Listen to this articleA new Chick-fil-A restaurant opens Thursday in Farmingville.
The 4,770-square-foot restaurant with a drive-thru lane is on a pad site in the Expressway Plaza shopping center at 2280 N. Ocean Ave.
The Farmingville quick-service restaurant will be the chain’s 10th on Long Island. It is owned and operated by Chick-fil-A franchisee Rod Singleton, a U.S. Air Force veteran and former program manager for a contracting firm.
“Making a positive impact on my community is an important part of my life, and I view Chick-fil-A Expressway Plaza as an extension of my own home,” Singleton said in a company statement. “My desire is to be the cornerstone of care in the Farmingville community, and my hope is to create a restaurant that not only serves great food, but also provides a welcoming, positive environment for our guests and team members alike.”
The Farmingville Chick-fil-A will employ a staff of 115 full-time and part-time workers.
To mark the restaurant’s opening, Chick-fil-A, Inc. donated $25,000 to Feeding America, money that will be distributed to partners in the Long Island area to aid in the fight against hunger, according to the statement. The Farmingville restaurant also plans 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. In addition, the new eatery will provide free Chick-fil-A entrées for a year to “100 local heroes making an impact in the Farmingville area.”
The all-in investment to open a Chick-fil-A franchise ranges from $585,500 to $3.3 million, depending on size and location. The chain’s restaurants take in an average of about $8 million a year, according to the company’s franchise disclosure document.
Chick-fil-A Inc. is the third largest quick-service restaurant company in the country, employing more than 200,000 people in more than 3,000 locations in the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico. The chain had 2023 revenue of $21.58 billion.
Steve Gillman of The Shopping Center Group represented Chick-fil-A, while Ken Schuckman of Schuckman Realty represented the landlord, Expressway Plaza 1 LLC, in the Farmingville lease transaction.