Free Food Lineup Wednesday Outside New Crestwood Chick-fil-A

CRESTWOOD, IL — Crestwood’s first Chick-fil-A restaurant is set to open at 13050 S. Cicero Ave. on Nov.20 and Nov. 21. The chain’s signature grand opening celebration will include a marathon campout and conga line led by the Chick-fil-A cow.

The first 100 people to stake out a spot in the parking lot and remain in line for the next 12 hours will win a year’s supply of Chick-fil-A meals featuring the chain’s famous chicken sandwich, waffle fries and a medium drink amounting to $30,000 in free food. The line for the promotion forms at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20. Participants must be age 18 or older. If there are more than 100 people in line at that time, a raffle will be held to determine the 100 who will stay on the property for the next 12 hours.

Details of the promotion and eligible Zip codes can be found on the Chick-fil-A website. Those wishing to participate must bring ID showing proof of address and zip code. Up to five people may accompany each participant. The awarding of the year’s supply of Chick-fil-A will happen at 6 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 21.

Residents living in these Zip Codes are eligible to participate in the camp out to win free chicken: Crestwood (60418), Oak Lawn (60453), Worth (60482), Orland Park (60462), Alsip (60406), Chicago/Mount Greenwood (60655), Midlothian (60445), Palos Heights (60463), Harvey/Markham (60428), Oak Forest (60452), Palos Heights/Alsip/Worth (60482), Posen (60469), Crest Hill (60403) and Blue Island/Alsip/Crestwood (60472.

Columbia-native Ximena Peña-Rogers is the operator of the new Crestwood location, which has added more than 100 jobs to the area. An exile of corporate America, Rogers spent 24 years working Coca-Cola, Siemens and McKesson, and her most recent position as CEO of USA operations for a Germany-based staffing company, in Georgia. She fell in love with Chick-fil-A after arriving in the United States at age 21. Seeing her brother-in-law’s success as a Chick-fil-A operator in North Riverside, Rogers was so impressed by the company’s values and culture, that she worked toward becoming a Chick-fil-A operator.

A ribbon-cutting with Crestwood village officials will take place at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 21.