Restaurant Operator Podcast

Chicken Salad Chick CEO talks chicken salad game

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December 9, 2024

In this episode of the Restaurant Operator Podcast, host Mandy Detwiler, editor of QSRweb.com and PizzaMarketplace.com, chats with Scott Deviney, CEO of Chicken Salad Chick.

The brand was started by two entrepreneurs in Auburn with one making varieties of chicken salad out of her home. The first Chicken Salad Chick location opened in Jan. 2008 with drive-thru and carryout only. The founders made 40 pounds of chicken salad to sell, opened at 11 a.m. and by 1 p.m. were sold out.

"The business took off. It had a cult following," Deviney said. "Eventually they expanded that first location from just drive-thru and takeout."

Franchising began in 2012.

To learn more about Chicken Salad Chick, click the link above to listen to the podcast in its entirety.

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