Restaurant Brings Approximately 100 Full- and Part-Time Jobs to Community, Honors 100 Local Heroes with Free Chick-fil-A Entrées for a Year

SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif. (Nov. 13, 2023) – A new Chick-fil-A^® restaurant will begin serving the Sante Fe Springs community on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023. Chick-fil-A, Inc. has selected Farid Khanasrinia as the local Owner-Operator of Chick-fil-A Telegraph & Painter. 

Located at 13225 Telegraph Road, Chick-fil-A Telegraph & Painter will be open for dine-in, drive-thru and carry-out from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., Monday through Saturday. Guests of Chick-fil-A Telegraph & Painter can place an order for pickup, dine-in or delivery on the Chick-fil-A^® App or online. When joining the Chick-fil-A One^® tiered membership program, Chick-fil-A One members receive points on every qualifying purchase, which can be used to redeem available rewards. Visit chick-fil-a.com/delivery to view delivery options in your area.  

The Telegraph & Painter restaurant joins more than 100 other Chick-fil-A restaurants serving the wider Los Angeles market.   

Locally Owned and Operated  
As full-time, hands-on leaders in their restaurants and communities, Chick-fil-A local Owner-Operators proudly reside in the communities in which they serve.   

In Santa Fe Springs, Khanasrinia will be responsible for all day-to-day activities of the business, including employing approximately 100 full- and part-time Team Members, serving guests and cultivating relationships with local organizations and businesses.   

Born in Iran, Khanasrinia began his career in 2019 with Chick-fil-A after 30 years in retail sales. Looking for a job that would allow him to stay close to his family, Khanasrinia was given the opportunity to serve in the nearby Norwalk community as the Owner-Operator of Chick-fil-A Imperial & Bloomfield Norwalk. Since then, Khanasrinia has created strong community partnerships and cultivated impactful relationships with local schools in Los Angeles County. He has also provided his Team Members with meaningful professional development opportunities, such as hands-on leadership training and the opportunity for his Spanish-speaking Team Members to attend English classes to further connect with Guests and whole-heartedly serve their community. Khanasrinia will continue to serve as the local Owner-Operator of Chick-fil-A Imperial & Bloomfield, in addition to Chick-fil-A Telegraph & Painter.  

“Not only do I get to create 100 jobs in our Santa Fe Springs community, but I also have the opportunity to make a positive impact on 100 people’s lives. It’s incredibly humbling,” said Khanasrinia. “I feel very blessed to have a strong, majority-female leadership team for my Team Members to look up to, and we are so excited to serve more Guests in our new restaurant.”   

Caring for the Santa Fe Springs Community  
In celebration of the opening, Chick-fil-A, Inc. will donate $25,000 to Feeding America in honor of the new restaurant. These funds will be distributed to partners in the greater Los Angeles area to aid in the fight against hunger.   

In addition, Chick-fil-A Telegraph & Painter is recognizing 100 local heroes making an impact in the Santa Fe Springs area by providing them with free Chick-fil-A entrées for a year.   

Khanasrinia’s restaurant will plan to participate in the Chick-fil-A Shared Table^® program, an initiative that redirects surplus food from the restaurant to local soup kitchens, shelters, food banks and nonprofits in need. To date, more than 23 million meals have been created from Chick-fil-A Shared Table donations from nearly 2,000 Chick-fil-A restaurants throughout the U.S. and Canada.   

Team Member Investment  
Chick-fil-A Operators are committed to hiring, developing and retaining top talent and providing a positive work environment for people of all ages and backgrounds. Team Members have opportunities for flexible work hours and leadership growth, competitive pay and benefits, hands-on training and mentoring and the chance to apply for scholarships to support their continuing education.   

Delicious Food; Outstanding Customer Service  
Chick-fil-A is known for serving customers great-tasting food made with high-quality ingredients, including the original Chick-fil-A® Chicken Sandwich. Made with a real, whole, boneless breast of chicken with no added fillers, the breaded chicken is pressure cooked in fully-refined peanut oil. Chick-fil-A was one of the first in the industry to eliminate chicken raised with antibiotics to ensure guests have an option for high-quality food on the go.  

To complement the great-tasting chicken, fresh produce is delivered to Chick-fil-A restaurants up to six times a week for the best quality and flavor. The fresh ingredients are raised and grown by farmers who share the company’s elevated quality and safety standards, so guests feel good about their meal.  

For the latest news and updates on Chick-fil-A Telegraph & Painter, visit the local restaurant’s Facebook page and follow along on Instagram. For more information about Chick-fil-A and stories about the Brand’s food, people and customers across the country, visit chick-fil-a.com.

About Chick-fil-A, Inc.  
Atlanta-based Chick-fil-A, Inc. is a restaurant company known for the Original Chick-fil-A^® Chicken Sandwich and signature hospitality. Represented by more than 190,000 Team Members, Operators and Staff, Chick-fil-A^® restaurants serve guests freshly prepared food at more than 2,800 restaurants in the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada. The family-owned and privately held restaurant company was founded in 1967 by S. Truett Cathy and is committed to serving the local communities in which its franchised restaurants operate.   

Known for its leadership and growth opportunities, in 2022 Chick-fil-A was named a Best Employer in America by Forbes and a top company for career opportunities for Black employees by Glassdoor. The company was also awarded the Employee’s Choice by Glassdoor honoring top CEOs and was named a Culture 500 Culture Champion in 2020. A leader in customer service, Chick-fil-A was named QSR magazine’s Drive-Thru Restaurant of the Year in 2021. More information on Chick-fil-A is available at www.chick-fil-a.com and @ChickfilANews.

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