Is a refrigerated display case required in all Chick Fil A restaurants?
Chick_Fil_A Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
Schedule 1 to Exhibit D to Lease
LIST OF EQUIPMENT
Beverage & Ice Cream
- Beverage dispensing system (drink towers, carbonators, and regulators)
- Beverage bag-in-box system & rack
- Coffee brewer(s)
- Tea brewer(s)
- Lemonade dispenser(s)
- Lemon juicer (not in all Restaurants)
- Ice cream machine(s)
- Refrigerated milkshake base dispenser
- Milkshare spinner (s)
- Water filtration system (not at all Restaurants)
- Bulk CO2 tank (not at all Restaurants)
- Water Booster Pump (not in all Restaurants)
- Reverse osmosis/softener water system (not in all Restaurants)
Cooking
- Clamshell Grill
- Open fryers
- Pressure fryers
- Radiant/Conveyor toaster (not in all Restaurants)
- Contact bun toaster
- Exhaust hoods (varying sizes)
- o Fire suppression system
- o Rooftop exhaust fan(s)
- Convection oven(s)
- Griddle(s) (not at all Restaurants)
- Hotplates (not at all Restaurants)
- Thermalizer (not at all Restaurants)
- Egg Station
Source: Item 23 — Receipts (FDD pages 103–600)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
Based on the 2025 Chick Fil A Franchise Disclosure Document, a refrigerated display case is not explicitly listed as required in all restaurants. However, the document does list various pieces of equipment that may or may not be present in every location.
Schedule 1 to Exhibit D lists equipment that Chick Fil A provides, and the operator is responsible for maintaining. This list includes a refrigerated milkshake base dispenser, but does not mention a refrigerated display case. Other equipment like a lemon juicer, water filtration system, bulk CO2 tank, water booster pump, reverse osmosis/softener water system, and griddles are noted as 'not in all Restaurants'.
Because a refrigerated display case is not listed, it is not possible to determine from this document whether it is required in all Chick Fil A restaurants. A prospective franchisee should confirm with Chick Fil A what equipment is required at all locations.