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What happens when a Chick-fil-A operator borrows a play from fine dining?
Tim Sweetman
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Tim Sweetman
@timsweetman
I’m in the chicken business.
- Reality check: Chick-fil-A team member uses safety tool and lifts 150 lbs of compacted trash/cardboard. Armchair critics who’ve never worked QSR love to judge—let’s see them safely toss this in a dumpster.Weak men create hard times
- Are you excited about "Family Style" Meals at Chick-fil-A (and a brand new menu item)? For around $30, here’s what you’ll get: 1. Entree Options - 30-count Chick-fil-A® Nuggets - 10-count Chick-n-Strips™ (new menu item!) - 30-count Grilled Nuggets 2. Side Bundles - 4
- Yesterday, I visited chain that's schooling the industry giants, including my beloved Chick-fil-A. It's a brand that serves up burgers 4x faster, with 10x fewer errors, thanks to a training program unlike anything you've ever seen before. Here's a thread detailing their
- Replying to @michaelfiore😂 Fair enough. This stuff is insanely heavy. This guy shouldn’t get busted on the internet for saving his back.
- Thrilled to announce in 2026 I’ll be the Operator of Chick-fil-A Hueytown, near Birmingham, Alabama. Construction starts (hopefully) soon and we can’t wait to get the family south. Roll Tide.
- Replying to @LaNativePatriotReality check: Chick-fil-A team member uses safety tool and lifts 150 lbs of compacted trash/cardboard. Armchair critics who’ve never worked QSR love to judge—let’s see them safely toss this in a dumpster.
- Please pray for my newborn nephew Caleb. He is fighting for his life after a suspected stroke and ongoing brain bleed.
- Replying to @sweatystartupThey’re eating the Dogs in Tuscaloosa and you’re worried about this?
- Replying to @RonStan44933983Even our fittest aren’t tossing 150lbs multiple times a day. My restaurant specifically doesn’t do this program.
- Replying to @timsweetmanBut it doesn't stop there. Every day, employees are randomly selected for "pop quizzes" to recertify their skills. Fail a quiz? You're retrained before you can work that position again. Pal's CEO Thom Crosby puts it bluntly: "People go out of calibration just like machines go
- Replying to @ttunlehsReplying to @LaNativePatriotTell me you have never worked in a restaurant without telling everyone you haven’t worked in a restaurant: These trash dollies are used when you have a commercial trash compactor. This cubes of trash can easily get over 200 pounds. It’s about 30 bags of trash compacted into one.
- Replying to @timsweetmanThe secret? An obsessive focus on speed, accuracy, and employee training. New Pal's employees undergo 120 hours of training before working solo. That's right - 120 hours for a fast food job.
