Posted on 05/09/2019 11:25:12 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Chick-fil-A is set to become the third largest fast-food chain in the United States as their signature chicken sandwiches and waffle fries continue to soar in popularity.
Over 50 years after opening the first restaurant in the Atlanta area, Chick-fil-A's sales numbers have risen significantly, bested only by McDonald's and Starbucks, according to food-service consultancy Technomic Inc, as reported by the Wall Street Journal. The company remains privately-owned.
“We’ve been pretty consistent in how, over multiple decades, we’re going to take it slow and steady,” said Mark Moraitakis, a Chick-fil-A senior director, speaking of the company’s growth.
“It’s paid off for us.”
In the past 10 years, the restaurant's sales have tripled to $10.2 billion in 2018.
The restaurant is especially popular among Christians in part because of the vision and values of the founding family. The restaurant chain has maintained over the years its policy of being closed on Sunday to honor the keeping of the Sabbath.
The restaurant is also known for friendly customer service from staff. When customers say "thank you" to the employees they are trained to respond with "My pleasure."
Chick-fil-A has approximately twice as many locations as they did in 2007, many of which are located in the South.
"Each year since 2015, Chick-fil-A has been the top-rated fast-food restaurant on the American Customer Satisfaction Index, which considers factors such as staff courtesy and restaurant cleanliness," the WSJ noted.
"Among limited-service U.S. restaurants that mainly serve chicken, Chick-fil-A’s market share rose to 33% last year from 18% in 2009, while the market share of Yum Brands Inc.’s KFC chain fell to 15% from 29% in that time, according to data tracker Euromonitor."
Chick-fil-A’s success has also reportedly lessened hamburger sales, according to consultants and industry executives.
The company has continued to make headlines for its consistently good customer service but has also received negative press as it continues to draw the ire of liberal groups and politicians because of the stated views of the restaurant's owners and previous donations to groups that oppose same-sex marriage.
In March, the city council of San Antonio, Texas, voted to bar the chain from opening in the city airport over what they called "anti-LGBT behavior."
“We hope they will experience for themselves that Chick-fil-A embraces all people, regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation or gender identity,” Chick-fil-A told CP in a statement, after it reached out to the city for a dialogue with the council.
This was preceded by Rider University in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, rejecting a student body request to allow a Chick-fil-A restaurant on campus.
The university claimed that the fast food company’s views on LGBT issues “have not sufficiently progressed enough.” In response, one of the school’s deans, Cynthia Newman of the College of Business who is a committed Christian, submitted her letter of resignation in February in protest the school's move.
Chick-fil-A’s corporate values first came under fire in 2012, when its President Dan Cathy affirmed his stance in support of traditional marriage. In 2014, he said he regretted wading into the marriage debate.
The fast-food company announced in July its plans to open its first location outside the U.S., in Toronto, Canada.
We seldom do fast food, but when we do it’s either CFA (preferred) or In-and-Out
I also just learned “Cookout” fast food restaurants, which look to be mostly in GA and Carolinas are also Christian-owned/oriented
Waiting patiently in Toronto for them to arrive. I had read earlier there is another outlet already here in Canada at IIRC the airport at Calgary Alberta but don’t know for sure.
I hadn’t even heard of Chick-fil-A until the Left called for a boycott.
I decided to look one up and traveled 15 miles or so to give them business. The place was a madhouse, so many people there to do the same thing.
Couldn’t be happier to see them thriving.
* U Leftists...
Use their app, order online, have the food delivered out to your cars within minutes of arrival. No need to wait in line, problem solved.
Thanks SeekAndFind. We've got one, uh, around here somewhere, I may just have to swing in there on the way through today.
God will not be mocked and prospers the hand of His people, may God continue to bless them.
Yes, but just a week or so ago a manager went in on, I think, Easter Sunday to prepare a meal for a young boy who was going to have major brain surgery the next day. These are some the actions that define Chick-fil-A
I have ways been a tea drinker.
At the one in Brandon, Florida they had to hire Deputies to direct traffic.
What's not to like about this business?
Except if you are left.
Take that! Homo Mafia!
The Chick-fil-A nearest me is located next to an exit off Interstate 75, so it gets business from both the locals and people passing through the state. Because it’s busy all the time, another Chick-fil-A was opened on my side of town last summer.
Of course my family likes Chick-fil-A, but we also like El Pollo Loco. Does the San Antonio Airport at least have one of them?
There is a Cookout here in Lexington, KY. Usually it is full of University of Kentucky students because they have the lowest prices of any fast food chain in town. And yes, they do play Christian music (from a Sirius XM station), but the students are so loud I have to go in the bathroom to hear it.
A regular coffee at my Starbucks is $1.85.
While you can pay more, that is for the fancier coffees.
You kinda make it sound like coffee at Starbucks starts at $5...
Am I the only conservative in the country who has never eaten at Chic Fil A? I don’t like chicken so there’s that.
Caramel Macchiato Venti $4.75
No.
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