{"id":234695,"date":"2022-05-24T16:00:05","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T15:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/?p=234695"},"modified":"2025-02-18T16:06:43","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T16:06:43","slug":"chick-fil-a-facts","status":"publish","type":[],"link":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/chick-fil-a-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Cheerful Facts About Chick-Fil-A"},"content":{"rendered":"
When you\u2019re craving a chicken sandwich, what\u2019s the first place you think of? For many, the first place that comes to mind is Chick-fil-A.\n
Did you know that the first Chick-fil-A restaurant opened on November 24, 1967, in Atlanta’s Greenbriar Mall?\n What else do you know about the restaurant that serves your favorite chicken sandwich and signature waffle fries besides being closed on Sundays?\n Take a look at these ten cheerful facts about Chick-fil-A to learn more.\n It’s not just a marketing gimmick.\n Truett Cathy, the founder of Chick-fil-A, is credited with inventing the chicken sandwich at the Dwarf Grill in Atlanta in 1964.\n When he was given chicken breasts too large to fit in airline meal containers, the chicken sandwich came about.\n Instead, he split, breaded, fried them, and put them on buns. Thus, the chicken sandwich was born.\n This early version evolved into the sandwich we know and love today \u2014 chicken breasts coated in a breaded mixture of 20 spices served between two buttered buns and topped with two perfectly ripened pickles.\n Cathy\u2019s chicken sandwich wasn\u2019t perfect right out of the gate. He developed it over time, looking for the ideal combination of breading and spices.\n Each time, he tested his new recipes on his customers. After his customers told him not to change it again, he didn’t.\n The recipe was folded up, put in his pocket, and left unchanged. The chain has been using that same recipe for almost 55 years.\n It is kept in a vault at the Atlanta headquarters.\n Founder Truett Cathy compared the chicken breasts he used for the sandwiches to the finest cut of beef (a beef filet).\n But instead of running with \u201cchicken filet,\u201d he dropped the \u201cet\u201d at the end and added the \u201cA.\u201d\n Why? The \u201cA\u201d represents the \u201cGrade A\u201d quality of chicken the restaurant serves.\n Despite having the top-selling chicken sandwich in the United States, their chicken sandwiches aren’t the most popular item on their menu.\n Which item takes the top spot? Their waffle fries. Waffle fries go with everything.\n Their fun shape makes them dippable and dunkable, especially in their signature sauce.\n The restaurant\u2019s crispy waffle fries debuted in 1985 and have been going strong ever since.\n When life gives you lemons, make 7.5 million gallons of lemonade. That\u2019s what Chick-fil-A does.\n As the largest purchaser of Sunkist lemons worldwide, the chain purchases more than 250 million lemons per year and serves 121 million cups of lemonade annually.\n Lemons, sugar, and water are the only ingredients in their delicious drink.\n In addition to buying more lemons than anyone else, Chick-fil-A is also the largest domestic buyer of peanut oil.\n All locations use it exclusively for frying.\n With its light and nutty flavor, their breaded chicken breast filets wouldn’t taste the same with any other oil.\n It’s also healthier for you.\n An important reason the chain uses peanut oil is that it is trans-fat-free.\n Have you ever snuck leftover packets of their sauce into your purse to enjoy at home later? No? Just us?\n It turns out that it’s pretty easy to recreate the sauce yourself.\n In 2012, the company revealed that its sauce was three sauces combined: honey mustard, barbecue sauce, and ranch.\n Next time you crave Chick-fil-A sauce on a Sunday, look through your fridge for these ingredients, mix them together, and see how close you can get to the original.\n It’s true. The pickles come from Paradise Farms in Almond, Wisconsin.\n Since they’ve been in business since 1904, they know a thing or two about what makes a tasty pickle.\nChick-fil-A invented the chicken sandwich.\n
\n
Their chicken sandwich recipe is a closely guarded secret.\n
\n
Chick-fil-A’s name has a double meaning.\n
\n
Chicken sandwiches aren\u2019t their most popular menu item.\n
\n
They know how to turn lemons into lemonade.\n
\n
Peanut oil is a key ingredient to their successful chicken sandwich.\n
\n
The secret sauce is not so secret after all.\n
\n
Their pickles come from paradise.\n
\n