Chick-fil-A Free Breakfast Deal Could Add on the Pounds?

By Nicola Menzie, Christian Post Reporter Tuesday, September 06, 2011

Chick-fil-A is offering Americans free breakfast in a week-long, nationwide campaign. The price tag on the fast food chain's sandwiches may read zero, but will those tasty sandwiches add on the pounds?

The nine breakfast entrees customers can choose from include chicken sandwiches, burritos, oatmeal, and more. Using a handy "meal calculator" (http://www.chick-fil-a.com/Food/Meal) on Chick-fil-A's website makes it easy to figure out exactly how much fat, calories, sugar, and sodium are in those meals.

Here's a quick guide on three of the sandwiches being offered for free.

Chick-fil-A Chicken Biscuit:
440 Calories, 20g Fat, 8g Saturated Fat, 25mg Cholesterol, 1230mg Sodium, 47g Carbohydrates, 3g Fiber, 6g Sugar, 17g Protein

Chicken, Egg & Cheese Bagel:
490, Calories, 20g Fat, 6g Saturated Fat, 240mg Cholesterol, 1230mg Sodium, 49g Carbohydrates, 3g Fiber, 8g Sugar, 29g Protein

Sausage Breakfast Burrito:
510 Calories, 29g Fat, 12g Saturated, 265mg Cholesterol, 930mg Sodium, 40g Carbohydrates, 2g Fiber, 2g Sugar, 23gProtein

Visit Chick-fil-A's website to reserve a free breakfast entrée and visit a restaurant between 6:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. from Sept. 6 – 10 with a print out of the reservation to pick up the free meal.

”We have been very intentional about building our breakfast day-part over the past several years,” Steve Robinson, Chick-fil-A’s senior vice president of marketing, said in a press release. “This giveaway allows us to showcase the diversity of our breakfast menu – highlighting our signature breakfast items."

The offer is limited to one free breakfast entrée per customer, per restaurant during the five-day period.