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A Chicken Chain’s Corporate Ethos Is Questioned by Gay Rights Advocates (Chick-fil-A)
New York Times ^ | January 29, 2011 | KIM SEVERSON

Posted on 01/30/2011 5:43:32 AM PST by reaganaut1

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To: NoGrayZone

I used to live in Atlanta so I know what a good Chick-fil-A sandwich tastes like. Next time you get to NYC please go!


41 posted on 01/30/2011 6:20:02 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: reaganaut1
A bunch of bigots, as usual. They (the complainers) hate Christians and Christianity, without any regards to the facts.

So called "liberals" are nothing more than totalitarian thugs. Why did this posting have to come out today, on a Sunday?!?! Now I want to "Eat Mor Chikin!"

But it will have to wait until tomorrow :-(

Mark

42 posted on 01/30/2011 6:21:07 AM PST by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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To: reaganaut1

food that wasn’t prepared by sodomites. ok with me

i may not know where their hands have been... but at least i know where they haven’t been


43 posted on 01/30/2011 6:21:15 AM PST by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: reaganaut1

I didn’t see an email address for them but you can leave your feedback here.
http://www.chick-fil-a.com/#feedback


44 posted on 01/30/2011 6:21:34 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: reaganaut1

What a deranged bunch of people the P.C. communists are.


45 posted on 01/30/2011 6:21:50 AM PST by Luke21
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To: Jack Hydrazine

I plan on it!!!


46 posted on 01/30/2011 6:22:02 AM PST by NoGrayZone (WTF?)
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To: JRios1968
Lol-Cows?

Mark

47 posted on 01/30/2011 6:23:18 AM PST by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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To: MarkL

A good majority of the Fascist movements during the 20th century were led by homosexuals. That’s why I cringe every time I see some area of life where they take over.


48 posted on 01/30/2011 6:23:43 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: madprof98
But I am afraid the perpetually discontented “gay” guys may prevail here.

Like every victorious socio-political movement in history they have arrived and are now overreaching. It'll be interesting to see what will happen when they achieve their high water mark and the flood waters begin to recede like history shows they must.

49 posted on 01/30/2011 6:23:55 AM PST by Calusa (The pump don't work cause the vandals took the handles. Quoth Bob Dylan.)
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To: reaganaut1

As far as I know Chick-Fil-A is still a privately held company with over 1500 locations. That is quite a feat.

The Company Mission is still honored today by closing on Sunday.

The mission of Chick-fil-A is “to glorify God by being a faithful steward of all that is entrusted to us; and to have a positive influence on all who come in contact with Chick-fil-A.”

Their ownership concept is unique among the industry:

Chick-fil-A’s operator agreement, and its emphasis on people, are both highly unusual. As the company plans a new location, instead of looking for franchisees, Chick-fil-A conducts a search for a highly responsible person—often from within the organization— to become an operator. That person invests only $5,000 (a token sum compared to the typical investment of a franchisee, which can easily be a quarter of a million dollars) to sublease the restaurant. After six weeks of paid training, the operator is in business with a guaranteed salary of $30,000 a year, plus half of net profits after 15 percent of gross sales goes to Chick-fil-A, Inc. An operator can earn a six-figure income, and operators are motivated to make their restaurants profitable; for this reason, other companies, most notably Outback Steakhouse, have begun to emulate the Chick-fil-A operator agreement.

http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/ChickfilA-Inc-Company-History.html


50 posted on 01/30/2011 6:24:14 AM PST by deport
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To: reaganaut1
Students at some universities have also begun trying to get the chain removed from campuses.

Funny how simply boycotting isn't enough for these people. They have to insist on imposing their values on everyone else.

51 posted on 01/30/2011 6:25:06 AM PST by pnh102 (Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
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To: MarkL
Why did this posting have to come out today, on a Sunday?!?! Now I want to "Eat Mor Chikin!"

I was thinking the same thing. LoL!

52 posted on 01/30/2011 6:25:34 AM PST by mylife (Opinions: $1.00 ~ Halfbaked: 50c)
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And don't forget to get a large order of their crispy waffle fries with your club sandwich.

You'll love that bacon patty.

53 posted on 01/30/2011 6:25:34 AM PST by Liz
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To: paulycy
They are a 3% minority telling the rest of the country how to behave.

...and it is starting to wear thin...we are getting sick of their whining.

54 posted on 01/30/2011 6:25:47 AM PST by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: NoGrayZone
I just went to their site and wrote them a note of support. I told them we could use one around here!

Check out their "mission statement," and look into the way they promote from within. Much of their corporate (area and regional) management came from hourly workers at stores. Plus, they offer scholarships to their employees!

What a wonderful place!

Mark

55 posted on 01/30/2011 6:26:42 AM PST by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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To: newfreep
You are right! The Bible says that if you continue in evil ways, God finally gives you over to a reprobate mind, i.e. into darkness of the mind and soul.

Another interesting scripture is one that makes me think of AIDS and other diseases prevalent in homosexuals--to paraphrase, because it is Sunday and I have to dress for church and do not know the chapter and verse--the Bible also says that when men lie with their own kind, the results will be in their own body. If someone knows chapter and verse, please post. I am gone for now.

vaudine

56 posted on 01/30/2011 6:27:51 AM PST by vaudine
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To: decisis

All liberals like to use fancy words. They think it makes it harder for real people to tell they are lying. They think that because we don’t use them, we don’t understand them.


57 posted on 01/30/2011 6:28:00 AM PST by magslinger (Samuel Colt, feminist. Making women equal to men for over 150 years.)
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To: reaganaut1

The funny thing is how other chains tried to rip off the Chick-fil-A sandwich and utterly failed.

The critiques by customers of these other chicken sandwiches were just scathing. “Flavorless chicken as tough as shoe leather, covered with a thick layer of nasty tasting grease-boiled dough, in a hamburger bun sodden with generic palm-oil salad dressing and a leaf of stale lettuce.”

One I particularly liked was, “The salmonella was more enjoyable than the sandwich.”


58 posted on 01/30/2011 6:30:11 AM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy
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To: reaganaut1
I'm not crazy about Chick-fil-A's sammiches, but they aren't awful, either.

There's one near my home and I guess when I get back to the States, I'll have to make a point of eating there about once a week.

59 posted on 01/30/2011 6:31:26 AM PST by Allegra (Hey! Stop looking at my tagline like that.)
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To: NoGrayZone

Their franchising model is very, very successful.

The will only let a single owner own a maximum of two stores, most own only one. This doesn’t allow the huge multi-hundred store franchise groups develop, as in most chains. The owners are day-to-day involved in the business. And they make a good living. But no absentee store owners for sure.


60 posted on 01/30/2011 6:32:16 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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