DALTON, Ga. – Trudy Cathy White remembers doing homework at their family restaurant south of Atlanta while her dad experimented with chicken seasonings and riding in the car with her family as they discussed names for their new restaurant.
The name Chick-fil-A was her dad’s idea, White said.
Now decades later, the family opened their 1,551th Chick-fil-A restaurant this week, but the business still operates on their core values of glorifying God and having a positive influence on their team members and customers.
“Some people think we are in the restaurant business – we are really in the people business,” White said.
White was the keynote speaker at the Greater Dalton Chamber of Commerce’s 71st annual banquet Thursday evening at the NorthWest Georgia Trade and Convention Center. She is the daughter of Chick-fil-A founder, Truett Cathy.