Chick-fil-A closes its restaurants on Sundays. Company leader Andrew Cathy says this will not change. He has never worked out how much more money customers might spend on Sundays. His family owns the business. He says the family does not try to make every possible dollar.
His grandfather, S. Truett Cathy, started the Sunday rule in 1946. He opened his first restaurant that year in Hapeville, Georgia. He wanted a day for himself and his workers to rest, see family, or go to church. Andrew Cathy says workers value this day off. They know they do not have to work at least one day each weekend.
Customers spent $23.9 billion at the company's U.S. restaurants in 2025. That was about 5% more than the $22.7 billion they spent in 2024. One simple estimate puts possible extra Sunday sales near $4 billion a year. But that assumes customers spend as much on Sundays as on other days. Some people already buy their food on Saturday or Monday instead.
