Global Impact
From the beginning, Chick‑fil‑A founder Truett Cathy believed in a simple but powerful idea:
“a great company is a caring company.” Everyone’s job at Chick‑fil‑A is to care for and serve others. No matter the title or job description, our reason for coming to work is to generously share our time, talents and resources.
Our approach
At Chick‑fil‑A restaurants in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico, we focus on creating moments of care for people, for communities, through food, and for our planet. These programs represent our work in North America. UK-specific programs will remain centered on supporting the planet, the communities and the people we serve, and addressing hunger initiatives. As these programs are launched, we will update the site with UK-specific information.
Caring for people
Cultivating a positive work environment where people feel known and cared for
Caring for our communities
Strengthening the cities and neighbourhoods we serve
Caring through food
Serving food with quality ingredients and signature hospitality
Caring for our planet
Working to eliminate food waste through the Chick‑fil‑A Shared Table program
Community Grants
True Inspiration Awards
The True Inspiration Awards programme was created in 2015 to honour the legacy of Chick‑fil‑A founder Truett Cathy. Through these annual grants, it is our pleasure to celebrate and support non-profit organisations making an impact in their local communities. True Inspiration Awards grants range from $30,000 to $350,000, with $6 million USD awarded to date since 2015 to organisations throughout North America, including Puerto Rico and Canada, as well as in the United Kingdom.
In 2025, we awarded our first True Inspiration Awards grant in the UK, donating £100,000 to Hospitality Action, a non-profit focused on providing support and resources to workers in the UK’s hospitality sector.
True Inspiration Award Recipients By the Numbers
$33.8 Million+
in grants since 2015
350+
recipient non-profit organisations
40
states throughout the US, in addition to Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, Canada and the United Kingdom
2024 True Inspiration Award Recipients
$6 Million
in grants awarded to non-profits
56
recipient organisations
500k
people served annually
“I’ve seen firsthand the good that Joy Meadows brings to the Kansas City area and the foster care community.”
“From on-site therapy to a free clothing closet to day camps, this grant will allow Joy Meadows to continue impacting families across Kansas City and beyond.”
Drew Severns, Local Chick‑fil‑A Owner-Operator, Chick‑fil‑A Lenexa
Sustainability
We’re committed to operating our restaurants throughout the US, Canada and Puerto Rico with minimal food waste, including measuring food waste in our operations, utilizing food waste recycling, and maximising food surplus redistribution.
Powering positive change
We understand the importance of innovative and alternative energy sources and encourage our local Owner-Operators to follow best practices. We’re also exploring new energy-saving opportunities, like piloting a solar-powered microgrid system in two Chick-fil-A restaurants in California.
Focusing on our planet
At Chick‑fil‑A, we take great care in how we source our ingredients and partner with suppliers. We share a commitment to sourcing sustainable commodities, such as chicken certified to Red Tractor standards.
Chick‑fil‑A Shared Table Food Donation Programme
More than 2,200 Chick‑fil‑A® restaurants participate in Chick‑fil‑A Shared Table, a programme for local Owner-Operators to donate surplus food to charitable organisations in their community.
How it works
At the end of each day (except Sundays), participating Chick‑fil‑A restaurants prepare and package their surplus food for donation to local organisations to help reduce hunger and minimize waste from restaurants by partnering with local charitable organisations.
- Chick‑fil‑A restaurants partner with local non-profits and organisations, like soup kitchens, senior centres and after-school programmes.
- Chick‑fil‑A Team Members regularly package extra food, such as biscuits, Chick‑fil‑A® Nuggets and other prepared items.
- Participating non-profits and organisations pick up the packaged food.
- The donated food is transformed into new meals – like chicken parmesan, stir-frys and breakfast casseroles – and served to those in need.
In celebration of each new restaurant opening in the UK, each restaurant will have the opportunity to participate in the Chick‑fil‑A Shared Table programme. Chick‑fil‑A is excited to partner with award-winning giving platform Neighbourly to implement the Chick‑fil‑A Shared Table programme in the UK.
Chick‑fil‑A Shared Table by the numbers
Through our four Global Impact pillars, we focus on creating moments of care for people, for communities, through food and for our planet.
30M
meals created for individuals in need through the Chick‑fil‑A Shared Table programme since 2012
2,200+
Chick‑fil‑A restaurants participate in Chick‑fil‑A Shared Table programme
38.6M+
million pounds of food waste diverted from landfills by Chick‑fil‑A, Inc. and Chick‑fil‑A restaurants since 2020
1,200+
non-profit organisations across the US, Canada and the UK engaged in the Chick‑fil‑A Shared Table programme
“Chick‑fil‑A Shared Table is part of a larger vision that we share with our community to help people in need. Our Team Members get really involved — they know our food is going to help others instead of being thrown away, and they embrace that opportunity to give back.”
Karen Colley, Local Chick‑fil‑A Owner-Operator, Keith Street & Paul Huff Parkway Cleveland, Tennessee
Caring for Team Members
While most restaurants are locally owned and operated, Owner-Operators in the US typically invest in their Team Members a wide range of competitive benefits.
Additionally, the Owner-Operators of Chick‑fil‑A restaurants typically aim to add a positive impact beyond profit, including giving back to local communities and advancing opportunities for others. Owner-Operators support their Team Members who, in turn, take care of our customers.
“Creating greater access to education is one of the best ways Chick‑fil‑A serves communities. Our long-standing commitment to investing in the future dreams and aspirations of restaurant Team Members reamins at the forefront of Chick‑fil‑A’s efforts to have a positive impact on the lives of others.”
Andrew T. Cathy, CEO, Chick‑fil‑A, Inc.
Scholarships
Chick‑fil‑A Remarkable Futures Scholarships
Each year, Chick‑fil‑A restaurant Team Members across the US, Canada and Puerto Rico are offered the opportunity to apply for college scholarships through the Chick‑fil‑A Remarkable Futures scholarship programme. Since 1973, we’ve been able to donate more than $191 million to help more than 105,000 Team Members pursue a higher education and achieve their remarkable future — whether it’s with Chick‑fil‑A or elsewhere.
Community Support
Every day, thousands of Chick‑fil‑A Owner-Operators, restaurant Team Members and staff live out Truett Cathy’s powerful idea that ‘great company is a caring company’ in meaningful ways, creating impactful change in their local neighbourhoods throughout our active markets.
Chick‑fil‑A plans to invest over £82M in the UK over the next 10 years, and the brand’s initial expansion into the UK will create approximately 400 new jobs at licensed and franchised restaurants.
Moreover, and as part of Chick‑fil‑A’s longstanding mission to aid in the fight against hunger, the brand will donate £25,000 to a local non-profit organisation in celebration of each new restaurant opening. This tradition will be introduced to all UK locations to support their local communities.
Leading locally
While the ways they give back may differ, one thing is the same: all local Chick‑fil‑A Owner-Operators are committed to serving others, in and outside their community.