Chick-fil-A opens first new restaurant of its kind

Between exciting menu updates, rapid expansion, and a major change to its meat antibiotics policy, Chick-fil-A has a lot of impactful changes coming in 2024. And the latest innovation to be introduced at the popular chicken chain? A new, huge, unique restaurant that offers a faster, easier and overall better Ordering experience for guests.

The new restaurant, located south of Atlanta at 2155 Jodeco Road in McDonough, Georgia, officially opened for business on August 22. The location differs from a typical Chick-fil-A store in several key ways.

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For one thing, it’s a drive-thru-only location with a whopping four drive-thru lanes. The large, two-story restaurant also features an elevated kitchen on the second floor that’s twice the size of a traditional Chick-fil-A location, and a conveyor belt system that quickly moves food from the kitchen to the ground-floor employees serving customers.

These unique features are designed to provide faster service to Chick-fil-A customers on the go. Chick-fil-A has the slowest drive-thru locations of all 10 major fast food chains in the United States and Canada. 2022 And 2023The restaurant’s four-lane drive-in on Jobeco Road has a capacity of two to three times more cars than a regular Chick-fil-A drive-in, according to a Press releaseIn addition, the conveyor belt transport system enables food to be distributed to employees every six seconds.

“Our guests lead busy lives and we are focused on designing our restaurants to best meet their needs,” said Jonathan Reed, director of design at Chick-fil-A, Inc., in a statement. “With the new, elevated drive-thru design, which includes our first four-lane drive-thru, we aim to deliver quality food and genuine hospitality in a way that is uniquely Chick-fil-A and gives our guests time back.”

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Customers visiting the McDonough Chick-fil-A can either place orders in the traditional drive-thru lanes as soon as they arrive or order ahead through the Chick-fil-A app and pick up your food quickly at special checkouts for mobile customers. The new store will be open daily from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. – except On Sundays, of course.6254a4d1642c605c54bf1cab17d50f1e

The grand opening of the first new location of its kind is not the only exciting news from Chick-fil-A recently. The chain recently announced that its Chicken sandwich with honey pepper and allspice will appear on menus for a limited time starting August 26th, after its limited-time debut in fall 2023A new Spicy Honey Pepper Pimento Chicken Sandwich, a new Banana Frosted Coffee and the Banana Pudding Milkshake (a returning item) will also hit Chick-fil-A menus the same day.

Zoe Strozewski