Couple uses poultry power to quickly grow SWFL eatery franchise territory

Couple, facing obstacles from labor to site location, aims to take a big bite out of the fast casual chicken restaurant sector..

Kendal Potesta and Scott Pace plan to open six Chicken Salad Chick locations in Southwest Florida. (Stefania Pifferi.)
Kendal Potesta and Scott Pace plan to open six Chicken Salad Chick locations in Southwest Florida. (Stefania Pifferi.)
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When Kendal Potesta and Scott Pace stopped to eat at a Tampa-area Chicken Salad Chick several years ago, they didn’t know they’d be discovering their next business venture. Potesta was pregnant with their first child, and they saw the restaurant driving home from a doctor’s appointment.

 

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