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Alabaster's First Chick-fil-A Restaurant Opens Oct. 27 With the Awarding of a Free One-Year Supply of Chick-fil-A to the First 100 People in Line

Operator Celebrates Opening by Donating $1,000 to Help Hurricane Victims

"No tricks, only treats" await dozens of Alabaster residents who are expected to camp overnight to become the first to get in line for the Oct. 27 opening of their city's first Chick-fil-A restaurant, where $26,000 in free food will be given away in 15 minutes as well as a $1,000 donation to the Salvation Army to help hurricane victims.

A one-year supply of free Chick-fil-A combo meals (52 coupons) will be given away to the first 100 adults, age 18 and older, in line by 6 a.m. The new restaurant is located at 125 Colonial Promenade Pkwy. People can line up 24 hours prior to the opening, and the prizes will be awarded on Thursday, Oct. 27 sometime between 6 a.m. and 6:30 a.m. The restaurant will officially open for business at 6:30 a.m. and will stay open until 10 p.m. from Monday through Saturday.

"We've given away more than $2.5 million in free Chick-fil-A food since we started the `First 100 Fans' promotion more than a year ago. This event has attracted Chick-fil-A raving fans from across the country to camp out in all types of weather conditions to be among the first 100 in line," said Chick-fil-A Inc. President Dan Cathy, son of the chain's founder Truett Cathy. "It becomes a huge tailgating party with campers enjoying several activities throughout the evening such as games, music, prizes, and a midnight Ice Dream party."

Chick-fil-A launched its First 100 Fans promotion in Oct. 2003 in Phoenix and has continued the event at every free-standing and in-line restaurant grand opening across the country. Even the most extreme weather conditions -- floods, tornado warnings, freezing rain and temperatures, 60 mile-per-hour winds -- haven't kept Chick-fil-A raving fans away. In virtually every region of the country groups of dedicated Chick-fil-A customers have begun to attend multiple openings, with some raving fans camping out at eight or more grand openings. Last year, Dan Cathy attended events at more than 50 grand openings and spent the night outside at more than 25. The event has even attracted campers who had never tried Chick-fil-A.

Constantine Zouboukos has been selected to operate the new free-standing location, in addition to his free-standing location at Oak Mountain in Pelham. Zouboukos is one of only a few Operators in the chain to be given the opportunity to run more than one free-standing location and will be celebrating 27 years as a Chick-fil-A Operator on Nov. 5.

"I can't think of a better way to celebrate my 27th anniversary with Chick-fil-A than by opening Alabaster's long awaited free-standing Chick-fil-A restaurant," said Zouboukos. "I'm excited to bring our great customer service and food to Alabaster."

Atlanta-based Chick-fil-A is the nation's second-largest quick-service chicken restaurant chain with more than 1,220 restaurants in 38 states and Washington, D.C. The chain expects to build more than 77 locations this year, including 63 free-standing units such as the one in Alabaster. For more information, visit www.chick-fil-a.com or www.chick-fil-apressroom.com.

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