Fact Check

Is Chick-fil-A Giving Away Its Food Free for a Year?

Always check the expiration date on social media promotions.

Bethania Palma

Published Jan 23, 2020

DEDHAM, MA - NOVEMBER 8: A chicken sandwich with waffle fries is pictured at the Chick-Fil-A restaurant in Dedham, MA on Nov. 8, 2017. (Photo by David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) (David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
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Claim:
Chick-fil-A is giving away free meals from the chain in 2020.
Rating:
Outdated
Outdated

About this rating

In January 2020, posts on Facebook from December 2019 recirculated, stating that the fast food chain Chick-fil-A was promoting a free food offer. 

The promotions were indeed real, at least at one point. A representative for Chick-fil-A told Snopes that each Chick-fil-A location is a locally owned and operated franchise and could hold special promotions limited to each location. So the promotions seen in the above posts applied only at those specific restaurants. 

Both Chick-fil-A restaurants pictured above — in McCalla, Alabama, and Dalton, Georgia — invited customers to enter a drawing for a chance to win free Chick-fil-A meals for the year of 2020.

But deadlines to enter both promotions passed in December 2019. Therefore we rate the claim about the promotions as "Outdated." 

By Bethania Palma

Bethania Palma is a journalist from the Los Angeles area who started her career as a daily newspaper reporter and has covered everything from crime to government to national politics. She has written for ... read more

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