Florida Chick-fil-A restaurant opening up right next to other Chick-fil-A restaurant
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The news comes after a Texas woman gave birth in a Chick-fil-A restroom in July. (iStock)
Chick-fil-A is pulling a Starbucks move – the chain is opening a new Chick-fil-A restaurant right next to another Chick-fil-A restaurant that already exists.
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A Chick-fil-A is opening up in the parking lot of Merritt Square Mall in Merritt Island, Fla. — a few hundred feet from an already established Chick-fil-A sitting in the shopping center’s food court.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The decision to open this new location does not come lightly for the brand, which only opens a limited number of restaurants each year.
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“While we receive hundreds of suggestions from customers on where they would like to see a new Chick-fil-A restaurant, the real estate team at Chick-fil-A, Inc. is responsible for selecting all new locations based on corporate goals for expansion in specifically targeted markets and other relevant business factors,” the company said.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}America’s favorite fast food chain announced the move on its Chicken Wire blog, saying, “Chick-fil-A Operator Kersh Peterson is excited to serve the Merritt Island Community soon!”
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“The new Chick-fil-A, 785 E. Merritt Island Causeway is just outside the mall's main entrance of what previously was the location of a TGI Fridays,” FloridaToday.com reported.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}As for the food court Chick-fil-A, it will “remain open, at least for the foreseeable future,” according to FloridaToday.com.