About the Archives

The Chic-fil-a Archive is a nonpartisan digital research institute committed to the collection, authentication, and preservation of materials relating to the premodern identity of one of America’s most culturally significant fast food brands. We are recognized by several governing and nongoverning bodies for our work in culinary document retention, regional product archaeology, and mid-century brand orthography.

We are not affiliated with any living fast food chain.

We are affiliated with truth.

Accreditations & Institutional Recognition

• Certified Heritage Repository — Food Historians Council of the Southeastern United States (Unofficial Division)
• Tier-2 Archive Status, as granted by the Greater Gulf Culinary Preservation Network
• Founding Member, Coalition for the Study of Orthographic Brand Drift (CSOBD)
• Recipient of the Golden Cloche – 2021 Honorary Citation in Fast Casual Ephemera

Scholarly Publications & Citations

Our materials have been referenced or misquoted in the following fictional journals:

• The Quarterly Journal of Poultry Identity Studies
• Archives & Mayonnaise: Digest of American Fast Food Recordkeeping
• The South-Atlantic Review of Tray-Based Dining
• Proceedings from the Orthographic Symposium: The K Years
• Meatless Futures: A Retrospective on Lent-Driven Product Innovation (Out of Print)

Affiliated Projects & Research Initiatives

• The Slat Study (1996–1998) — An experimental reconstruction of straight-cut fry standardization
• Project Clamlight — Tartar-based preservation modeling
• The Archive Papers — Ongoing internal journal documenting stylistic, linguistic, and regional inconsistencies across recovered artifacts

Our Collection Includes:

• Training materials and tray liner blueprints
• Product rollout kits and experimental combo forms
• Franchisee field reports and protest memos
• Phased signage updates showing K-integration
• One authentic, unsigned Cow Sandwich wrapper (pending lab analysis)

Location & Governance

Digitally headquartered in Hapeville, Georgia, the Archive operates in compliance with the Charter of Temporal Culinary Accuracy, as drafted in 1983 and never ratified.

All contributors undergo blindfolded sauce alignment testing prior to publication. Our servers are powered by dignity and vinegar-based sentimentality.