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Chick-Fil-A bringing 100 jobs to Palestine
11 Feb 2020
Local murmurs about this well-known national food chain have percolated for months. On February 10th, members of the Palestine City Council made it official, announcing the deal had been cut.
The company plans to hire 80 to 100 part-time employees and 10 to 15 full-time employees. Pay rates for those jobs are not yet known.
“We are excited to welcome a new business to our community,” City Manager Leslie Cloer told the Herald-Press Tuesday. Cloer is also interim director of Palestine Economic Development Corporation.
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