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Why More Chick-fil-A Operators Are Investing in Education Benefits
Education benefits designed to support retention, leadership development and long-term team growth.
Helping Operators Build Stronger Teams Through Opportunity
Operators are using education benefits to strengthen retention, develop future leaders, and create meaningful opportunities for their teams. For many restaurants, it has become a part of how they invest in people and build long-term culture.
Retention
Give strong team members a reason to stay and grow within the restaurant.
Leadership Development
Develop future shift leaders, directors and long-term team members.
Recruitment
Stand out to students and team members looking for opportunity.
Culture
Build a restaurant culture centered around growth, development and investment in people.
What This Looks Like for Restaurant Teams
Ficus helps Chick-fil-A Operators offer flexible online education opportunities designed for working adults.
Employees can pursue associate, bachelor’s and master’s degrees across areas like business, leadership, IT, healthcare, education and more.
Through participating Operators, eligible team members can access pathways where tuition and textbooks are fully covered.
Programs are fully online with multiple annual start dates, allowing team members to balance school alongside work and life responsibilities.
Ficus also helps support communication, onboarding guidance and ongoing engagement for restaurant teams.
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Fully Online
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Tuition & Textbooks Covered
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Associate, Bachelor’s & Master’s Degrees
This Becomes Bigger Than Education
For many Operators, this becomes about investing in people, developing future leaders, and creating long-term opportunity for team members.
Worth a Quick Conversation?
We’re happy to share how other Operators are approaching education benefits, retention, leadership development and team growth heading into the upcoming school year.
Fall 1 classes begin August 24. Many Operators begin planning several weeks in advance to support team member participation.