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Chick-Fil-A is Expanding and Creating Jobs

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    Chick-Fil-A President Dan Cathy on company expansion, jobs, and the state of business.

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-- about the better than expected numbers out of ADP at the top of the show on private sector hiring and of course tomorrow the big number comes out from the government.

On employment and unemployment but right now let's get a look at hiring who's hiring.

Dan -- -- here he's president chief operating officer from chick fillet.

And he's wearing account cost in which Powell -- hesitant about it intends to minute -- and great to save.

Did have -- big really new hires so far this year.

Our various stake -- business is one of the big issues we -- headed -- flight.

This year just did a new restaurants will add about 5000 U.

Employees to are part of our team a lot of these people have never had a job before sort kind of an intra.

Interest way for people and we try to create such incredible experience -- they don't ever leave us in fact.

We have incredible retention right among cheap flight team members -- responsible for incredible service experiences that people are having.

At our restaurants.

Nationally because of turnover and so forth and.

Some people that do they object -- replace those but will be opening about seventy new.

-- -- restaurants this year.

All across the countries.

It's been as the this year and are 65 year history is we're enjoying.

This year is -- -- his business so good in the first six months of the year that you could open and potentially even more restaurants.

Well we have that the timeline is so large we have to stay about 24 months -- a time.

Make share we've already make commitments I think for the entire inventory of protection and you rush restaurants for nature -- about 75 you restaurants.

And and 2012 so.

This whole there's little quiet along -- Tom why do we have to stay right -- -- up -- that curve so.

It could affect some are -- schedule we've also re investing very heavily back into it -- of summer aging -- -- restaurants to keep the brand.

-- relevant so this of course creates a lot of new jobs for the can construction industry.

Plumbers HV EAC a lot of -- equipment vendors as well.

So it ripples out across the economy you know -- any business steps board does a great job take your customers.

It prevents say provides an incredible.

A ripple effect throughout the economy.

Will -- in the the economy you're dressed like OK now.

Because this is here and you've got tomorrow your annual cow appreciation today so that the customer showed up dressed like -- They get to aid for freight.

But I wanted to ask.

Isn't it that is an incredible day you can dress up like me and you can print -- -- haven't -- Bill Miller horn.

So the regulatory and solid right part of this incredibly exciting day.

Cow appreciation.

Day.

When he eleven anybody that comes in -- dressed as -- can now get Steve -- play an entire meal for free they can have a and a chief place and white -- while we're -- a doctor pepper or another beverage of their choice should -- polite.

And if you had any thing that has cow spots on it you can have a free -- -- of your choice day and we're just haven't.

But I'm just kind of keep him back at the rules silly now.

-- -- key area in let's let's cut.

I wanted to ask you -- it is a very citizens of the -- -- now here's here's for them.

Are there enough slayer hod campaign says.

Big time serious for them at least for the rest of us we can kind of get the spirit that this isn't for kids think this is for adults that get into this.

Last year we had 400000.

People.

They came dressed public account.

In chicklet restaurants hi -- -- -- -- Dan it was great to see you as always you take care yourself and you look mighty sharp -- -- and president chick filet.

Take advantage one of those only in America to -- either which.

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