale in terms of market share saturation, and your supply chain can grow with you.”
While he thinks the company has grown at a sustainable, measured pace, Allen sees substantial prospects in Chick-fil-A’s future. The company opened its first New York City restaurant in 2015 and has rapidly expanded there. Plus, international markets have been eager to acquire the brand.
“Half of all meals are now eaten in restaurants, half of those as fast food, and half of those are just 10 companies. Chick-fil-A is now one of them,” Allen says.
Individual CFA restaurants earn more than McDonald's...spotting them 52 days each year. CFA requirements to own a franchise are pretty strict. McDonald's requires you to have lots of cash.
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You eat possum?!? I had one that I found as a baby (Momma died I guess). I carried around in my hair (I was a weird kid and grandma FREAKED when she saw "THAT RAT!" all nestled up) and bottle feed it until it healthy and turned it loose. Back then we left the doors open at and every once in a while I would hear this "Keek, keek, keek" sound under my bed and there it was. They are pretty damn smart. Now that I live in AR I give them a pass just cuz they eat so many ticks!
How many people ever got shot fighting over a Chick -Fil- A sandwich?
Exactly.
Popeyes' Spicy chicken or GTFO.
I had to Mad Max my way out of the Target car park the weekend the Beaverton CFA opened.
Exactly.
Popeyes' Spicy chicken or GTFO.
I had to Mad Max my way out of the Target car park the weekend the Beaverton CFA opened.
Never saw a German that didn't enjoy gobbling hot sausage. I have a bunch of well worn VHS as evidence.
I'm sure more folks get shot over malt liquor than Pinot noir, but that doesn't make Pinot noir less desirable.
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Pollo Loco rocks, so does 5 Guys.
Only fast food more over hyped than Chick-Fil-A, is In-n-Out Burger.
At the end of the day, loving chicken is kinda on the cusp of being vegetarian, so whatever, stop lifting too....I'll stick to beef burgers, steak, chops....
Best “fast food”‘ I’ve had is La Granja down in S FL. It’s surprisingly decent for what you get.
Holy crap!!!
How have we not hung this commie for this?
Reported to the Biden DHS Disinformation Agency.
How have we not hung this commie for this?
Reported to the Biden DHS Disinformation Agency.
I used to travel a shitload so I really understand about the "local" thing.
Chick-fil-a is good quality food in the deep south.
Don't try it in New Mexico, or west of there.....they don't understand fried chicken in the west.
Pickles on a chicken sandwich ? wtf, I did not order tuna salad......or, if I'm in the west, did I ?
Tacos and burritos are fantastic in southern california, don't try them in Iowa or the surrounding states, something is missing in translation.
If you can't see the ocean from where you are, the seafood is going to suck.....I don't need to hear "but it's flown in daily".
Do you somehow think seafood walks onto the plane and then steps off ? Nope, add at least 2 days to that trip and that means not fresh.
Bar-B-Que...
Texas for brisket and (beef) ribs
Arkansas, Tennessee, for pulled pork and pork ribs (they actually know what Ozark Hickory is).
Carolina, Georgia, for whole hog and vinegar based sauce.
Haven't seen anything in KC that is top notch ..... YMMV.
So, if you went to Chick-fil-a in say Oregon, or expected good seafood in Ohio....
It's your fucking fault.
Chick-fil-a is good quality food in the deep south.
Don't try it in New Mexico, or west of there.....they don't understand fried chicken in the west.
Pickles on a chicken sandwich ? wtf, I did not order tuna salad......or, if I'm in the west, did I ?
Tacos and burritos are fantastic in southern california, don't try them in Iowa or the surrounding states, something is missing in translation.
If you can't see the ocean from where you are, the seafood is going to suck.....I don't need to hear "but it's flown in daily".
Do you somehow think seafood walks onto the plane and then steps off ? Nope, add at least 2 days to that trip and that means not fresh.
Bar-B-Que...
Texas for brisket and (beef) ribs
Arkansas, Tennessee, for pulled pork and pork ribs (they actually know what Ozark Hickory is).
Carolina, Georgia, for whole hog and vinegar based sauce.
Haven't seen anything in KC that is top notch ..... YMMV.
So, if you went to Chick-fil-a in say Oregon, or expected good seafood in Ohio....
It's your fucking fault.
Bro?!?!
You’d be surprised.
I’ve got some spots in Ohio for Sushi.
I’ve had absolute dogshit sushi & seafood on the gulf coast within the last month.
It honestly doesn’t matter where you are, just costs more depending on location
Anyone that understands food knew this MANY years ago...great that you have caught on....
WTF did you expect? It is fucking chicken! Nasty ass, slimey, cow shit pecking chicken. If it ain't mom's or grandma's, then it is garbage. Can't believe how stupid we have become to even be discussing this. You should all be ashamed. In fact.......go turn your man cards back! You all probably wear skinny jeans, have man buns and drink coffee with cream. Pussies!
Scientific proof that Chick-fil-A is twice as delicious when eaten on the porch of a double wide.
Seriously ?
There's Del Taco the chain, and in SoCal there's a few Del Tacos that (not kidding and not part of the chain) serve up some of the best mexican food I've ever had.
Same with El Taco.
I’ve been in SoCal my whole life. I’ll hit the local “bertos” (Jil, Hil) before Del Taco. Always wise to have a trailered porta potty when eating Del Taco. At least for me.
Hit the non chain del tacos.
Used to be one on euclid and orange, another over on st. college just south of ball (possibly north, I'm dragging shit out of a addled memory here) if I remember right.
Been quite a few years so shit might have changed.
If you want killer Mex food hit Costa Mesa area, El Toro Bravo and that Birria place just west of there.
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And if you want something that Mommy couldn't make on her best day...Zankou Chicken.
It fucking rocks beyond belief.
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The best damn fried chicken I have ever had.
Don’t fuck with the chicken minis
Chicken samich… blah blah blah
Horse jizz blah blah blah
Chicken stuff… blah blah blah
Reasons.
Chicken samich… blah blah blah
Horse jizz blah blah blah
Chicken stuff… blah blah blah
Reasons.
Can't recall the last time I ate at a restaurant that sent employees to the docks to pick up shrimp. 1985? And I've lived on the coast or an island for 62 of 65 years. About 90 percent of shrimp is farm raised...mostly in east Asia...a lot of it in China.
And no worries about having to fight your way out if you get the last chicken sandwich.
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