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Chicken Salad Chick adds Pennsylvania, West Virginia locations

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October 12, 2026

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Chicken Salad Chick is expanding its Northeast footprint with development agreements in New York, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

In Pennsylvania, Amanda and Ernest Greenford have opened a restaurant in Allentown. Amanda Furiato is preparing to open a location in Collegeville, while Jacob and Sabrina Longley are developing their first restaurant in South Pittsburgh.

In West Virginia, Tammy Hannah and Dr. Rancie Hannah are opening a restaurant in Barboursville, and Emily and Michael Strickland have a location under construction in Charleston.

In May, the Atlanta-based chain signed a 25-unit development agreement covering Albany, Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and the Upper Hudson Valley in New York.

Chicken Salad Chick has more than 300 locations under development nationwide. The company is seeking franchise partners in remaining available territories, including New Jersey, Long Island and central Pennsylvania.

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Chicken Salad Chick CEO Scott Deviney recently keynoted the Fast Casual Executive Summit discussing how scaling successfully isn't necessarily about moving faster or constantly reinventing the brand. It's about knowing what makes the concept work, protecting it and building the people and infrastructure necessary to replicate it.Read it here.