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Chick-fil-A is now America's third largest restaurant chain

The family-owned company reported nearly twenty-four billion dollars in sales last year and has just expanded to Singapore and the United Kingdom; the chicken sandwich wars continue.

On air: Hank Ledger and Chip Darnell on BBN This Morning
Published 8:36 AM ET, Wednesday, October 14, 2026

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First reported by NBC News: “Chick-fil-A bet on chicken 60 years ago. Now it’s America’s third largest restaurant chain”.
Covered on BBN on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, at 8:36 AM ET on BBN This Morning, by Hank Ledger and Chip Darnell.
Topics: North America.

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NBC NewsChick-fil-A bet on chicken 60 years ago. Now it’s America’s third largest restaurant chain

What BBN said about it

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorChick-fil-A bet on chicken sixty years ago, and NBC says it is now America's third largest restaurant chain, with nearly twenty-four billion dollars in sales last year.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAnd the family-owned company just opened in Singapore and the United Kingdom, so the British can now get a sandwich on a Sunday and be told it's closed.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorClosed on Sundays.

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