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Chester's Chicken celebrates commercial truckers with giveaway

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November 9, 2022

Chester's Chicken, in conjunction with Love's Travel Stops, will celebrate professional truck drivers with its annual Truckersgiving. On Nov. 17, Chester's and Love's will hand out a free Super Snack meal for the first 100 guests at each Chester's located in Love's Travel Stops. The first 20 commercial truck drivers who show their CDL will also receive a Chester's trucker hat, according to a press release.

"The role of professional drivers remains critical — especially during the holiday season — with the average driver clocking 60 hours of driving in one week," William Culpepper, vice president of marketing for Chester's Chicken, said in the press release. "We launched the first Truckersgiving with Love's last year, and it was so well received that we had to bring it back in an even bigger way. Truck drivers are some of our best and most loyal customers, so offering this free meal to drivers across the country is our way of saying thank you for their important work."

The Super Snack meal includes two pieces of Chester's signature fried chicken – a leg and a thigh – and a side of potato wedges.

There are 141 Chester's restaurants found within Love's, spanning 34 states. Roughly 60 professional drivers visit a Love's two to three times in an average week – and the week prior to Thanksgiving is one of the busiest times for truck traffic.

"Professional drivers can't be thanked enough for their hours on the road," Joe Cotton, vice president of restaurant services at Love's, said in the press release. "Truckersgiving is a new favorite tradition we're proud to host with Chester's Chicken to celebrate our professional truck driver customers and kick off the holiday season."

Chester's Chicken operates 1,100 locations.