Food Theory: Skip School! Own A Chick Fil A!

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Theorists, are you planning to go or have you gone to college? Maybe you are dreaming of getting into that Ivy League school, like Harvard or Yale. Well, what if I told you there was something you could do that may be HARDER to break into than Harvard but may just make you more money in the long run? That's right, Theorists. It's time to skip the college education and buy a Chick-Fil-A... maybe.


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Credits:
Writers: Matthew Patrick and Tom Robinson
Editors: Jerika (NekoOnigiri), Dan "Cybert" Seibert, and Koen Verhagen
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[hzrd-rs]

I think having a hands-on franchise owner would make being an employee easier. While what you have to do at your job may be harder, having the person making decision see what's happening first hand would probably lead to better working conditions unless they're just incompetent.

[YourLifeWasting]

I'm sorry did he say he read all 403 pages of the franchise document. Ladies and gentlemen and Theorists alike let's give Matt Pat a round of applause. 👏👏👏👏👏

[TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

It's nice to see more people stray from the way of thinking that college needs to be mandatory in order to earn a decent living.

[hankyouverymuch]

As a high school student constantly worrying about college, it’s comforting to know I’m an honor roll food theory student

[viraenthusiast]

food theory is like that one weird kid that constantly tries convincing people with weird theories, but when you listen to him it actually makes sense

[TheMysticJay]

I work at a chickfila and wanted to mention that the operators are on occasion in our store but not 100% all the time. Our operator has built great relationships with our team so I wouldnt say it's that stress to work with him. You are very right that there is sooo much behind the scenes work that goes into running a CFA and I think it's really cool to hear your opinions on something I care about.

[nanciebroadhead]

What if there was a food theory episode about how many different skittle combinations you can have in each bag size and like whether every skittle packet is truly different or how many have the same combination of colours?

[jeshX]

I swear MatPat is like the only person who actually kept using all the knowledge he got from school 💀

[Depasture]

For anyone wondering, Matpat went to Duke University. The national ranking is #9 with a 7.7% acceptance rate.

[loganceraul]

Starbucks Barista here! The company does not franchise at all. All of the stand-alone stores are corporate owned, but the ones located in airports and grocery stores, at least in the US, are licensed.

[BaseTheBanana]

The fact that an operator has to be hands on is not always true. My operator comes in maybe twice a week for an hour at a time. He can do everything quicker then most workers but he’s not there for long.

[ImForgivenButJesusWasForsaken]

I did not realize that so many people who worked at CFA are on this comment section, I worked there for a couple years in High school and community college. I met some great life friends. I was the cow lots of times. The operator was a good guy he did micro manage a bit but the managers where really great. I learned lots, made life long friends there, and had a manager who became a life mentor to me.

[abreebee]

CFA EMPLOYEE HERE:

Ngl I was pretty happy with everything said until around 10:40. Gotta agree with most he said. HOWEVER— most Operators aren’t ‘breathing down their employees necks, micromanaging everything’ etc. CFA views leadership differently (proof: am currently in the leadership program). For one, the idea of servant leadership. Every manager there is helping, doing what needs done, WHILE leading and directing the team. That’s a big part of why we’re so efficient! It’s all in the leadership.

Finally and most importantly— when I first started working there, during my orientation, a trainer was showing me around the store. We walked past front counter, where someone was taking orders. My trainer was like ‘oh, and this is (name), our owner/operator.’ He waved to me and kept working. I was like ‘????’ The person who owns the restaurant??? Is taking orders??? Dang

TLDR the leaders make the job, and MOST* Operators don’t micromanage. I (obviously) can’t speak for every store (I know there are plenty of CFAs with bad management, my bf works at one), but there’s a reason the selection process is so long~

[DoctorBright]

Hey Matt. I recently got covid, so I’ve been eating a lot of chicken noodle soup, and it got me thinking: why do eat chicken noodle soup when we have a cold (or something similar) does it actually help with the symptoms? Boost our immune system? Or is it just placebo? Better yet, deliberate marketing. This felt very much like something I would see food theory, so i would be super interested if you’d make a video around the subject

[rivertoepler]

As someone who works at McDonald's, the original franchise owner had 8 restaurants and split it between his two sons in his will so MatPat's actually pretty accurate with this kind of stuff.

[irbest]

MatPat, I wrote an entire business article and have set career goals for myself in franchising all thanks to this video. It inspired me and led me to really research the process of becoming a franchisee. Thank you for elucidating the details of an industry of which I knew preciously little.

[dinodigger]

As someone who works at a Chic-fil-A, I would say that the owners of the store are NOT breathing down my neck, and that is not just me saying to make the company look good. I was just talking about how I don't feel pressured when I work at Chic-fil-A by my bosses and managers.

[ssumbody]

I’m kinda interested in finding out how many possible subway sandwich combinations there are, and how many would even taste good?

[BeyondthethPanel]

To be an operator, they require you to have at least a Bachelors in any major OR have run your own business for 5 years. So if you think you can skip college for this, then you’ll be disappointed

[connorlewis]

honestly the work environment at chickfila from an employee perspective has been great. we have a tight group of workers and i get along with my team leaders and operator really well.