Is Chick-fil-A Open on Labor Day 2018? Hours & Deals

Some might suspect that Chick-fil-A would be closed on Labor Day 2018 because Labor Day is an official national holiday. However, the chicken sandwich restaurant is actually open on Labor Day. Many of the stores are operating with more limited hours than normal, however. There’s also a chicken nuggets deal going on.

Chick-fil-A restaurants are generally open on Labor Day. You should check your local Chick-fil-A store for specific hours though because they can vary by location. Indeed, you can even get a special deal on Labor Day and the days after it: Free chicken nuggets. The details for what you need to do to get them are listed later in this article.

The same was true last year. On Labor Day 2017, Chick-fil-A announced on its website, “It’s officially the end of summer – and you deserve a milkshake. Is Chick-fil-A open on Labor Day? Yes, we are. Every Chick-fil-A location is open from 10:30 a.m. until 6:00 p.m., but check with your local Chick-fil-A, as some restaurants may open earlier or later. Come celebrate the end of summer and stop by a Chick-fil-A for one last hot-weather treat. Frosted Lemonade, anyone?” In 2018, Chick-fil-A did not make a similar detailed announcement.

However, you can use the restaurant’s online store search function to pull up detailed information about specific restaurants. When you look up various restaurants, most of them say they are open on Labor Day 2018 from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. as well.

Those are limited hours from the hours for other weekdays. By way of example, the Chick-fil-A restaurant in Brookfield, Wisconsin, lists the following as its hours:

Monday (Labor Day 2018)
10:30 AM-06:00 PM
Tuesday – Saturday
06:00 AM-10:00 PM

A call to that restaurant location, however, revealed that they are actually open until 7:30 p.m., showing the website is not always updated. They are definitely open, though, on Labor Day and said most other Chick-fil-A restaurants are open too into the evening, although closing times vary; they are generally 6 p.m., 6:30 p.m. or 7:30. Thus, a call to your location is a smart idea.

Some restaurants in other areas of the country are also showing the Labor Day 2018 hours as 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the Chick-fil-A website.

Here’s what you need to know:

How to Get Free Chicken Nuggets on Labor Day

You can get free chicken nuggets at Chick-fil-A on Labor Day, although the offer is not expressly a Labor Day deal.

Chick-fil-A announced the freebie in a press release. “Chick-fil-A® is giving away free eight-count Chick-fil-A Nuggets to guests who create or sign into their Chick-fil-A One™ account with the Chick-fil-A Mobile App. The giveaway is available from Aug. 30 to Sept. 29 at the company’s more than 2,300 restaurants nationwide. Customers can choose between pressure-cooked or grilled chicken nuggets,” the release says.

After signing in, you will find the free nuggets in the app’s “My Rewards” section.

“We want to thank the millions of customers who have joined Chick-fil-A One on our mobile app, and this is just a small way to show our appreciation for dining with us,” said Kaitlyn White, senior lead of the Chick-fil-A One Membership program, in the release.

The restaurant chain adds: “The Chick-fil-A App launched in 2016 and rose to the number one spot in the iTunes App Store only a few hours after the app was announced. The Chick-fil-A App is available via the Apple App Store or Google Play.”

Chick-fil-A is giving the freebie “to everyone who creates a Chick-fil-A One account or signs into the chicken chain’s updated smartphone app,” according to USA Today.

The free chicken nuggets offer is for the eight-count nuggets, and you can get them regular or grilled. More than 2,300 locations throughout the United States are participating in the deal.

Chick-fil-A is trying to promote the app because the company recently redesigned it. Customers can use the app to “earn points with every purchase for a chance at free food,” WILX.com reports.

Chick-fil-A explains on its website, “Members earn points with every purchase, earning more points per dollar spent as they reach new membership tiers. Points can be used to redeem available rewards or members can choose to save their points for redemption later. A list of available rewards and points needed for redemption are available in-app or through a member’s online profile.”

The History of Labor Day

Why is Labor Day celebrated in the United States? It’s important to remember that it wasn’t always about cooking (or eating) out. According to USA Today, the origins of the holiday derive from the poor working conditions in the 1800s. Children worked dangerous jobs, work days were incredibly long, and workers often faced hazards on the job, the newspaper reported. Congress made the first Monday every September a national Labor Day in 1894 after a workers’ strike and riots broke out over the bleak working conditions for many Americans, USA Today reported.

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