Chicken Salad Chick
Chicken Salad Chick is a fast casual restaurant chain and franchise of chicken salad restaurants currently based in Atlanta, Georgia. To date, the chain consists of over 300 franchise restaurants and stores in 22 different U.S. states.
History
The company started with Stacy Brown, who was unemployed, divorced, and raising three children. She started selling her homemade chicken salad door-to-door in Auburn, Alabama. With the health department prohibiting the sale of foods cooked in one's home, Stacy and her future husband Kevin Brown devised a plan to open a restaurant.In 2016, Chicken Salad Chick was ranked #37 on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing companies in the U.S.
The restaurant is partially owned by private equity firm Brentwood Associates, which also has investments in Blaze Pizza and Lazy Dog Restaurant & Bar.
Fare
The restaurant serves fifteen styles of chicken salad, served on bread, lettuce as a scoop with crackers, or in a leafy green salad. It also provides chicken salad by the pound for take-out and delicatessen-style sandwiches and side dishes.The restaurant's menu includes pimento cheese, egg salad, broccoli salad, fruit salad, macaroni and cheese, pasta salad, and grape salad. Daily soup specials include tomato bisque, broccoli & cheese, chicken & artichoke florentine, and chicken tortilla; loaded potato soup is available daily.