100 Could Win Free Chick-fil-A Food for a Year

Nashua’s first Chick-fil-A restaurant will open Oct. 30 -- bringing more than 80 new jobs, the chance for 100 adults to win free Chick-fil-A meals for a year and the opportunity for the community to donate children’s books to the Boys & Girls Club of Nashua.

After 11 years and more than $21.5 million in free food given away, Chick-fil-A’s “First 100” celebration continues to be the chain’s signature grand opening event, transforming the restaurant parking lot into a 24-hour community party as the crowd awaits the opening. First held in 2003 to celebrate Arizona’s first stand-alone Chick-fil-A, it was immediately implemented at every opening when the first person arrived more than 18 hours before the doors opened. For more than a decade, Chick-fil-A has provided security, entertainment and plenty of Chick-fil-A food to participants who come with TVs, computers, tents, couches and other survival gear to await grand opening morning.

The new Somerset Plaza restaurant at 377 Amherst St. will host the next First 100 event that will award a total of $30,000 in free food. A digital offer card loaded with a one-year supply of free Chick-fil-A meals will be given to each of the first 100 eligible adults, ages 18 and older with identification, in line when the doors open about 6 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 30. If more than 100 people are onsite when the line officially opens at 6 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 29, all 100 spots will be determined by a drawing held that morning with those selected needing to camp out for 24 hours to secure their spot.

For complete rules, see Chick-fil-A First 100 Promotion.

Chick-fil-A believes in partnering with individuals and organizations that work to enrich education, literacy and youth. In that spirit, Somerset Plaza Chick-fil-A Operator Anthony Piccola is collecting unused children’s books at the new restaurant on Wednesday Oct. 29 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

The Boys and Girls Club of Nashua, a non-profit organization dedicated to enabling young people to reach their full potential in life, has been selected by Piccola to receive the nearly three-foot-high Book House. The new books collected during the grand opening celebration will be placed in the Book House to serve as a free library exchange – allowing anyone to take a book after replacing it with one of their own. The Book House, created from old and thrown out wood, is one of several community programs and opportunities being made possible through the generous support of the Chick-fil-A Foundation (chick-fil-afoundation.org).

The opening of Nashua’s first Chick-fil-A stand-alone restaurant will create more than 80 new jobs. The new restaurant has indoor seating for 140 with additional outdoor seating and features dual drive-thru ordering lanes to expand its award-winning drive-thru service. Customers will be able to stay connected through the restaurant’s free Wi-Fi and parents will appreciate the indoor play area that includes an interactive section for toddlers.

The restaurant is open Monday through Saturday from 6:30 a.m. to 10 p.m., serving a full breakfast menu until 10:30 a.m.

Submitted text and photo.