A viral video claims to reveal a trick to get a free Chick-fil-A breakfast, but does it really work?
Popular Instagram account Save With Felix shared a video over the summer showing the creator visiting his local Chick-fil-A and receiving a free breakfast.
According to the story, local stores often have leftover breakfast products just before they stop serving at 10:30 a.m.
For those in the know, simply asking just before curfew can get you a free breakfast, as the staff doesn’t want food to go to waste, the bill suggested.
A writer for The Takeout tried the trick at her local restaurant and had no luck. But on social media, Chick-Fil-A staff and customers confirmed that it does happen, but it depends on several factors.
However, the free breakfast gimmick is more myth than reality. According to The Takeaway.
A popular account reported that there is a trick to get a free Chick-fil-A breakfast
First, some places regularly give away leftover breakfast items, while others don’t, either because managers don’t authorize it or they only cook the items to order.
Second, restaurants that give away food must have unsold items. They will usually only offer things like chicken biscuits or hash browns that have already been cooked.
Finally, staff are more likely to give gifts to customers they like, or at least those who are polite.
“The only time we’ll actually give gifts is if things are already made and on the slides, and you’re nice at the window,” a Chick-fil-A employee said on Reddit in a post.
Another wrote: ‘Not in our store. Most items are discarded. Liability issues.’
“At my store we weren’t busy for breakfast and we didn’t prepare it much, which means we made it to order… no leftovers even for the employees,” added a third.
In another Reddit post, a customer asked “Free chicken biscuits after breakfast?‘ after getting items in the house. The responses suggested it was common.
One said: “In my shop, once breakfast is finished, we distribute the leftover food in our chutes to the guests instead of throwing it away.”
Another said: “If you come at 10:35, this is very likely to happen.”
Below that, another worker chimed in with some solid advice: “Good chance” may be too strong… but it’s definitely a non-zero chance.
“Try to make eye contact with the person coming out with a breakfast tray, but don’t look like you just came for that lol.”
Chick-fil-A lost its title as America’s favorite fast-food restaurant in a recent survey this summer.
Last year, the chain took first place in USA Today’s reader-voted rankings, but this year it was surpassed by KFC and Del Taco.
Meanwhile, Chick-Fil-A is testing its brand new restaurant concept in New York and it’s missing TWO surprising things.
An artistic creation of a cashier-less store designed for places with a lot of foot traffic. It opened in New York in March.
Designed to serve the fast-food giant’s growing digital business, the new drive-thru design will debut this year at a restaurant at the company’s headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia.
There are no cashiers: customers can only order sandwiches, chips and drinks via their mobile phone.
The only staff are those who cook the food and those who deliver it as customers arrive.
And there are no seats or tables, as there have always been in Chick-fil-A restaurants until now, but instead it is intended for a take-out outlet and driver’s pickup.
This new restaurant is one of two digital-focused test concepts the fast-food chain is opening.
The second is the elevated drive-thru concept, which features a four-lane drive-thru, elevated kitchen and ramps to deliver food to customers.
The all-new design, which has lanes running through the center of the building, will debut at the company’s headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, later this year.
Both concepts will spread to other locations in the United States if successful.
