Someone? This is a business meant to be serving patrons in the third busiest airport in the country, and they close for an entire day. Newsflash, the airport doesn't close Sundays, and if you're going to be servicing a rather important part of it, neither should your business. I have zero respect for their justification in doing so, either. Corporations are not people. They don't have 'religious beliefs'.
I'd have been perfectly content for Chick-Fil-A to stay out of Calgary altogether.
I still agree with the sentiment of your comment. It doesn't serve anybody to take up valuable space in the airport and be closed part of the time. Has YYC considered the possibility of enticing other chains here that might be a better fit for an airport? Gees.. bring "Jack in the Box" or "Sonic" here.
I still agree with the sentiment of your comment. It doesn't serve anybody to take up valuable space in the airport and be closed part of the time. Has YYC considered the possibility of enticing other chains here that might be a better fit for an airport? Gees.. bring "Jack in the Box" or "Sonic" here.
Technically speaking, as long as they pay for their monthly rental space, YYC won't care if they close on Sundays. Businesses can set their own hours, and it's their decision to lose revenue from closing on Sunday.
FWIW, I wouldn't support their restaurant out of principle.
It was tasty - not gay-bashing tasty, but alright. To be honest, they got more mileage out of the controversy as I never heard of the place before it all erupted some months ago.
It might be an option if I'm flying out and starving some day, but not a place I would go out of my way for. It seemed to be on the same level as the chicken sandwich at Mary Brown's.
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To be honest, they got more mileage out of the controversy as I never heard of the place before it all erupted some months ago.
Yeah, and that's a big part of why I want to avoid it. We're in a terrible place as a society if companies know that gay bashing will increase their profits.
I thought I'd read that they'd stopped giving money to such organizations and that the CEO came out and said he regretted getting political with the company.
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I thought I'd read that they'd stopped giving money to such organizations and that the CEO came out and said he regretted getting political with the company.
For me, that's not good enough. Forgiveness will require an action to offset what they've done (like, for instance, a $20 million donation to PFLAG).
Yeah, and that's a big part of why I want to avoid it. We're in a terrible place as a society if companies know that gay bashing will increase their profits.
Haven't tried the chicken yet, but if a company outright said they oppose gay and lesbians, went through a massive public backlash AND still in business today... their chicken must be THAT good.
Just caught a news story on CTV. Pretty much a fluff piece, but did say that on Sundays they will prepare the chicken sandwiches on site, then have a different vendor in the airport sell them
With the decline of the big crunch over the years at KFC, not a lot of good options for fast chicken sandwiches. Wendys is the only one I get now and that wont change as I wont give this company any of my money.
I thought I'd read that they'd stopped giving money to such organizations and that the CEO came out and said he regretted getting political with the company.
Right. But the CEO personally opposes gay marriage and his family happens to own the company, so you are lining his pockets and indirectly giving money to him.
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I still agree with the sentiment of your comment. It doesn't serve anybody to take up valuable space in the airport and be closed part of the time. Has YYC considered the possibility of enticing other chains here that might be a better fit for an airport? Gees.. bring "Jack in the Box" or "Sonic" here.
I 2nd Sonic and Jack in the Box. Sonic is an Oklahoman company and their cheese tater tots are AWESOME! Jack in the box is ok. Great breakfast sandwiches... served all day. Their claim to fame for me is those greasy tacos that taste amazing when your drunk.
Right. But the CEO personally opposes gay marriage and his family happens to own the company, so you are lining his pockets and indirectly giving money to him.
Yeah, I really wish people wouldn't. I thought it would be different in Canada, but judging by this thread, it's "who cares, chicken is chicken, so shut up and take my money!".
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Right. But the CEO personally opposes gay marriage and his family happens to own the company, so you are lining his pockets and indirectly giving money to him.
I imagine that I disagree with the politics of a whole lot of companies I patronize.
I'm not one to get too involved in politics or causes. But I did find Chick Fil A's policies and comments to have crossed the line for what I thought was acceptable. It didn't help seeing the Tea Party crowd lining up for miles showing their support and all that crap.
So I stopped going for about 6 months, when i used to take my kids there pretty regularly. I thought their change of direction was adequate enough and didn't mind going again. It seemed their motivation was less about profit, as it wasn't really hurting them financially, and more about realizing they were offending and hurting a lot of franchisees and owners.
Also, I do have to say, in their favour, that they are one of the most involved companies around here in supporting kids sports, schools, etc. And the employees look a lot happier than McDonald's.
I think there are very few companies you could dig very deeply into without finding an executive supporting some pretty offensive causes, or doing some pretty offensive things.
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I'm not one to get too involved in politics or causes. But I did find Chick Fil A's policies and comments to have crossed the line for what I thought was acceptable. It didn't help seeing the Tea Party crowd lining up for miles showing their support and all that crap.
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I think there are very few companies you could dig very deeply into without finding an executive supporting some pretty offensive causes, or doing some pretty offensive things
Sure, but there was no digging deep for chick filet.
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In January 2011, the media reported that Chick-fil-A was co-sponsoring a marriage conference with the Pennsylvania Family Institute (PFI), an organization that has opposed same-sex marriage legislation.[32] Chick-fil-A clarified that "one of our independent Restaurant Operators in Pennsylvania was asked to provide sandwiches to two Art of Marriage video seminars."[33] The WinShape Foundation, a charitable organization founded by Truett and his wife, also stated it would not allow same-sex couples to participate in its marriage retreats.[34][35]
Chick-fil-A has donated over $5 million, via WinShape, to groups that oppose same-sex marriage. Of this, more than $3 million was donated primarily to Christian organizations whose agendas included positions that some consider to be anti-gay,[36] with the money donated between 2003 and 2009.[37] A total of $1.9 million was donated in 2010 to groups such as the Marriage & Family Foundation, Exodus International and the Family Research Council (FRC).[38] That year, the FRC, which received $1,000[37] was listed as an anti-gay[39] hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.[
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In June and July 2012, Chick-fil-A Chief operating officer Dan T. Cathy made several public statements supporting the traditional family, saying about same-sex marriage that those who "have the audacity to define what marriage is about" were "inviting God's judgment on our nation".[4
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In response to the controversy, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee initiated a Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day movement to counter a boycott of Chick-fil-A launched by same-sex marriage activists.[52][53][54] More than 600,000 people RSVPed on Facebook for Huckabee's appreciation event.[53] On August 1, Chick-fil-A restaurants experienced a large show of public support across the nation with the company reporting record-breaking sales.[52][53][54] A consulting firm estimated that the average Chick-fil-A restaurant had 29.9 percent more sales and 367 more customers than on a typical Wednesday.[1]
Just sickening stuff. Really wish we'd turn our backs on them in Calgary, despite their attempts to clean up their image (obviously they still hold these views, but now know to keep their mouths shut).
Right. But the CEO personally opposes gay marriage and his family happens to own the company, so you are lining his pockets and indirectly giving money to him.
True, though that in itself isn't that big a deal to me. I'm sure there's tons of businesses with lots of people that work for it that think things I'd find objectionable that are benefiting from my dollars. If I tried to avoid all of them it'd be a race between death by starvation and death by exposure.
Their actions are, to me, what made it really bad. And since they backed off on their actions, that at least somewhat mitigates things for me. At least enough that I'm not going to feel bad if I want to try their product.
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lol. Well played... a little too well played.
