August 21, 2024
(press release)
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Locally Owned and Operated
Chick-fil-A, Inc. has selected Brett Lewis as the local Owner-Operator of Chick-fil-A Jodeco Road. Lewis has served as the local Owner-Operator of a Chick-fil-A restaurant in Dalton, Georgia since 2019 and he is excited to relocate back to his hometown.
“I’ve been fortunate to work with Chick-fil-A for a long time. I am excited to move back to Stockbridge and honored to open this new concept, which happens to be four miles away from my childhood home,” said Lewis. “As a local business owner, I look forward to learning how to best serve the community I grew up in and working alongside my Team Members as we create a one-of-a-kind drive-thru experience for our Guests.”
The Chick-fil-A franchise model is essential to how the restaurant serves others. Most Chick-fil-A restaurants are owned and operated by a single individual, which means local Chick-fil-A Owner-Operators are small business owners, not passive investors, who work in their restaurants side by side with their Team Members each day.
At Chick-fil-A Jodeco Road, Lewis is responsible for all day-to-day activities of the business, including employing approximately 150 full- and part-time Team Members, serving Guests, cultivating relationships with local organizations and businesses and tailoring philanthropic efforts to meet the community’s needs.
Lewis has been a part of Chick-fil-A for decades. His mother, Melanie Farmer, worked at the
Chick-fil-A Support Center in Atlanta for more than 30 years as a specialist for the Chick-fil-A® Leadership Development Program, which ultimately inspired him to become a Team Member at a local restaurant after he graduated high school. During school breaks, Lewis also served part-time at the Support Center, never straying too far from the company.
Just two days after his college graduation, Lewis picked backed up as a Team Member, taking on a variety of roles and responsibilities, including enrolling in the Chick-fil-A Leadership Development Program before ultimately becoming a local Owner-Operator. Lewis and his wife Barbi, whom he met while working at Chick-fil-A, and their two kids Braylee and Bubba, are thrilled to open Chick-fil-A Jodeco Road and begin serving the Stockbridge/McDonough community.
Caring for the Stockbridge/McDonough Community
To commemorate the opening of Chick-fil-A Jodeco Road, Chick-fil-A is giving back to the local community in several ways:
• Chick-fil-A Jodeco Road will recognize 100 local heroes making an impact in the Stockbridge/McDonough community by providing them with free Chick-fil-A entrées for a year.
• Chick-fil-A, Inc. will donate $25,000 to Feeding America in honor of the new restaurant. The funds will be distributed to partners in the greater Stockbridge/McDonough area to aid in the fight against hunger.
• Chick-fil-A Jodeco Road will also participate in the Chick-fil-A Shared Table® program, an initiative that helps redirect surplus food from Chick-fil-A restaurants to local soup kitchens, shelters, food banks and nonprofits to feed those in need. To date, more than 25 million meals have been served from Chick-fil-A Shared Table donations with nearly 2,000 Chick-fil-A restaurants spanning 47 states, Washington, D.C. and Canada participating in the program.
For the latest news and updates on Chick-fil-A Jodeco Road visit the local restaurant’s Facebook page. For more information about Chick-fil-A and stories about the company’s food, people and customers across the country, visit chick-fil-a.com.
About Chick-fil-A, Inc.
Chick-fil-A, Inc. is the third largest quick-service restaurant company in the United States, known for its freshly-prepared food, signature hospitality and unique franchise model. More than 200,000 Team Members are employed by independent owner-operators in more than 3,000 restaurants across the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. In 2023, the company shared plans to expand by 2030 into Europe and Asia. Chick-fil-A owner-operators live and work in the communities their restaurants serve, each supporting local efforts to address hunger, education, and making a positive impact. The family-owned and privately held company was founded in 1967 by S. Truett Cathy. More information on Chick-fil-A is available at www.chick-fil-a.com and @ChickfilANews.
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