Talking With: Stacy Brown, Chicken Salad Chick Founder

4 Min Read By MRM Staff

When stay-at-home mom Stacy Brown was told by local county health department officials she could not continue making and selling her chicken salad recipes out of her home kitchen, she overcame that obstacle by launching her first restaurant with the business expertise of future husband and fellow founder, Kevin Brown in 2008. The small takeout restaurant quickly grew and the Chicken Salad Chick now has more than 50 restaurants across the Southeast and approximately 146 franchises to be developed across the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Louisiana and Texas. In our "Talking With" series, Stacy Brown tells Modern Restaurant Management magazine why chicken salad is so important to her and her recipe for growing a brand.

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