Chick-fil-A restaurants opening in Bradenton, Tampa hire 160 staff

Two Chick-fil-A restaurants are opening this week in the region, including one in Bradenton that is welcoming guests for its grand opening and another in Tampa that has relocated. Both will be in business effective Thursday, May 15.

Chick-fil-A will open in Bayshore Gardens at 6010 14th St. W. in Bradenton starting at 6:30 a.m. It will be open Monday to Saturday until 9 p.m., with the drive-thru available until 10 p.m. The eatery will offer dine-in, drive-thru, carryout, delivery and catering service. 

To staff the restaurant, owner-operator Nathan Anderson hired 130 employees, according to a statement. Anderson, a Florida native, served as a Chick-fil-A owner-operator in Colorado for nearly a decade before moving his family as well as his entire leadership team to the area to open the Bradenton restaurant.