Historical Timeline Chick-fil-A, Inc
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Historical Timeline Chick-fil-A, Inc. 1946 Truett Cathy opens the "Dwarf Grill" in the Atlanta suburb of Hapeville (later renamed The Dwarf House) 1964 Truett Cathy invents the Original Chicken Sandwich 1967 First Chick-fil-A® in-mall restaurant, featuring the signature Chick-fil-A® Chicken Sandwich, opens in Atlanta's Greenbriar Mall 1973 Truett Cathy establishes the Team Member Scholarship program to encourage Chick-fil-A restaurant employees to further their education 1982 Chick-fil-A introduces Chick-fil-A® Nuggets Chick-fil-A Inc. moved into its corporate office headquarters, located at 5200 Buffington Road in southwest Atlanta 1984 WinShape is founded as a nonprofit organization and charitable foundation with a simple but profound goal: to help “shape winners” 1985 First full-service Chick-fil-A Dwarf House® opens in Jonesboro, Ga. Chick-fil-A introduces Chick-fil-A’s Waffle Potato Fries® 1986 Chick-fil-A opens its first stand-alone restaurant on North Druid Hills Road in Atlanta Chick-fil-A introduces its first breakfast item, the Chick-fil-A® Chicken Biscuit 1989 Chick-fil-A introduces the Chick-fil-A® Chargrilled Chicken Sandwich 1992 Chick-fil-A expands to college campuses, including Georgia Tech and Clemson University, with its first brand licensing agreements 1993 First drive-thru only restaurant is introduced at McAlister Square Mall in Greenville, S.C., and the first hospital restaurant opens at Georgia Baptist Medical Center (now Atlanta Medical Center) in Atlanta 500th Chick-fil-A restaurant opens 1995 Chick-fil-A’s “Eat Mor Chikin®” Cow Campaign debuts Chick-fil-A introduces the Chick-fil-A Chick-n-Strips® 1996 Truett’s Grill® opens in Morrow, Ga., to celebrate Cathy’s 50 years in the restaurant business First airport location opens at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport Chick-fil-A announces title sponsorship of the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl 1997 The chain unveils a new stand-alone restaurant design; first restaurant featuring the new design opens in Alpharetta, Ga. Chick-fil-A corporate headquarters adds new building, doubling in size Chick-fil-A launches new Web site at www.chick-fil-a.com 2000 Chick-fil-A surpasses $1 billion in system-wide sales 2001 Dan Cathy succeeds Chick-fil-A President Jimmy Collins upon Collins’ retirement Chick-fil-A debuts new product category offering, Chick-fil-A Cool Wraps® Chick-fil-A opens its 1,000th location at the Chick-fil-A at Turner Hill Road in Lithonia, Ga. 2002 Truett Cathy publishes his second book, “Eat Mor Chikin: Inspire More People,” and co-authors “The Generosity Factor” with Ken Blanchard 2003 Chick-fil-A begins aggressive expansion to Western U.S., opening its first stand-alone locations in Utah and Arizona and breaking ground on four Southern California restaurants Chick-fil-A introduces the new Chick-fil-A® Southwest Chargrilled Salad 2004 Chick-fil-A continues aggressive growth in the Western U.S., opening eight stand-alone restaurants in California and two in Arizona Chick-fil-A introduces new Fruit Cup as an industry “first” Chick-fil-A introduces an enhanced Breakfast Menu featuring Chick-fil-A Chick-n- Minis™ – a variation of the popular Chick-fil-A Nuggets; a chicken or sausage Breakfast Burrito; and a Chicken, Egg and Cheese Bagel
2009 Chick-fil-A surpasses $3 billion in system-wide sales Chick-fil-A awards its 25,000th Leadership Scholarship 2010 Chick-fil-A introduces the Chick-fil-A® Spicy Chicken Sandwich, a boneless breast of chicken seasoned with a spicy blend of peppers, hand-breaded, pressure cooked in 100 percent refined peanut oil and served on a toasted, buttered bun with dill pickle chips Chick-fil-A opens its 1,500th location at the Chick-fil-A at USC In-Line; the restaurant is the first in the Los Angeles area, located near the University of Southern California Chick-fil-A begins its expansion into the Chicagoland area, opening its first stand-alone location in Aurora, Ill., with six additional restaurants planned throughout the Chicago area in 2011 – representing 10 percent of its overall annual restaurant growth Chick-fil-A enters its 39th state by opening a location at Boise State University in Boise, Idaho 2011 Chick-fil-A surpasses $4 billion in system-wide sales Truett Cathy’s fourth grandson, Ross Cathy, opens his own Chick-fil-A restaurant Truett Cathy publishes his fifth book, “Wealth, Is It Worth It?” Chick-fil-A celebrates founder Truett Cathy’s 90th birthday Chick-fil-A introduces the Chick-fil-A® Spicy Chicken Biscuit, a breakfast portion of boneless breast of chicken, seasoned with a spicy blend of peppers, hand-breaded, pressure cooked in 100 percent peanut oil and served on a freshly baked buttermilk biscuit Chick-fil-A adds Multigrain Oatmeal to its breakfast menu Chick-fil-A opens its first restaurant built to LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold certification for new construction from the U.S Green Building Council at the Chick-fil-A at Montgomery Plaza in Ft. Worth, Texas 2012 Chick-fil-A debuts one of America’s most nutritious kid’s meals by offering newly added Chick-fil-A® Grilled Nuggets and Buddy Fruits® Pure Blended Fruit To Go applesauce Chick-fil-A mourns the passing of Vice President of Public Relations Don Perry, 30-year veteran 2013 Chick-fil-A revamps salad line; adds three new premium entrée salad choices Dan Cathy named Chairman, CEO and President; Chick-fil-A Founder Truett Cathy continues as Chairman Emeritus 2014 Chick-fil-A reaches $5 billion in system-wide sales 
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