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Chicken Salad Chick plans to open its fourth Birmingham area restaurant in the Riverchase Village shopping center on Wednesday, June 1, 2016.
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Chicken Salad Chick plans to open its fourth Birmingham area restaurant in the Riverchase Village shopping center on Wednesday, June 1, 2016.
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Chicken Salad Chick plans to open its fourth Birmingham area restaurant in the Riverchase Village shopping center on Wednesday, June 1, 2016.
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Chicken Salad Chick plans to open its fourth Birmingham area restaurant in the Riverchase Village shopping center on Wednesday, June 1, 2016.
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Chicken Salad Chick plans to open its fourth Birmingham area restaurant Wednesday in the Riverchase Village shopping center.
The fast casual chicken salad restaurant has scheduled a ribbon cutting at 10:45 a.m., followed by a grand opening at 11 a.m. The restaurant is right next to the Best Buy store off Lorna Road.
The first guest in line will receive a free pound of chicken salad every week for a year, while the next 99 will get a free pound of chicken salad per month for a year, the restaurant’s general manager said. More giveaways are scheduled every business day through June 11.
This will be the 17th Chicken Salad Chick restaurant in Alabama and the 54th in the Southeast. Others in the Birmingham area are at The Village at Lee Branch off U.S. 280 in Hoover, SoHo Square in Homewood and downtown Birmingham at 2118 Seventh Ave. South.
To date, Chicken Salad Chick has sold 146 franchises to be developed across Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas, the company said.
The restaurant serves 15 original flavors of chicken salad, as well as gourmet soups, side salads and freshly-baked desserts. The Chicken Salad Chick concept was started in 2008 in Auburn by founders Stacy and Kevin Brown and has grown quickly.
The new Riverchase location will be unique with new chicken salad flavors and menu items, Stacy Brown said in a press release.
“We love how passionate our Birmingham area guests are about chicken salad and knew they would be the perfect ones to enjoy this exclusive Chicken Salad Chick experience,” Brown said.
Chicken Salad Chick was named the top chicken salad in the country to try in the 2015 March/April issue of Cooking with Paula Deen. The restaurant also was named as one of FastCasual.com’s top Movers and Shakers and one of Nation’s Restaurant News’ 2015 Breakout Brands.
Here are the other giveaways and specials offered to customers over the next week and a half at the Riverchase location:
- Thursday, June 2 — First 50 guests to buy a pound of chicken salad with the Chick Special will receive Chick Tervis Tumbler.
- Friday, June 3 — First 100 guests to buy the Chick Special will receive a free scoop of Classic Carol.
- Saturday, June 4 — First 100 guests will receive a free Chicken Salad Chick selfie stick. Plus, anyone who posts a photo and includes the hashtag #SelfieChickSaturday will be automatically entered for a chance to win a free pound of chicken salad.
- Monday, June 6 — First 100 guests to order will receive a “Meet the Chicks” punch card. For 16 weeks, guests can try one free scoop of the chicken salad flavor of the week.
- Tuesday, June 7 — First 50 guests to buy the Chick Special will receive a Chick tote bag.
- Wednesday, June 8 — One free kid’s meal for each Chick Special purchased (for dine-in guests with child age 10 or younger).
- Thursday, June 9 — First 50 guests to buy a pound of chicken salad with the Chick Special will receive a free Chick umbrella.
- Friday, June 10 — First 50 guests to buy the Chick Special will receive a Chick water bottle.
- Saturday, June 11 — First 50 guests to buy two pounds of chicken salad will receive a free Chick cooler.
The Riverchase location will be open Monday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. For more information, visit chickensaladchick.com or call 205-518-0256.
