Sampier and Whitsel will be responsible for all day-to-day activities of their respective businesses, including employing approximately 150 full- and part-time Team Members at each restaurant, cultivating relationships with local organizations and neighboring businesses, and serving Guests. has selected Dennis Sampier as the independent franchised Owner/Operator of Chick-fil-A Shelby Township and Phil Whitsel as the independent franchised Owner/Operator of Chick-fil-A Northville. 25, 2021) – Chick-fil-A ® Shelby Township and Chick-fil-A Northville, located just north and northwest of Detroit, respectively, are slated to open on Thursday, Jan. Even with knowing that, it is still such a big line to wait in.Restaurants to Collectively Bring Approximately 300 Full- and Part-Time Jobs to the Detroit Area “People say you have to be smart with which one you enter through, one could be only a hour wait while the other is two or three hours. “My friends and I have gone back to Chick-fil-A since the grand opening, and the wait for the drive-thru lines are so crazy,” Hathcock said. There are two entrances, and workers weave the cars together from both lines to form one at the drive-thru. “I’m sure that from now on, Chick-fil-A will be packed every day, all day.”Īfter the opening day, the lines at Chick-fil-A have been so backed up. “I don’t know if it was quite worth it waiting six and a half hours in the parking lot, but I’m happy we did because it was such a fun experience,” said Droelle. Chick-fil-A workers take Droelle’s order from her car They had certain people that would have the jobs of taking the orders, giving out the orders, directing traffic, even workers that just said “goodbye”. The way that they all handled everything was very organized so cars wouldn’t be backed up. Workers cam out and greeted everyone, then started to take their orders. Knowing the “First 100 Customers” award this year wasn’t taking place due to the pandemic, managers walked out and greeted most of the first cars in line with a mug that says “Chick-fil-A Grand Opening”, and inside was a cow that said “Eat More Chicken”.Īt 6:30 in the morning, Chick-fil-A finally opened. Cars were directed to form lines in other areas of the parking lot for space for everyone starting to arrive. The line started to pack up, cars started to fill up the parking lot and slowly led to Hall Road. Security stayed in the parking lot, keeping cones up blocking the entrance to the drive-thru lanes, but at 4 in the morning they took them down for cars to start lining up. “We all took naps, but one of us would stay up to keep a look out in case anything was happening.” Droelle sleeps while she waits for Chick-fil-A to open at 6:30 A.M. After two hours, we all started to get really tired,” junior Shea Hathcock said. ”At first it was so much fun, we played UNO with kids in the cars next to us, we listened to music, just hung out for a while. Students, Brooklynn Hathcock, Annie Droelle, and Shea Hathcock, decided to camp out in the parking lot at 12 in the morning, waiting six and a half hours to order breakfast. It’s so cool to have it closer to us, but I’m sure that it will be just as busy as Somerset.” “I was so excited to hear that there was going to be a new location for Chick-fil-A, the closest one for me is at Somerset Mall, but that’s a far drive,” senior Annie Droelle said. The grand opening was set for 6:30 in the morning, but people decided to camp out earlier than that. Droelle and the Hathcock’s wait in the drive through lane at Chick-fil-A in their car. Thanking them for the hard work they put in during these hard times. Instead, they gave their “first one hundred” to teachers and doctors. In the past, Chick-fil-A would give the first 100 customers a free meal every week for a year at every grand opening location, but due to COVID restrictions and safety protocols, Chick-fil-A decided to hold that off this year. Brooklynn Hathcock, Digital Editor in ChiefĮveryone has heard that Chick-fil-A, one of the largest fast food restaurants, was going to open up a new location in Shelby TWP.
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