Camp out for a free year of Chick-fil-A at new store near Gwinnett

Customers, like the people in this file photo, can camp out for a chance at free Chick-fil-A for a year at a new Braselton location.

Customers, like the people in this file photo, can camp out for a chance at free Chick-fil-A for a year at a new Braselton location.

Hop over the Gwinnett County line on Thursday and you could get a year of free Chick-fil-A meals.

A new Chick-fil-A location is opening in Braselton, which straddles four counties: Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson and Barrow. Residents in parts of all four counties, plus a few others in metro Atlanta, are eligible to receive the free year of chicken.

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If you live in one of the eligible zip codes (check here), you can show up to the store at 2600 Old Winder Highway between 5:30 a.m. and 6 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 10 and remain there for the next 24 hours, until the store opens at 6 a.m. on Jan. 11. If more than 100 people show up before 6 a.m. on Jan. 10, the 100 camp-out participants will be chosen via a random drawing, according to giveaway rules.

The reward for spending 24 hours outside the soon-to-open restaurant is one free meal each week for 52 weeks.

Cities with eligible zip codes for the camp-out include Johns Creek, Roswell, Alpharetta, Duluth, Norcross, Lawrenceville, Chamblee, Dunwoody, Brookhaven, Lithonia, Conyers and Gainesville. Check Chick-fil-A's website for the full list of zip codes.

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