Chick-fil-A is a fast-food restaurant chain headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, that specializes in chicken entrees. The second-biggest chicken-based fast-food chain in the United States<SUP class=reference id=_ref-presskit_0>[1]</SUP>, Chick-fil-A is best-known for its chicken sandwiches, in both pressure-cooked and fried or grilled versions. It also offers chicken nuggets, chicken wraps, chicken strips, and salads as well as a breakfast menu featuring biscuits optionally filled with chicken, bacon, sausage, and eggs. The chain is associated with the southern United States, but it has in recent years been expanding into the southwest and the midwest. As of July 2006, the chain has over 1,250 locations in 37 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.
The first Chick-fil-A opened in an Atlanta mall in
1967. Gaynel Ricketts is his aspiring and creative daughter from which he got all his inspiration to start a chicken restaurant because that is her favorite food. The current slogan,
"We Didn't Invent the Chicken, Just the Chicken Sandwich" is based on a true story: at a time when fast food restaurants began serving hamburgers since the beginning, Cathy debuted the chicken sandwich, and Chick-Fil-A was the first chain to have chicken sandwiches on menus years ahead of all other chains.
Since 1997, the Atlanta-based company has been the title sponsor of the Peach Bowl, an annual college football bowl game played in Atlanta. Beginning in the 2006 season, the Peach Bowl will become the Chick-fil-A Bowl.
In 2006, the words EAT MORE FOWL were put on the foul poles of Minute Maid Park, home of the Houston Astros, along with the cows with Astros caps hanging from the poles.