Don’t have a cow — come dressed as one

Wed, 07/08/2009 - 5:59pm
By: Cal Beverly

Starr’s Mill Chick-fil-A restaurant to give away free meals to ‘cow-clad’ customers, golf carts this Friday

In the “moo”d for a free meal? As part of the chain’s fifth-annual Cow Appreciation Day celebration, the Chick-fil-A at Starr’s Mill (1222 Highway 74 South) is offering a free meal (breakfast, lunch or dinner) to any customer who visits fully dressed as a cow on Friday, July 10.

In celebration of Cow Appreciation Day, the chain’s popular Chick-fil-A “Eat Mor Chikin” cows are encouraging customers to dress head to hoof as a cow. Customers fully dressed as a cow will be rewarded with a free Chick-fil-A Meal, which includes an entrée of choice, a side item and a beverage.

For those who are too timid to wear full cow costumes, the restaurant will award a complimentary entrée to customers partially dressed in cow attire, such as a cow-spotted scarf, purse, hat or other accessory.

Cow creativity is not limited to human décor. The designer of the most creative cow-clad golf cart will receive a year’s worth of free Chick-fil-A (52 Chick-fil-A meal coupons).

Entrants should visit the Starr’s Mill location with their cow-carts between 10:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. or 5 – 8 p.m on Friday, July 10. Each entry will be photographed for final judging and will receive a small participation gift.

“Cow Appreciation Day gives us a chance to interact first-hand with our most loyal and creative customers,” said Doug Barnett, franchise operator of the restaurant. “If you’re willing to dress up like a cow for a free meal, it says a lot about how much you love Chick-fil-A. While the day is intended to be a fun way to reward our customers with free food, my team and I enjoy seeing the creativity of the Starr’s Mill community at this event each year.”

Chick-fil-A has launched a special website dedicated to the occasion, www.cowappreciationday.com.

In addition to providing further details about the event, the site offers cow costume tips as well as downloadable cow spots, masks and other bovine-themed accessories for customers to use to create their costumes.

The site also will host two online photo contests: one contest for adults 18 and older and another for children 10 and under. Both contests will award free Chick-fil-A products for a year to the best cow-dressed customers, and children also will have the opportunity to win a $1,000 U.S. Series EE Savings Bond and a digital camera through the kid’s photo contest.

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