{"id":26751,"date":"2019-01-14T10:06:56","date_gmt":"2019-01-14T16:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=26751"},"modified":"2019-01-14T10:06:56","modified_gmt":"2019-01-14T16:06:56","slug":"apsu-first-college-in-country-to-have-chick-fil-a-kiosks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2019\/01\/14\/apsu-first-college-in-country-to-have-chick-fil-a-kiosks\/","title":{"rendered":"APSU first college in country to have Chick-fil-A kiosks"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Austin Peay State University (APSU)<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-324279\" title=\"Austin Peay State University - APSU\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Austin-Peay-State-University-APSU.jpg\" alt=\"Austin Peay State University - APSU\" width=\"250\" height=\"64\"\/><strong>Clarksville, TN<\/strong> &#8211; Austin Peay State University (APSU) students returning to campus this week will notice something different in the Morgan University Center\u2019s food court \u2013 several state-of-the-art digital kiosks in front of the venue\u2019s Chick-fil-A.<\/p>\n<p>The ordering stations are part of a new, $257,000 renovation of the restaurant, and the APSU location marks the first time Chick-fil-A has installed the kiosks on a college campus.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_442138\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Austin-Peay-State-University-first-college-in-country-to-have-Chick-fil-A-kiosks.jpg\"  class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-442138\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-442138\" title=\"Chick-fil-A on Austin Peay State University now has several state-of-the-art digital kiosks.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Austin-Peay-State-University-first-college-in-country-to-have-Chick-fil-A-kiosks-480x214.jpg\" alt=\"Chick-fil-A on Austin Peay State University now has several state-of-the-art digital kiosks.\" width=\"480\" height=\"214\"\/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-442138\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chick-fil-A on Austin Peay State University now has several state-of-the-art digital kiosks.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re excited to offer a technology-based solution for our tech-savvy college guests,\u201d Lauren Fladger, with Chick-fil-A\u2019s Service and Hospitality team, said. \u201cWe also wanted to phase out the self-service model and elevate the hospitality experience while acknowledging that college campuses have different dynamics than our traditional restaurants.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The University\u2019s Chick-fil-A location closed in early December for the demolition and renovation, funded by Chartwells, Austin Peay\u2019s dining services contractor. The new venue opened today, January 14th, to coincide with the beginning of the spring semester at APSU. With the new kiosks, customers will receive made-to-order meals, like they would in a traditional store, rather than the grab-and-go concept previously used.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe appreciate and value the relationship we have with Chartwells and Chick-fil-A,\u201d Joe Mills, Austin Peay State University assistant vice president for Student Affairs\/director of Housing, said. \u201cWe are excited to be the first campus in the nation to offer a first-class experience for our students at APSU.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The venue\u2019s aesthetics also were modernized as part of the renovation. Digital menu boards replaced the old menu boards, and orders now come with QR codes to speed up the checkout process at the register.<\/p>\n<p>For information, call 931.221.7474 or visit <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/new.dineoncampus.com\/apsu\" >https:\/\/new.dineoncampus.com\/apsu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Austin Peay State University (APSU) Clarksville, TN &#8211; Austin Peay State University (APSU) students returning to campus this week will notice something different in the Morgan University Center\u2019s food court \u2013 several state-of-the-art digital kiosks in front of the venue\u2019s Chick-fil-A. The ordering stations are part of a new, $257,000 renovation of the restaurant, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[23,1355,262,4159,4749,825,9375],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xGYI-6Xt","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26751"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26751"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26751\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26752,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26751\/revisions\/26752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}