Posted on 04/08/2014 6:13:42 AM PDT by GIdget2004
Chick-fil-A is finally crossing the road.
The iconic chicken chain, as well-known for its conservative heritage as its savory eats, is recalibrating its moral and culinary compass. It wants to go from old school to almost cool. It wants to evolve from a place where gays once picketed to a place where they'll feel comfortable going to eat. It wants to broaden the brand as it expands nationally and plows into the Millennial-driven urban arena. Above all: it wants to be a serious player on fast-food's biggest stage.
USA TODAY was exclusively invited inside to visit the company's sprawling, wooded campus, get the first look at its new test kitchen, tour its store-of-the-future development facility and interview Chick-fil-A's controversial CEO Dan Cathy. Cathy, whose comments condemning gay marriage in 2012 set off store picketing and a social media firestorm, has now fully backed away from such public pronouncements that mix personal opinion on social issues with corporate policy.
"All of us become more wise as time goes by," he says, apologetically, in a rare, one-hour sit-down interview. "We sincerely care about all people."
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Chick-fil-A's socially conservative agenda, which formally led the company to donate millions to charitable groups opposed to gay marriage, has been tempered. This, just as the company aims to quickly expand into Chicago, New York and Los Angeles. Southern hospitality must give way to urban reality as the 1,800 store chain moves to compete with big city success stories like McDonald's, Panera Bread and Chipotle.
If nothing else, Cathy has listened. In 2012, Cathy not only heard from some unhappy consumers about his comments against gay marriage, but also from some store operators and employees. Now, he says, "I'm going to leave it to politicians and others to discuss social issues."
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I guess all I’m interested in when I go to a restaurant is eating……...
There are a lot of good places to eat, including at home. Why not make sure that my money is going someplace I approve of with all optional expenditures?
I’m not telling you what to do. Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn—LOL!
Mark 8:36
King James Version (KJV)
36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
You need to talk to your Wendy's franchise owner. Here, Wendy's has the Coke Freestyle machines with 384 flavors or whatever it is. Total customer control.
Yes, I think he caved. But since CfA is a once in 30 year treat for me, I couldn't resist stopping in if I had the opportunity.
Seriously, you stuck around? I'd be out the door before I had a foot inside.
"All of us become more wise as time goes by," he says, apologetically, in a rare, one-hour sit-down interview. "We sincerely care about all people."
Gasp! He sincerely cares about all people?! You're absolutely right!! HE APOLOGIZED!!! HE CAVED!!! Blasphemy! Why, that's not a Christian attitude!! He should have told that reporter that all gays are going to Hell!
< / Westboro Baptist Rant off >
In truth, all gays (who don’t repent) probably are going to hell, along with heterosexual adulterers and the rest. But I’m convinced that homosexual depravities please the devil in ways that hetero doesn’t, or even more so, and therefore are condemned more strongly at judgment time.
I'm starting to believe it.
Bookmarked.
The poster to which I was responding was somewhat foolishly taking the author's extremely leftist spin about the interview with Dan Cathy seriously.
Mr. Cathy was trying to educate the poor addled Bruce Horovitz about Christian charity, and the reporter took that to mean (or worse, deliberately twisted his words to imply) that the CEO has now somehow "caved" on his previous position. The poster swallowed that absurd claptrap, and that was the context of my post.
As regards your post, you are probably right, but for me to judge what occurs between the seconds one takes their last breath and then stands before the Lord in judgement, that's beyond my pay grade. It is hoped that a sinner can be convinced to repent before then.
No fool, it is not. My last response to fools like U.
“Sadly the Church has been in retreat since the 1960’s when the school prayer thing came into being. If back then they had thrown a fit, it would have changed. But now this is what we have.”
This is your entire comment.
Some would like to know what particular Church you are dragging into a discussion about a fast food chain, and, moreover, what that Church has to do with it.
If you think that’s so unfair as to call me a fool, then perhaps you either ought to simply name the Church or not bring it up at all.
Slander
I would call it lander, passive aggressive slander, toward the Catholic Church, if that’s the Church you are cowardly implying has anything to do with this, if your namby pamby non comment was at all effective.
I think he was referring to God’s Church. I suppose you can think of whatever Church comes to your mind. That’s the wonderful think about minds. They’re all unique, and produce their own thoughts. Now would you please stop demanding that he talk about your pet subject. Nobody cares.
Well, we can all think whatever we want, that’s his purpose. I do want to hear from him after two days of hiding out what he meant
He said the Church should have taken a stand back in the 60s. I don’t see why that statement would elicit such an angry response that you feel the need to stalk him and demand that he discuss it with you at length. If you have an opinion on that subject, just state it. You can’t force him to reveal his every thought for your examination. It doesn’t matter which church he was referring to. The statement could apply to any church. If you disagree, just say so. If you think more needs to be said about it, say so yourself. Quit demanding that he say it for you.
Sorry, Anyone bringing the Church negatively, into a discussion that has nothing to do with the Church is going to be questioned.
If you think I was stalking him, you can read it, which you obviously hasn’t.
He doesn’t want it to end with my saying he never answered the question nor stated why he brought the Church into this discussion.
I’m merely stating he hadn’t answered the question. And that was just to defend the Church, the Catholic Church, in case that was what he was talking about but we don’t know, because he has hidden behind hostility, blame, and now a little mob of illogical people.
I don’t care if he never tells what he was talking about I could not care any less.
Just want to point out that his snide remark was unfounded, unnecessary and cowardly, unless he cares to come out from under his bridge and tell the forum what he was talking about and what it had to do with Chick Fil A.
If you call being logical and asking for clarification on denigrating the Church stalking, then good luck in you r little pretend world.
U R correct. I was referring to the ENTIRE Church failing. Not just one domination as this guy wants to believe.
“Sadly the Church has been in retreat since the 1960’s when the school prayer thing came into being. If back then they had thrown a fit, it would have changed. But now this is what we have.”
It was just a question, what Church, and what could it and your comment have to do with Chik Fil A.
I realize you don’t have to answer, It was just a question.
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