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Chicken Salad Chick under new ownership

December 6, 2019

Brentwood Associates has acquired a majority interest in Chicken Salad Chick from Eagle Merchant Partners.

Chicken Salad Chick expands Louisiana footprint

December 6, 2019

Alexandria, Louisiana is the latest home for a Chicken Salad Chick restaurant and marks the fast casual brand's seventh location in the state.

Chicken Salad Chick gets an equity partner

November 5, 2019

Brentwood Associates has acquired a majority interest in the Chicken Salad Chick franchise, which was founded in 2008 and has 137 locations across 1…

Chicken Salad Chick increasing Ohio presence

September 25, 2019

Chicken Salad Chick is expanding in Ohio with its latest location opening next month in Mason. Following the recent debut in Anderson Township, the Mason…

Chicken Salad Chick adding to Arkansas portfolio

August 15, 2019

Chicken Salad Chick is expanding in Arkansas with its newest location in Fayetteville. Less than a year after the brand's state debut restaurant in Jonesboro…

Chicken Salad Chick + Steritech on scooping up accolades for menu simplicity, food safety

by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group

This week, the presidents of Chicken Salad Chick and Steritech take the microphone to relay the components of everything from a great scoop of chicken salad to…

Chicken Salad Chick enters 15th state

June 13, 2019

Chicken Salad Chick is expanding to its 15th state next week with its first Illinois restaurant opening in Edwardsville. This is the brand's third location in…

Chicken Salad Chick expanding in Texas

May 21, 2019

Chicken Salad Chick is expanding in Texas with its newest restaurant in Katy. Marking the brand's fifth opening in the state this year and fourth in the…

Chicken Salad Chick opening second Missouri-based unit

April 15, 2019

Chicken Salad Chick is expanding in Missouri with a company-owned location in the St. Louis market of Creve Coeur, according to a company press release.

Mississippi State hometown opens Chicken Salad Chick next week

March 18, 2019

Chicken Salad Chick will open a Starkville, Mississippi store on Highway on March 26, a news release said. It is the seventh Mississippi location. 

International Women's Day: 27 female restaurant execs who have made it to the top

by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com

In honor of International Women's Day — March 8 — FastCasual chatted with 26 female restaurant leaders about what it took for them to land leadership roles and…

Chicken Salad Chick opening another Texas location this month

March 7, 2019

Chicken Salad Chick will open another Texas location on March 20. The store will be located in at 3520 West University Drive in McKinney and marks the brand's…

Chicken Salad Chick prepping another hometown location

March 5, 2019

Next week Chicken Salad Chick will open its 22nd Alabama-based location. The company-owned restaurant will open March 13 in Trussville, according to a press…

Chicken Salad Chick celebrates significant growth, franchise developments

February 28, 2019

Chicken Salad Chick had a banner year in 2018, with its 12th consecutive quarter of positive growth, the opening of 26 restaurants and the signing of 2…

Chicken Salad Chick opens 12th Tennessee unit

February 6, 2019

Chicken Salad Chick is expanding in Tennessee with a location in Germantown, marking the brand's 12th location in the state. The company-owned restaurant…

Chicken Salad Chick entering Ohio market

January 24, 2019

Chicken Salad Chick is entering the Ohio market this spring with an opening in Columbus, according to a company press release. Owned and operated by first-time…

Chicken Salad Chick entering Midwest market via Missouri

January 9, 2019

Chicken Salad Chick is expanding to Missouri with its first restaurant opening in Chesterfield. On the heels of opening 20 stores across 10 states in 2018, the…