Falling in Love with Chicken Salad

3 Min Read By MRM Staff

First-time Chicken Salad Chick (CSC) franchise owner Claibourne (Clay) Rogers was introduced to the fast-casual concept in 2015 when she served as an account director at the brand’s public relations firm, Fish Consulting.At the time, there were 40 locations and her contributions to supporting the brand's rapid growth ranged from assisting with grand opening strategies to boosting consumer awareness and more. In the process, Clay and her husband, Nick, fell in love with the concept and its story.

In 2019, they signed a franchise agreement to develop two locations in South Florida - the first just opened in Coral Springs and the second slated for Boca Raton in the next few years. With more than 175 locations today, CSC plans to continue that growth momentum in 2021 and open additional Sunshine State locations in St. Petersburg, Ocala, Gainesville and Wellington over the next several months.

“When my husband, Nick, and I first started to discuss the idea of owning our…