EMPLOYEES THIS YEAR. EXCITEMENT GENEROSITY AND GRATITEUD THIS MOMENT AT CHICK-FIL-A AT ROBINSON AND NORTH FAYETTE TOWNSHIP IS ONE AMY. HERNANDEZ SSAY SHE WILL NEVER FORGET. IT WAS ELECTRIC IN THERE IT LIKE I WISH I COULD BOTTLE THAT FEELING THE OWNER OF THIS ICCHK-FIL-A RESTAURANT GAVE HER WORKERS A CHRISTMAS PARTY TO REMEMBER WNHE THEY SHOWED UP AT ETH GATHERING THEY HAD NO IDEA THE RAFFLE PRIZESOU CLD CHANGE THEIR LIVES ONE MAN WHO WORKS AT THIS RESTAURANT ACTUALLY. CA DEVIN HAD RECENTLY BEEN HAVING TROUBLES WITH HIS CAR AND IT WAS TOUGH GETTING HIS YOUNG CHILD BACK AND FORTH TO DAYCARE. AMY SAYS SHE PRAYED HIS NAME WOULD BE PICDKE FORHE T RAFFLE PRIZE. THEN FATE BROUGHT DEVIN’S TICKET TO HER HAND. HE WANTED 2018 TOYOTA RAV4T A THE CHRISTMAS PARTY. DEVIN ISNE O OF MY HARDEST WORKING INDIVIDUALS. HE DOES THE HARDEST JOB IN THE KITCHEN, YOU KNOW, HE WORKS WITH THE CHICKEN EVERY DAY. WE HAND BREAD EVERY PIECE OF CHICKEN. I’M THROUGH A RESTAURANT AND HE WORKS IN THAT PROCESS AND HE’S ALWAYS SMILING DEVIN GOT THE BIG PRIZE, BUT THE OTHERS WERE INCREDIBLE TOO. LIKE ONE MONTH PAID OF A MORTGAGE PAYMENT A WEEK SALARY A PLAYSTATION 5 BUNDLE AND THERE IS A DYSON ERA. THERE WERE SIX STEELER TICKETS $1,000 CASH THAT I HANDEDUT O RIGHT AT THE PARTY A 1500 DOLLAR APPLE GIFT CARD BECAUSE I COULDN’T GET THE IPHONE PRO MAX. AMY YSSA SHE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING NICE FOR THE PEOPLE. WORKS SO HARD THRGHOU THE PANDEMIC IF I CAN POSITIVELY IMPACT. I EMPLOYEES ANDHE TIR FAMILIES IN ANY WAY I WILL TAKE THAT OPPORTUNITY. AMY SDAI SHE HURT OTHER WORKERS HERE AT THIS CHICK-FIL-A RESTAURANT SAY IF THEIR NAME WAS PICKED FOR THAT C,AR THEY WOULD HAVE GIVEN IT TO DINEV REPORTING IN N
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Related video above: Chick-Fil-A employee wins car from raffle at restaurant Christmas partyIt's been a good year for Chick-fil-A -- a recent survey ranked it as Gen Z's top restaurant, with 15% of respondents listing it as their favorite choice.The annual Piper Sandler study surveyed 14,500 teens in 47 states, whose average age was just under 16 years old (15.8 years old, to be exact.)Starbucks came in second at 12% of teens, followed by Chipotle (7%), McDonald's (6%) and Olive Garden (3%).Earlier this month, the restaurant showed up in another poll, with results that weren't quite so favorable: QSR's annual Drive-Thru Report found that Chick-fil-A had the slowest line among 10 restaurants, with an average wait time of about 107 seconds. But that was primarily because it's so popular that it has a lot of cars lined up for its meals.Then again, Chick-fil-A also led the industry in customer satisfaction in the same poll -- 88% of customers said the fried chicken sandwich chain had "friendly service."The researchers also found that Chick-fil-A had fine-tuned its "check-point system," which keeps customers engaged through different interactions with employees, starting from placing their order to their famous reply to people who thank them: "my pleasure."The chain had 2,730 outlets and hit nearly $16 billion in sales in 2021, according to Technomic, a food industry research and consulting firm. (Chick-Fil-A is a privately owned firm that doesn't release its results.)The company hasn't won everybody over, though. The chain's support for anti-LGBTQ organizations and its opposition to same-sex marriage has been at the center of political debates and calls for boycotts.
Related video above: Chick-Fil-A employee wins car from raffle at restaurant Christmas party
It's been a good year for Chick-fil-A -- a recent survey ranked it as Gen Z's top restaurant, with 15% of respondents listing it as their favorite choice.
The annual Piper Sandler study surveyed 14,500 teens in 47 states, whose average age was just under 16 years old (15.8 years old, to be exact.)
Starbucks came in second at 12% of teens, followed by Chipotle (7%), McDonald's (6%) and Olive Garden (3%).
Earlier this month, the restaurant showed up in another poll, with results that weren't quite so favorable: QSR's annual Drive-Thru Report found that Chick-fil-A had the slowest line among 10 restaurants, with an average wait time of about 107 seconds. But that was primarily because it's so popular that it has a lot of cars lined up for its meals.
Then again, Chick-fil-A also led the industry in customer satisfaction in the same poll -- 88% of customers said the fried chicken sandwich chain had "friendly service."
The researchers also found that Chick-fil-A had fine-tuned its "check-point system," which keeps customers engaged through different interactions with employees, starting from placing their order to their famous reply to people who thank them: "my pleasure."
The chain had 2,730 outlets and hit nearly $16 billion in sales in 2021, according to Technomic, a food industry research and consulting firm. (Chick-Fil-A is a privately owned firm that doesn't release its results.)
The company hasn't won everybody over, though. The chain's support for anti-LGBTQ organizations and its opposition to same-sex marriage has been at the center of political debates and calls for boycotts.
