Chick-fil-A announced plans Monday to open nine new restaurants across Western Pennsylvania by the end of 2028.
The company expects the multiyear expansion to create roughly 1,080 jobs across the region.
North of Pittsburgh, a new Chick-fil-A is slated to open in Mars in October, followed by Butler in spring 2027 and Gibsonia in 2028.
Along the Interstate 80 corridor, restaurants are planned for Hermitage and DuBois by the end of 2028.
East of Pittsburgh, locations are planned for Indiana in spring 2027 and Murrysville, Latrobe and Johnstown by the end of 2028.
“As we expand the brand, we’re focused on creating more opportunities for local ownership, which in turn leads to new jobs and developing leaders within the restaurant,” Chad Terry, Chick-fil-A’s Northeast region area director, said in a prepared statement Monday.
As part of the expansion, Chick-fil-A Inc. has pledged to donate $25,000 to a Feeding America partner food bank or affiliate for each new restaurant opened. The company said it has donated $585,000 to hunger relief efforts across Pennsylvania since 2020.
Chick-fil-A shifted its charitable giving strategy in 2019, ending donations to organizations that had drawn criticism from LGBTQ advocates and focusing instead on education, homelessness and hunger.
The brand currently has 20 locally owned and operated restaurants in Western Pennsylvania. Its most recent regional location opened in Uniontown in 2025. The region’s first Chick-fil-A opened at Westmoreland Mall in 1979.
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