President of Chick-Fil-A to Speak on April 29 at The Collins College of Hospitality Management

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 21, 2010

Dan Cathy, president/COO of Chick-fil-A, Inc., will give a guest lecture at Cal Poly Pomona on Thursday, April 29. Cathy will discuss his experience and share industry advice with students from
1 p.m. to 2 p.m. in The Collins College of Hospitality Management’s Wine Auditorium.

Chick-fil-A is one of the nation's largest family-owned quick-service restaurant chains with more than 1,400 restaurants in 37 states and continues to grow. The company does more $3 billion in sales and has experienced 42 consecutive years of annual sales increases. Chick-fil-A is currently pursuing up to 20 new locations in Los Angeles and Orange counties in the next few years.

About The Collins College - Founded in 1973, The Collins College of Hospitality Management is the first and largest four-year hospitality management degree program in California and the only hospitality management college on the West Coast. More than 850 undergraduate students receive a superior education in the state-of-the-art Collins College facilities, where they learn to apply hospitality management theories and concepts to real-world settings. Part of this unique academic experience includes managing and operating the full-service Restaurant at Kellogg Ranch.