12 Fascinating Facts You Didn’t Know About Chick-fil-A

8. The secret meaning of A in Chick-fil-A

It is supposed to sound as “chicken fillet.” The replacement with an A signifies top notch services and best quality food.

9. Not much to open a new location.

Unlike a lot of other food chains, this one takes only bout $10,000 to build a new location. However, the on going fees are much higher and that kind of compensates.

10. Thinking of opening Chick-fil-A franchise? That’s going to be tough.

Considering that there are nearly 20,000 inquires every year, your chances of opening a franchise are as slim as 1%. The company only approves about 75-80 of those!

11. For the benefit of the customers

The table service that Chick-fil-A is dishing out, is intended to de-clutter the counter area where people might gather all at once to get their food.

12. Cathy’s contract before his death

Cathy passed away in 2014 at the age of 93. But before that, he signed a contract with his children that they could sell the company if they wanted, but never to let it go public.