Chick-fil-A Breaks Ground On Distribution Center

BARTOW COUNTY, GA -- Chick-fil-A began work Friday on a 50-acre site off Cass-White Road which will be home to a new distribution center. The company will begin using a 265,150-square foot spec building on the land in July while work continues on the full distribution center, the Daily-Tribune reported.

“We started first by hiring a top-notch, first-class team of experts from across the nation, and over the past few months, that team has come together to bring this idea of Chick-fil-A Supply to reality,” Paul Trotti, Chick-fil-A Supply chain executive director, told the Tribune. “In the next month, at our pilot facility right across the street behind you, we will ship our first case to Glenn [Jordan] and his team at Cherokee Place, and then roughly a year from today, we’ll have the opportunity right on the ground we’re standing on to begin operations for our first full-scale distribution center.”

The distribution center will reportedly create 300 jobs in the area.

Chick-fil-A recorded a 16.7 percent sales growth rate in 2018 to become the country's third largest restaurant chain, The Takeout reported. The two larger chains were McDonald’s and Starbucks.

Chick-fil-A was founded in College Park, Georgia, in May 1946.

A request for comment has been placed with Chick-fil-A.