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Wow, it must have really hit them. I didn't think that it was going to be that big of a deal (or that enough people would have the conviction to stick with not buying from them), but I guess I was wrong.
http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/blog...giving_mo.html
No need for politicians to stupidly (and illegally) try to ban Chick-fil-A from it's cities, the market spoke pretty clearly that it didn't like what Chick-fil-A was doing and the company changed course.
On the downside, my idea for a Gay-friendly, turkey and chicken sandwich shop , called "Gobble N' " is now ruined.
Wow, it must have really hit them. I didn't think that it was going to be that big of a deal (or that enough people would have the conviction to stick with not buying from them), but I guess I was wrong.
Ha, I guess Chick Fil A appreciation day wasn't all that appreciative in the long run.
I know the owners.. Neal and Bob
Where's Crookshanks? I thought that Chik-Fil-A was supposed to become the next McDonald's because of their anti-gay policies?
That's a cry for help.
Let's all boycott companies that have owners/execs that support (don't support) things we don't (do) agree with. For starters, they all have members of the 1%, so I guess it's back to the barter system for the OWS/WAT99% crowd.
Or more pertinant to the conversation: We should boycott companies that support (don't) support things we don't (do) agree with. We can do this without caring what the personal opinions of the owners/execs are.
Prolly just more free publicity. I thought I read they got a record setting boost in sales over the gay marriage stance. Now they can get another boost and the owner can give privately to the gay marriage silliness. At the end of the day people will get thier chick fil a on. God bless
Or lets just boycott those spending money to keep people in this country 2nd class citizens. I think the irony in your statement defending the rights of people to believe differently when those people are (were) actively campaigning against just that is quite thick.
I bet you do. God bless
What records were broken?
I thought I read sales, brother. God bless
One record setting day apparently doesn't boost the company enough to stare down a prolonged boycott.
That made me smile. God bless
So what were the number of sales that day and what were the previous record sales? The Chic Fil A PR rep said it so it must be true.
Even if they did break a "record" that day I'd guess that actions speak louder than words so as Drachen pointed out I guess the phobes weren't in it for the long haul.
Is being a phobe for publicity better or worse than being a phobe for bigotry?
Brother, it could be a number of reason why the owner decided not to give money in chick fil a's name. You shouldnt be so cynical.So what were the number of sales that day and what were the previous record sales? The Chic Fil A PR rep said it so it must be true.
Even if they did break a "record" that day I'd guess that actions speak louder than words so as Drachen pointed out I guess the phobes weren't in it for the long haul.
My opinion is, it doesn't matter. He can do it privately. Leave the biz out and get some free publicity. Nothing to see here, brother. God bless
More than likely it was the franchisiee's pressure that did it.
Remember, fast food restaurants are not owned at the individual level by the overall company.
Even if you support their stance politically, how many people looking to invest solid money in a franchise would want to buy in to that kind of firestorm?
That is probably what killed it, more than slumping sales.
Sifting through the data, it would appear the biggest pressure was from universities and colleges actively pushing to rid themselves of Chik Fil A's.
No few articles I came across were various student newspaper websites.
There was this bit, from Huffpo with a bit more detail on that movement:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1871256.html
(above article is interesting to read for more than one reason, generally about the changing nature of customer/company relationships, caused by information technology and grassroots movements)
Other successful campaigns targeting restaurants include a pe ion that got Starbucks to stop using cochineal extract -- a red dye made from dried insects -- to color its strawberry-flavored drinks, a pe ion that got Taste-See Restaurant to cancel its lion meat dinner, and a pe ion that got Domino's to stop its guaranteed thirty-minute delivery, which was resulting in worker deaths in South Korea.
However, not all companies have responded as positively, with some simply ignoring pe ions and others even pushing back. In response to a pe ion to get Domino's to stop buying from pig farmers who use gestation crates, company officials balked.
Jones said that, in some cases, business executives don't take pe ions seriously because they have no way of knowing how many signatories are actual customers.
But Jones said that approach is unwise. "There's a brand awareness here that has much bigger impact than the 1,000 or 2,000 signatures on the pe ion. Especially if it spreads on media or social media," he said.
This new kind of consumer-driven corporate accountability is showing no signs of slowing. There are 15,000 new pe ions and 2 million new members at Change.org every month, according to Jones. And while it's already available in nearly a dozen languages, the site is quickly adding more languages and spreading to more countries. "Internationally, this could be a whole other ball game in a couple years," Jones said
Company dirty laundry is about to get a whole lot more visible, for good or ill.
Hopefully it will be the former, more than the latter.
In what can only be considered a triumph for equality, I find myself equally disinterested and apathetic towards Chick Fil A's decision to stop donating to anti-gay marriage groups as I was about their original decision to donate to anti-gay marriage groups. It's a chicken sandwich, nothing more.
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