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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDid Chik fil-a lose business with their 'hate the gay' stance?
Oh, I am in it again.
I think some show called "Duck Dynasty" has got the monkeys rattled.
KurtNYC
(14,549 posts)Food is a uniter. Bigotry is a divider.
http://www.businessinsider.com/chick-fil-a-backlash-not-over-yet-2012-10
JI7
(89,264 posts)edhopper
(33,615 posts)but it will certainly lose most of it's advertisers if Duckwad Dipshit stays on.
Autumn
(45,120 posts)Palin Robertson 2016. That's right up your monkeys ally, so give them a banana and they can rejoice.
Pretzel_Warrior
(8,361 posts)this country, then it is a massive fail. It's much harder to proactively go eat at a restaurant "to support the owners' stance" than it is to avoid a restaurant because of the owners' stance.
So notwithstanding the counter protests of religious douche bags lining up to go buy a crappy chicken sandwich in solidarity with "gay hate", I would think it is a net negative for them.
FarCenter
(19,429 posts)I'd bet that duck calls are flying off the shelves.
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FSogol
(45,525 posts)madville
(7,412 posts)Drive-thru lines around the building and no parking spots. I've never seen a large franchise place with such a dedicated customer base.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)I don't think we can really know
K.O. Stradivarius
(115 posts)Burlington Mall in MA (I believe Chick Fil A only has two locations in this state).
Every time I go there, it usually has the longest lines of all the other eatery's in the food court (and the food court there has more variety and choices than any other mall I've been in).