The History of Chick-fil-A

The history of Chick-fil-A goes back to Atlanta in 1946. Truett Cathy was searching for the secret of the perfect chicken sandwich, which turned out to be cooking the chicken in a pressure fryer. Then he licensed the method to other restaurants before going into the franchise fast food business. You might recognize this as the story of Harland Sanders, the founder of KFC, except he did it with bone-in chicken. The difference is that Sanders just wanted a faster way to prepare chicken, because his was already pretty good. Anyway, that's just the beginning. Today Chick-fil-A is known across the US as the chicken outlet that advertises with cows and is never open on Sunday. Tom Blank of Weird History Food goes through the history of Chick-fil-A, including the chain's controversies.