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Mauldin's First Stand-Alone Chick-fil-A Restaurant Opening Aug. 28
Restaurant on W. Butler Road Creates More Than 70 New Jobs and Awards Year Supply of Chick-fil-A Meals to First 100
Mauldin’s first Chick-fil-A® restaurant will open Aug. 28, bringing more than 70 new jobs, the chance for 100 adults to win free Chick-fil-A meals for a year.
After 10 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 which transforms the restaurant parking lot into a 24-hour community friendly party as the crowd awaits the opening.
The new Mauldin restaurant at 135 W. Butler Road 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, Aug. 28. If more than 100 people are onsite when the line officially opens at 6 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 27, then 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.
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Chick-fil-A believes in partnering with individuals and organizations that work to enrich education, literacy and youth. In that spirit, Mauldin Chick-fil-A Operator Matt Webber is collecting unused children’s books at the new restaurant on Wednesday Aug. 27 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Anyone who donates at least one new book will receive a coupon for a free Chick-fil-A entrée (one per person). Those camping out also will be engaged in the book drive with the top collector receiving an additional prize.
The opening of Mauldin’s first Chick-fil-A restaurant will create more than 70 new jobs. Featuring the chain’s newest interior and kitchen design, the new location has indoor seating for 140 with more than 15 outdoor seating available, an indoor playground, and free Wi-Fi. The restaurant is open Monday through Saturday from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., serving a full breakfast menu until 10:30 a.m.
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The new restaurant joins the Spartanburg location which opened back in April. The chain opened its first South Carolina location inside the Dutch Square in 1970. The chain continued expanding in mall locations before opening its first stand-alone restaurant in the state in 1992 in Columbia. Chick-fil-A currently has 82 locations in South Carolina. The new Chick-fil-A on W. Butler Road is one of 88 new restaurants the chain plans to open across the country in 2014, creating more than 6,600 new jobs. Chick-fil-A continued to grow in 2013, increasing the number of new restaurants initially planned for the year and reporting record-setting annual sales of more than $5 billion, the 47th consecutive year of sales growth since the company began in 1967.
Matt Webber has been selected as the Operator/Owner of the new Chick-fil-A restaurant in Mauldin and he will continue to operate the chain’s Simpsonville restaurant. A Chick-fil-A Operator for 9 years, Webber is Greenville, S.C. native who graduated from the University of South Carolina Upstate with a degree in business administration – management. A young entrepreneur, Webber began working for the chain, squeezing lemonade, when he was 15 years-old and started his own lawn care company at the age of 14, which explains his pursuit to becoming an Operator. Webber was a recipient of the Symbol of Success Award for Chick-fil-A in 2006, 2007, and 2010. Webber, his wife, Donna, and their family look forward to serving the Mauldin community at two Chick-fil-A locations.
“Personalized customer service and freshly prepared food have been the hallmarks of Chick-fil-A since the day Truett opened his first restaurant,” said Webber. “My team members and I are committed to those same ideals as we welcome our guests to our new Mauldin restaurant and provide them with a remarkable experience.”
For more information on the new Mauldin Chick-fil-A restaurant, visit www.chick-fil-a.com/mauldin or find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/CFAMauldin.