Jim Thompson, COO at Chicken Salad Chick, has over 25 years of leading operations teams that also includes Wendy’s, Kings Family Restaurants, Papa Gino’s and D’Angelo. At Chicken Salad Chick, Jim has built operations, training, management systems, and purchasing from the ground up that have been integral to the successful growth of Chicken Salad Chick’s from six locations to over 85 over the past four years. Chicken Salad Chick has earned recognition for its successful growth including being named one of Nation’s Restaurant News “Hot Concepts”, Fast Casual Magazines Top 100 in 2016 and #37 among Inc. Magazines Top 500 fastest growing US companies in 2016.
