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title: "QSR’s November Issue: Meet the Franchisee of the Year"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/fe385c38-8631-4e68-ad15-3985de385cf8
source: "QSR Magazine"
original_url: https://www.qsrmagazine.com/digital-editions/qsrs-november-issue-meet-the-franchisee-of-the-year/
author: "Danny Klein"
category: "QSR"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "QSR"
published: 2026-11-01T14:00:20.000Z
modified: 2026-11-02T18:03:13.651Z
image: https://www.qsrmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/anilyadav-2.jpg
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# QSR’s November Issue: Meet the Franchisee of the Year

**TL;DR:** Chicken Salad Chick, the nation’s only fast-casual chicken salad restaurant concept, is continuing its impressive pace of growth, surpassing 350 restaurants across 27 states.

*By Danny Klein, originally published in QSR Magazine on 2026-11-01. [Read the original](https://www.qsrmagazine.com/digital-editions/qsrs-november-issue-meet-the-franchisee-of-the-year/).*

## Story

Chicken Salad Chick, the nation’s only fast-casual chicken salad restaurant concept, is continuing its impressive pace of growth, surpassing 350 restaurants across 27 states. Building on a record-breaking 2025, Chicken Salad Chick is still trending for record growth in 2026. The brand has awarded more than 100 franchise units so far this year, remains at […]

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## Entities

- Restaurants (sector)
- QSR Magazine (publication)
- franchisee (topic)
- Chicken Salad Chick (company)
- Danny Klein (person)
- growth (topic)
- restaurants (topic)

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Originally reported by Danny Klein, QSR Magazine (https://www.qsrmagazine.com/digital-editions/qsrs-november-issue-meet-the-franchisee-of-the-year/). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/fe385c38-8631-4e68-ad15-3985de385cf8).