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    • Home
    • Exhibition Gallery
    • Exhibits
      • The Cow Sandwich
      • Haystack Fries
      • The Land and Air
      • Sea biscuits
      • The “k” Controversy
      • Branding Timeline
    • About Chic-fil-a Archive
Chic-fil-a Archive
  • Home
  • Exhibition Gallery
  • Exhibits
    • The Cow Sandwich
    • Haystack Fries
    • The Land and Air
    • Sea biscuits
    • The “k” Controversy
    • Branding Timeline
  • About Chic-fil-a Archive

The “k” changed everything

Unearthing a forgotten brand

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Discover the premodern poultry empire that shaped American fast food history — then disappeared beneath a sea of rebranding.

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Welcome to Chic-fil-a Archive Museum

CFAA Mission

The Chic-Fil-A Archive documents the evolution, experimentation, and eventual disappearance of a once-proud chicken brand. Our mission is to preserve lost menu items, internal communications, and regional marketing relics once common in locations across the American South. Through recovered materials and verified artifact reconstructions, we aim to honor the brand that came before the spelling change.

Images of Chic-Fil-A branding over time

    Please enjoy each exhibit equally.

    Enjoy the archives!

    Take your time browsing through recovered advertisements, failed product launches, and fragments of franchise history. Whether you’re a former employee, a culinary anthropologist, or a casual visitor — our exhibits are open to all! 

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    Quick FAQs

    Get our top three questions here but check out the full faqs for more detailed answers and more questions on Chic-fil-a’s covert past and our archive. 

    Yes. Internal documents confirm the name “Chic-Fil-A” was used extensively prior to the rebranding effort of the early 1970s. A concerted effort has been discovered to bury the history along with other failed projects. 

    Absolutely. It launched in select markets in 1993 and was pulled within three months. Somehow during this time an Air and Sea combo as well as straight-cut fries all overlapped, check our exhibits for the proof!

    According to documents with internal taste audits, most likely. Records list “North Atlantic whitefish (unspecified). Reviews and customers debate the likelihood online and return conclusions similar to other fast food chains. While chicken products contain less debate than average

    Chic-fil-a Archives Homesite

    Located in the original home of Chic-fil-a

    We are the official archive of Chic-Fil-A, the original pre-1970s brand that shaped American chicken culture. Through a curated collection of signage, documents, and advertisements, we uncover the elegant legacy erased by today’s commercial rebranding. This is not a joke to us—it’s food history restored.

    The Chic-fil-a Archive Museum

    Hapeville, GA, USA

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    All we know is in the archives. No reason to talk to us. We don’t hide anything like some corporations. 

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    This archive is a meticulously curated collection honoring a chicken brand that probabilistically exists in some timeline presented solely for educational and historical purposes. It bears no official connection to any chicken-related entities, past, present, or future. All information is considered factually accurate to the best of our ability to fabricate it.

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