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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
Exactly, if an area is meant to provide services to travellers or customers in a specific area, it is not beneficial to have some of those services unavailable on the busiest days. It also looks poor if some are closed. If you open a store in a mall, you are not allowed to close on Sundays, you have to follow the hours of the rest of the mall, etc.
If Chick Fil A does not want to be open on Sundays in these areas, then they should make room for some other restaurant or service to move in rather than wasting the space.
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Yes but that is not what is happening. Virtually every single location of Chic Fil A is known to close Sunday's. Landlord's, mall owners and franchisee's are fully aware of the company's business decision to close on Sunday's. That is their right. As I mentioned above, there is no lack of available food or service options in America. There may be some more rural places and some people who might be disappointed that a location is closed but that is a company's right to make that business decision. It's not the government's or the general public. The general public can vote with their dollars and not offer Chic Fil A any business. Personally I have never eaten there or visited a location.
Although not an accurate comparison, Starbuck's is one of the few very large chain's that are not franchised. Almost all the stores are company owned with them only getting into licensing agreements where it's in their best interest or hard to access locations such as airports, arena's, supermarket's etc. They want a presence's but don't have the ability to open a corporate owned store without the landlord taking a piece of the action. When some landlords try to push Starbucks around, Sbux tells them to go pound sand and or close's the location. It's a business decision. If you have leased space to Starbucks, you know their stand and their position on their stores.
Another business decision that companies like Starbucks are making is an accelerated movement to more of a take out model. Little to no seating and little to no access to washrooms etc. If a rest stop is going to be required to provide "services" would that not also force companies to offer value added services above and beyond what they want?
Having grown up in the restaurant, I totally understand how low of a margin business it can be and importance of an around the clock revenue stream. Closing any day of the week or to take family vacations was always a HUGE concern for my family. I also respect the decision of business owners and businesses closing for family and whatever religious purposes they may or may not have.