Dwarf House
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| Privately held company | |
| Industry | Restaurants |
| Founded | May 23, 1946 (as Dwarf House) 1967 (as Chick-fil-A) Hapeville, Georgia, U.S. |
| Founder | S. Truett Cathy |
| Headquarters | Atlanta, Georgia, United States |
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Number of locations
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Over 2,000 |
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Area served
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Key people
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Dan T. Cathy (CEO) |
| Products | Sandwiches, chicken dishes |
| Revenue |
 US$6 billion (2015) |
| Website | chick-fil-a.com |
Chick-fil-A (/tʃɪkfᵻˈleɪ/ chik-fil-AY, a play on the ) is an American fast food restaurant chain headquartered in the Atlanta district of College Park, Georgia, specializing in chicken sandwiches. Founded in May 1946, it has more than 2,000 restaurants, mainly in the United States.
The company's culture is influenced by its founder, Truett Cathy's, Southern Baptist beliefs; all Chick-fil-A restaurants are closed for business on Sunday as well as Thanksgiving and Christmas.
The chain's origin can be traced to the Dwarf Grill (now the Dwarf House), a restaurant opened by S. Truett Cathy, the chain's former chairman and CEO, in 1946. The restaurant is located in Hapeville, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta, and is near the location of the now-demolished Ford Motor Company Atlanta Assembly Plant, for many years a source of many of the restaurant's patrons.
In 1961, after 15 years in the fast food business, Cathy found a pressure-fryer that could cook the chicken sandwich in the same amount of time it took to cook a fast-food hamburger. Following this discovery, he registered the name Chick-fil-A, Inc. The company's trademarked slogan, "We Didn't Invent the Chicken, Just the Chicken Sandwich," refers to their flagship menu item, the Chick-fil-A chicken sandwich.
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