Consolidated "Chick-fil-A" thread
Mar 15, 2009 | 1:09 pm
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Mar 15, 2009 | 1:29 pm
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Really, people, what's the big deal?
Mar 15, 2009 | 1:57 pm
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You can't possibly know where your money goes after you spend it. To single out one company because you disagree with the religious or philosophical beliefs of the owners is to deny yourself some gooood chicken. Where does your dollar spent at Zaxby's go? KFC? El Pollo Loco? For all I know, they all fund the American Communist Party. So what.
Mar 15, 2009 | 3:01 pm
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Mar 15, 2009 | 4:23 pm
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Went to one at Bellevue Center Mall just outside of Nashville off of I-40 (exit 196), in 2003. Thought it was alright... nothing to write home about. Nice and moist chicken though.
Mar 15, 2009 | 7:48 pm
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Apr 25, 2010 | 7:36 am
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Chick fil a
I like Chick-Fil-A but they are closed on Sunday (goes back to traditual values when alot of business were closed on Sunday) For some time just about any type of business is open on Sunday, Supermakets, Car Dealers, Banks, shopping malls. Do you think they will ever back down to their strong beliefs and open on Sunday.
Apr 25, 2010 | 9:31 am
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I like Chick-Fil-A but they are closed on Sunday (goes back to traditual values when alot of business were closed on Sunday) For some time just about any type of business is open on Sunday, Supermakets, Car Dealers, Banks, shopping malls. Do you think they will ever back down to their strong beliefs and open on Sunday.
The company's statement of corporate purpose says "the business exists to glorify God by being a faithful steward of all that is entrusted to us ..."
I do not believe they will start to open on Sundays. Somehow they get this mall waiver (usually the leases require stores to be open at all open mall hours) even when a local shop in the same mall would be evicted and sued for damages for the same conduct.
Apr 25, 2010 | 9:47 am
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Staying on the business side - I think that mall managements look at what type of traffic and revenue CFA brings in, and then makes the decision as to whether to lease to them with the Sunday closing understood.
In my area, CFA seems to be concentrating more on free-standing locations, since they can offer drive-throughs. But then even Walgreen and CVS are closing older locations that can't offer drive-through and are building new stores with drive-up windows - in Coral Springs (an upscale suburban Broward County location) Walgreens has demolished a not-so-old Borders bookstore and built a big new 24-hour drive-through store.
In my area, CFA seems to be concentrating more on free-standing locations, since they can offer drive-throughs. But then even Walgreen and CVS are closing older locations that can't offer drive-through and are building new stores with drive-up windows - in Coral Springs (an upscale suburban Broward County location) Walgreens has demolished a not-so-old Borders bookstore and built a big new 24-hour drive-through store.
Apr 25, 2010 | 9:57 am
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I like Chick-Fil-A but they are closed on Sunday (goes back to traditual values when alot of business were closed on Sunday) For some time just about any type of business is open on Sunday, Supermakets, Car Dealers, Banks, shopping malls. Do you think they will ever back down to their strong beliefs and open on Sunday.
Apr 25, 2010 | 11:18 am
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One side effect of their No-Sundays policy is that it allows them to be more attractive to workers and (especially) managers. Fast food store managers work an ungodly 
number of hours, and have to be available at a moment's notice when some crisis comes up.
Being able to assure employees that you will have at least one guaranteed day off that won't get overturned is a big draw.
number of hours, and have to be available at a moment's notice when some crisis comes up.Being able to assure employees that you will have at least one guaranteed day off that won't get overturned is a big draw.
Apr 25, 2010 | 11:54 am
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One side effect of their No-Sundays policy is that it allows them to be more attractive to* workers and (especially) managers. Fast food store managers work an ungodly number of hours, and have to be available at a moment's notice when some crisis comes up.
Being able to assure employees that you will have at least one guaranteed day off that won't get overturned is a big draw.
number of hours, and have to be available at a moment's notice when some crisis comes up.Being able to assure employees that you will have at least one guaranteed day off that won't get overturned is a big draw.