Locally Owned Chick-fil-A Opening in Delray Beach Jan. 9

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (Jan. 9, 2020) – Chick-fil-A’s Jan. 9 Delray Beach opening kicks off the new decade for the chain with Erik Benitez selected as franchise owner. He will oversee day-to-day activities of the business, employing upwards of 120 Team Members to serve guests, while continuing to cultivate relationships with local schools, organizations and neighboring businesses.

Located at 4823 W. Atlantic Ave., the restaurant will be open from 6:30 a.m. to 10 p.m., Monday through Saturday and closed on Sundays to give Team Members a day of rest. The more than 4,000-square-foot restaurant will feature a 140-seat dining room that includes a community table with recycled Coca-Cola chandeliers and a two-story, indoor children’s playground area. As an additional convenience for guests, there will be a curbside parking spot for catering pick-ups and Chick-fil-A app mobile orders, along with a designated inside counter.

Locally Owned and Operated

Chick-fil-A Operator Erik Benitez and wife, Shelley, met while working at Chick-fil-A and are thrilled to bring their more than 25 years of Chick-fil-A experience back to their Southern Florida roots. Erik’s journey to becoming an Operator began as a 16-year-old needing to earn money for a car. He interviewed at the Chick-fil-A at Palm Beach Lake Boulevard in 2004, having never eaten or knowing anything about the chain. For the next five years he worked at several Chick-fil-A locations in Southern Florida before returning to work, once again, as a manager for his original Operator.

While attending college full-time, Benitez spent the next three years traveling across the country, helping to open 61 new Chick-fil-A restaurants which planted within him the desire to become an Operator. Following graduation with a business management degree from the University of Phoenix in 2012, he was accepted into corporate’s learning development program and opened another 21 restaurants. His dream was realized in 2015 when he was selected as Operator of the Chick-fil-A at Newport Centre Mall in Jersey City, N.J., where he earned one of the chain’s top honors for its Operators, Symbol of Success, in 2018.

“Shelley and I are excited to return to the area we consider home and serve the Delray Beach community both inside and outside our restaurant,” said Benitez. “I am committed to applying Chick-fil-A’s core principles of caring for and serving guests through our Team Members providing remarkable hospitality and fresh, hand-crafted food.”

Team Member Investment

Chick-fil-A is known for hiring, developing and retaining top talent, and providing a great work environment for people of all ages and backgrounds. Each Chick-fil-A restaurant offers flexible hours, competitive pay and benefits, leadership opportunities, college scholarships, and hands-on training and mentoring by the owner. Benitez is continuing to look for great talent to add to his daytime team with interested candidates finding an application and full details online at www.CFAAtlanticAve.com

Premium Ingredients and Fresh, Handmade Food

Nearly everything on the Chick-fil-A menu is made from scratch daily, including salads prepared from fresh vegetables and fruit that is hand-chopped throughout the day. The lemonade is made from three simple ingredients: lemon juice, sugar and water. The chicken is 100 percent whole breast meat, without any fillers, hormones or additives. Each chicken breast is hand-breaded to order, and pressure cooked in 100 percent refined peanut oil, which is naturally trans-fat- and cholesterol-free.

Chick-fil-A in Delray Beach

Delray Beach’s first Chick-fil-A opened in March 2015, with the new Atlantic Avenue restaurant becoming the 17th location within a 25-miles radius. For the latest news and updates on the Chick-fil-A at Atlantic Avenue, visit its Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/cfaatlanticave/.

About Chick-fil-A, Inc.

Atlanta-based Chick-fil-A, Inc. is a family owned and privately held restaurant company founded in 1967 by S. Truett Cathy. Devoted to serving the local communities in which its franchised restaurants operate, and known for its original chicken sandwich, Chick-fil-A serves freshly prepared food in more than 2,518 restaurants in 47 states, Washington, D.C., and Canada. Chick-fil-A reported more than $10 billion in revenue in 2018, which marks 51 consecutive years of sales growth. A leader in customer service satisfaction, consumers voted Chick-fil-A, Inc. fourth in Harris Poll’s annual corporate reputation survey, ranking the company fourth out of 100 in 2018. Chick-fil-A was also recognized for customer experience again in the 2018 Temkin Experience Ratings survey, was named “Best Franchise Brand” in 2018 by Airport Revenue News and was named one of the top 100 best places to work by Glassdoor in 2017. Continuing its founder’s legacy of generosity and service, in 2019 Chick-fil-A’s Remarkable Futures initiative awarded $15.3 million in scholarships to restaurant Team Members nationwide. In 2018 the company’s philanthropic Chick-fil-A Foundation awarded $1.23 million to 22 not-for-profit organizations across 18 states through the True Inspiration Awards. More information on Chick-fil-A is available at www.chick-fil-a.com.

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