Big Chicken takes top honors at Fast Casual Top 100 gala

by Cherryh Cansler — Publisher, FastCasual.com

Over 240 fast casual executives attended the gala to find out their rankings.

Chicken Salad Chick adding 4th Little Rock location

May 7, 2024

Chicken Salad Chick is growing its Little Rock, Arkansas, presence in opening its fourth spot in the city and second in the northern suburbs at 13101 Crystal…

Chicken Salad Chick franchisee opens 2nd of 6 planned locations

November 3, 2023

Chicken Salad Chick is opening in Raleigh, North Carolina, marking the area's second location. The store, 2414 Wycliff Road, is inside the Food Lion shopping…

Chicken Salad Chick opening 2nd Louisville location

September 28, 2023

Chicken Salad Chick is opening its second Louisville store next week in Fern Creek at 7706 Bardstown Road in the Cedar Creek shopping center. This is the ninth…

Chicken Salad Chick opens 2nd Colorado location

June 21, 2023

Chicken Salad Chick opened this week in Colorado Springs, marking its second restaurant in the state and the first for franchise owners Kirsten and David…

Chicken Salad Chick signs 8-unit agreement for northern Virginia, Washington DC

June 2, 2023

Chicken Salad Chick, which has over 200 locations, has signed an eight-unit agreement for Arlington and Fairfax Counties in Virginia over the next five years.

Tyler, Texas welcoming Chicken Salad Chick

May 25, 2023

Chicken Salad Chick, which landed this week at No. 2 on the 2023 list of FastCasual Top 100 Movers & Shakers, is adding a location in Tyler, Texas, marking…

Dave's Hot Chicken named FastCasual's Top 100 Mover & Shaker

2023 is the year of the chicken chain.

Chicken Salad Chick making Colorado debut

March 29, 2023

Chicken Salad Chick has arrived in Colorado, bringing the state's first-ever location to Greeley. Located in the Bear Paw III shopping center in Centerplace…

Chicken Salad Chick opens in Athens, Alabama

March 27, 2023

Chicken Salad Chick has opened its 28th location in its home state of Alabama at 22175 U.S. Highway 72 East.

Chicken Salad Chick opening 2nd San Antonio location

March 7, 2023

Chicken Salad Chick is opening its second San Antonio location at 9610 State Hwy 151 Access Road in Westover Hills.

Chicken Salad Chick welcomes 3rd Charleston store

February 14, 2023

Chicken Salad Chick, founded in Alabama, has opened its third Charleston, South Carolina-area location in Goose Creek at 220 St. James Ave.

Chicken Salad Chick hires in-house counsel

February 9, 2023

Alabama-based Chicken Salad Chick has hired attorney Carol Terry as VP and general counsel. In the newly created role, she will report to CEO Scott Deviney and…

Chicken Salad Chick makes San Antonio debut

February 1, 2023

Chicken Salad Chick made its San Antonio debut this week, marking its 24th restaurant in Texas. Located in the Stone Oak neighborhood at 22831 N US Hwy. 281…

FastCasual's Top 10 most-read stories of 2022

by Cherryh Cansler — Publisher, FastCasual.com

Readers were most interested in well-established brands moving into new markets. News about Dave's Hot Chicken, for example, entering South Carolina and…

Chicken Salad Chick signs Colorado deals

December 19, 2022

Chicken Salad Chick has signed two development deals for Colorado to bring six locations to Denver and three to Colorado Springs.

Chicken Salad Chick debuting in Chicago

November 30, 2022

Chicken Salad Chick will make its Chicago debut when it opens on Dec. 13 at 220 N. Randall Road in Batavia under the direction of Kim and Garrett Seaman of Fox…

Chicken Salad Chick opens 6th Indy-based restaurant

November 25, 2022

Alabama-based Chicken Salad Chick has opened its sixth Indianapolis-area eatery in Whitestown at 6065 Perry Worth Road.

Chicken Salad Chick hatching 6th Arkansas store

November 7, 2022

Chicken Salad Chick is opening next week in West Little Rock, Arkansas, marking its sixth restaurant in the state and third in the Little Rock area, following…

Virginia Beach welcoming 6 Chicken Salad Chicks

November 3, 2022

Chicken Salad Chick, which has over 200 locations, has signed a six-unit deal for Virginia Beach. Behind the agreement is franchisee Melissa Holt, who opened…