Chick-fil-A worker accused of $80K mac-and-cheese refund scheme

Former Texas employee allegedly rang up around 800 fake orders of the popular side item, then issued refunds to himself

Published Apr 30, 2026  •  Last updated 22 minutes ago  •  2 minute read

Chick-fil-A's mac & cheese. Photo by Chick-fil-A press

A former Chick-fil-A employee in Texas is accused of pulling off a bizarre and pricey scam — using mac and cheese to siphon off tens of thousands of dollars.

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Keyshun Jones, who worked at a location in Grapevine near Dallas, was fired in November 2025 but didn’t stay away for long. Cops claim he kept slipping back into the restaurant, ringing up fake orders and refunding them straight to his own credit card.

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Over time, those refunds added up in a big way

By the time authorities caught on, Jones had allegedly processed around 800 orders of mac and cheese — one of the chain’s most popular sides — pocketing more than $80,000, Fox 4 reported.

The scheme started raising red flags when the restaurant noticed a flood of suspicious refunds. That triggered an investigation, with details later picked up by the New York Post. Security footage reportedly shows Jones at the register, allegedly entering orders for mac-and-cheese trays and then issuing refunds to himself repeatedly.

A simple trick that proved costly

According to a news release shared with People by the Grapevine Police Department, Jones had already been let go a month earlier and was not being supervised when he allegedly carried out the theft. The restaurant’s owner-operator, Jarvis Boyd, reported the issue to police back in November 2025, kicking off the investigation.

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Authorities eventually issued an arrest warrant on April 6. But Jones didn’t go quietly. The release says he avoided capture through several attempts before finally being arrested on April 17, with help from the Texas Attorney General’s Fugitive Task Force and the Fort Worth Police Department.

Now, Jones is facing a list of serious charges, including property theft, money laundering and evading arrest. If convicted, he could spend up to 10 years behind bars, according to the New York Post.

In this image taken from video, police are on the scene of a shooting at a Chick-fil-A restaurant on Saturday, April 11, 2026, in Union, N.J. Photo by WABC /via AP

In other Chick-fil-A news …

The oddball mac-and-cheese scheme isn’t the only recent headline tied to Chick-fil-A.

In New Jersey, a mass shooting at one of the chain’s locations last month left one person dead and six others injured, with suspects still on the loose and the investigation ongoing, according to a previous Toronto Sun report.

Meanwhile, in a completely different kind of controversy, eight employees at another location were fired after a TikTok video showing them doing a chest-bounce dance in uniform went viral, racking up more than seven million views.

The person who filmed the clip claimed the company’s Christian leadership took issue with the video, leading to the firings.

“Every single last one us got fired,” TikToker Land(in) said, per the New York Post — noting the irony that it all happened on a Sunday, the one day Chick-fil-A famously closes so staff can rest and worship.

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