Chick-fil-A at a glance

<p>Company Name: Chick-fil-A</p><p>First restaurant: Opened in 1967 at a south Atlanta shopping center</p><p>Number of restaurants today: 1,250 in 37 states, including Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.</p><p>Sales (in 2005): $1.975 billion</p><p>Restaurant chain rank (in 2005 sales): 25th, just behind International House of Pancakes and just ahead of Papa John's Pizza, according to Restaurants and Institutions magazine.</p><p>Menu items: Chick-fil-A Chicken Sandwich, Chick-fil-A Chargrilled Chicken Sandwich, Chick-fil-A Chicken Biscuit</p><p>Source: Chick-fil-A</p>

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