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Why has chick-fil-a become so popular?
- Thread starter Skai
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Y'all must not be New Yorkers. Idgaf how courteous the person behind the counter is as long as I get my food. When is there even an opportunity to be rude? Its fast food.
My store in pa has a slow breakfast but cfa certainly has a lockdown in other locations. Mostly more in the south. I saw a report of a store doing 17k for breakfast last month in one day. Breakfast is 4 hours. That's more then 4k an hour. I'm not sure how the store didn't burst into flames.
When Taco Bell tells the only car in the drive-thru that your order can only be less than 10 total items(that counts each item in a box or combo) on a Friday or Saturday night.
Or McDonald's employee saying "our milkshake/ice cream machine is broken" because they are lazy.
McDonald's employee handing a drink over without ice because the automatic one isn't working and they don't want to go scoop any.
Or the drink machine doesn't fill the drink at all and the employee slaps a lid on a half full drink and hands it over anyway.
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To let their employees go to church like God intended.
I once requested that a Big Mac be cut in half, and was told "We don't do that".
I would have been mad but I thought the lady being so blunt and not giving any fucks was kinda funny. Like, you and I both know you have knives in your kitchen....and people capable of cutting a sandwich in half......and yet you're still going to try and bullshit me because you just don't feel like taking a special request? Gotta laugh at that.
We once ordered a hamburger at McDonalds, plain with "nothing on it".. We got a bun with no meat.
Not sure it's rude but doesn't take much on the IQ scale to figure we probably wanted meat on it. It was mostly just funny but anyways..
I have had this happen at Taco Bell as well as McDonald's , i wouldn't even be that mad after a good laugh at the stupidity but it happens too often to be funny anymore.
They changed CEOs from a father (S. Truett Cathy) to his son (Dan Cathy). That was kind of unrelated since it was his son, Dan Cathy, who was the one who started the same sex controversy (he was COO at the time). He was PROMOTED to CEO after making the multiple anti LBGT statements.
It is true that they mostly changed their donating habits but I wouldn't really go as far as saying they're modernizing. Their stance now is just to stay out of politics and not parade around their religious beliefs. They are who they've always been according to a statement Mike Huckabee was waving around.
Pretty much sums up my thoughts.
Hell, the one near me usually has little monthly promotions like free breakfast once a week (usually it's something random, but a free Chicken Biscuit is nice).
Yeah, their upper management's beliefs are terrible (then again, so are many other companies...), but not every restaurant shares the same sentiments.
Well yeah, that's exactly what happened.
The news came out about them donating to anti-LGBT groups.
People got pissed.
They said they would stop donating to anti-LGBT groups.
Everyone said "ok" and started going there again.
Also, while I'm here, not a lot of people have mentioned the waffle fries, which are some of the best fast food fries in the business.
Just got back from Chick-Fil-A where they messed up my order. Drove all the way home only to find out the fries are missing.
But yeah, I think it's mostly a political thing. All the customers I see are white upper-class families. You'd be surprised how many conservatives feel it's their patriotic duty to go to Chick-Fil-A. See this news story from 2012:
Chick-fil-A Supporters Line Up for Appreciation Day
Personally, I think their chicken is mediocre but the fries are great.
But yeah, I think it's mostly a political thing. All the customers I see are white upper-class families. You'd be surprised how many conservatives feel it's their patriotic duty to go to Chick-Fil-A. See this news story from 2012:
Chick-fil-A Supporters Line Up for Appreciation Day
Personally, I think their chicken is mediocre but the fries are great.
Everyone talks about the homophobia but they no longer donate to those causes and even before that had openly gay employees that weren't fired for it and supposedly well supported.
The food is good and the service is better than a lot of sit down restaurants. And that lemonade!
The food is good and the service is better than a lot of sit down restaurants. And that lemonade!
At least when I go into a McDonald's and use their kiosk, I'm dealing with a cold, non-feeling machine, similar to the actual company that is running it.
compared to the workers at a chic-fil-a, a facade of a similar company that went the extra step of being "nice" when behind the scenes it was anything but.
It's the service and the fact that they treat their employees like actual human beings.
They have a ton of educational/foundation opportunities for employees to go to college, etc. They also most likely pay better and you can tell. The one by my house is a madhouse that has at least two events for kids every week but I never see an employee public ally displaying a "bad time."
They have a ton of educational/foundation opportunities for employees to go to college, etc. They also most likely pay better and you can tell. The one by my house is a madhouse that has at least two events for kids every week but I never see an employee public ally displaying a "bad time."
Speak of the devil, I just got back with my grilled chicken sandwich from there. I go because they're fast, efficient, good, and friendly. I also can see they hire appropriately and don't overwork the kids working there, which makes me feel better.
I have never had it. I feel like it was talked about more like 4-5 years ago. Not so much now. Looks decent..... But I prefer Raising Cane's if we are talkin' fast 'just chicken'.
Cane's is the fucking best. Fresh cooked food and those tenders are delicious.I have never had it. I feel like it was talked about more like 4-5 years ago. Not so much now. Looks decent..... But I prefer Raising Cane's if we are talkin' fast 'just chicken'.
so how could it be modern and less conservative as the person i quoted seems to think
I always assumed they were popular as most places in bf egypt don't have many good or any options to chose from. i remember trying them out when they first popped up in socal and thinking "wow is this really it?" In socal we have an abundance of mom and pop burger restaurants that have always sold these types of chicken sandwiches so trying chik fil for the first time wan't that special. Their stores are clean and the employees overly courteous, if a bit stepford wive sometimes.
It's not a facade. Not lower than the executive level at least.
I've talked about my experiences working there before. One of the rare companies where the operator actually gives a damn about their employees.
Why is opening on Sundays your measure of them being "less conservative?"
It's not just about manners. The dine-in experience and service is excellent, especially for families with little kids.
LOL. So cringe.
Every time I run into someone who says "my pleasure", I can't help but think of CFA.
Their food is sooo good. I am partial to their Polynesian sauce.
No one wants to be a New Yorker except people already cursed with being New Yorkers.
The rest of us actually appreciate positive human interactions.
No one wants to be a New Yorker except people already cursed with being New Yorkers.
The rest of us actually appreciate positive human interactions.
Obviously you still have your protesters out there but people in general kind of just stopped caring, truth be told.
The food is really good and the service is very friendly and well kept, at least for the ones I go to.
They don't just fund anti-LGBT organizations but pro-life ones too. Can't eat at a Chic fil A and feel ok about it. Their official corporate mission statement is "glorify God and enrich the lives of everyone we touch." Get a chicken sandwich somewhere else.
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That's Costco chicken.
$5 gets you a completely roasted chicken.
If only this topic were about Costco's popularity instead of CFA's....
I often wonder this myself. We've had chick fill a around here forever, and no one I know was eating there. Now if you go to any location its super busy all the time. My unfounded theory was the homophobia paid off for them in a big way. Right wingers rallied around it and spread the gospel of their delicious sandwiches.
All their food is well made and extremely consistent. Their customer service is top notch as well.
