Chick-fil-A
The beginning of Chick-fil-A can be traced back to the Dwarf Grill (now the Dwarf House), a restaurant which was opened by S. Truett Cathy, the chain’s previous CEO, in 1946. After 15 years in the fast-food business, Cathy found a pressure-fryer that could cook the chicken sandwich in the time it took to cook a fast-food hamburger. During the 70s and 80s, the chain expanded by opening new locations in suburban malls’ food courts. However, the first freestanding location was opened in April of 1986 in Atlanta, Georgia. From that point on, the company began to focus more on stand-alone units rather than ones in food courts.
Chick-fil-A
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