Lunch Bits - Edition 12 | The Blog of Rudy Amid

Lunch Bits - Edition 12

February 28th, 2008 · 7 Comments

We went to Chick-Fil-A yesterday. It was a warm sunny day when we talked about:

We should regularly work-out in a gym. Everyone’s liking LA Fitness. I get a good work-out on a golf driving range.
Toshiba HD-DVD A35 for $150 at Best Buy. Cheap 1080p up-conversion DVD player, with 6 speakers TrueHD analog outputs for those without a receiver that does TrueHD.
Irvine’s OC Great Park project looks like it’s not moving along. The trees are lined up but not planted yet. They’ve been sitting there for at least 6 months. We speculated due to the slump in housing market in the area. But the website says they’re moving on schedule. The marketing pamphlet doesn’t tell us anything.
Start up cost for Chick-Fil-A franchise is allegedly $5000. Does it include building lease, construction, etc?

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7 responses so far ↓

1 David Rader // Feb 28, 2008 at 9:06 pm

Of all of the places away from home I’ve eaten chicken, I think Chick-Fil-A is my most favorite! I’m assuming that $5,000 doesn’t include building lease or construction though =T
2 rudyamid // Feb 29, 2008 at 9:42 am

I didn’t get a first hand info on what that $5000 entails, but that was the consensus on the lunch table - there was no way that would include building costs.

Maybe the return for running the franchise is so good, the owner ends up paying only $5000 in a short period time. Oh well, time to ask the real business folks with the inside scoop.
3 beeker // Mar 3, 2008 at 6:40 am

I love Chick Fil A! I looked into a franchise while I was in college. Back then you paid money for the right to operate one of their stores. So technically you didn’t own it as much as you just had a designated site that you operated. They had an interesting business structure.

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4 rudyamid // Mar 3, 2008 at 11:08 am

Hi Beeker. Sounds like you have first-hand experience with it. I would love to hear more details on what you experienced. Who knows, maybe this can be your next blog post?
5 mattym // Mar 7, 2008 at 3:18 pm

Taken from Google Answers -
“How is a Chick-fil-A® Operator compensated?
All Operators have the same contractual arrangement. Each month, the
Operator pays Chick-fil-A Inc., 15% of gross sales and 50% of net
profits. Chick-fil-A Operators are assured a minimum income of $30,000
annually. Operators do not build equity in the business, and their
contractual agreement is not transferable.”

http://answer.google.com/answers/threadview?id=543667

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6 beeker // Mar 8, 2008 at 1:52 pm

And all the chicken sandwiches with Polynesian sauce you can eat….who needs money?

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7 rudyamid // Mar 8, 2008 at 6:44 pm

Polynesian sauce? I must’ve missed that. I need to go back and try it.