Since opening 18 years ago, the Chick-fil-A restaurant at Merritt Square Mall has become a well-known fixture within the Merritt Island community. The restaurant strives not only to serve the highest quality menu items, but also to serve the community. Under the leadership of Michael Sexton, the development and expansion of the restaurant’s community programs and outreach are underway. As a part of Atlanta-based Chick-fil-A, Inc., the nation’s second-largest quick-service chicken restaurant chain (based on sales), the Chick-fil-A restaurant at Merritt Square Mall is one of more than 1,300 Chick-fil-A restaurants in 37 states and Washington D.C. In 2006, Chick-fil-A produced record sales of $2.275 billion – a 15.16 percent overall increase and an 8.52 percent same-store sales gain that helped extend the chain’s streak of consecutive sales gains to 39 years. Credited with inventing the boneless breast of chicken sandwich and first introducing the chicken nugget concept, Chick-fil-A serves nutritious and freshly prepared food products in mall locations, stand-alone restaurants, drive-thru-only restaurants, Chick fil-A Dwarf House® and Truett’s Grill® full-service restaurants, and through licensed outlets in college campuses, hospitals, airports, businesses and industrial sites. For more information, please contact the Chick-fil-A restaurant at Merritt Square Mall at (321) 454-3974 or visit one of the chain’s websites, located at www.chick-fil-a.com, www.chick-fil-apressroom.com or www.truettcathy.com.