Posted on 05/29/2014 10:31:22 AM PDT by Squawk 8888
CALGARY A controversial U.S. fast food franchise has set up shop in Calgary.
Chick-fil-A opened Tuesday at the departures level of the Calgary International Airport, outside of the Delta and WestJet ticket counter, said Cheryl Dick, senior director of operations for licensing.
It's currently the only location open in Canada, though not the first to ever come to the country.
"We were in Canada before in 1995 and learned a lot through that experience, but we weren't open very long and now we have an opportunity to work with our business partner HMSHost and open this new location," she said.
"It's a great opportunity for us to introduce the brand, the food, our service, to Calgarians.
The franchise famous for chicken sandwiches, waffle fries and being closed on Sundays came under fire after its president publicly opposed gay marriage in 2012.
When asked if the company is worried about how it will be perceived while operating in Canada, a country that supports gay marriage, Chick-fil-A spokeswoman Brenda Morrow said it will be a welcoming place.
"As a restaurant company, we are just really focused on the food service and the hospitality and so we are going to strive to make it a welcoming place for everyone that wants a great meal," Morrow said.
The airport location will be closed Sundays.
I'm glad I wasn't the spokesman for Chik-Fil-A, because how I might answer that would be unprintable.
Canada Ping!
Controversial? Pathetic.
CALGARY A controversial U.S. fast food franchise has set up shop in Calgary.
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Controversial? Only for rump rangers, maybe. Normal people see nothing controversial here.
How long before the socialists vandalize it?
Why is it the day I most want to have Chick-Fil-A is on Sunday...Ugh! I think God is playing with me.....
Shouldn’t it be Chik-Fil-Eh?
RE: A controversial U.S. fast food franchise has set up shop in Calgary.
Controversial why? Did they violate any sanitation law or are rude to their customers?
Don’t do it! They put crack in that stuff. I started going everyday.
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It’s “congroversial” only if one takes the 2-3% of miswired folks out there and actually gives a smelly Obama about what they think about marrying each other.
And if “it’s not a choice,” then it can only be miswiring.
Nice one.
Why do they have it in Canada before they’ve built them in Seattle or Portland?
The PacNW also needs some Waffle House locations built.
Oh no! Keep your nuggets of hate away !
Fresh REAL food fast Is amazing isn’t it?
I was watching an old Dog Bounty Hunter episode and was surprised Waffle Housr is in Denver.
Those queers never had a chance boycotting them.
So controversial that the liberal "boycott" resulted in the following:
Atlanta-based Chick-fil-A logged sales of $5.1 billion in 2013 - a 9.3 percent jump over 2012 and surpassed KFC again as the top chicken chain, according to Technomic Inc.s annual report on the top U.S. restaurant organizations.
For the record, Canada doesn’t “support” gay marriage, it was forced on us by unelected bleeding-heart judges in Ontario and the Supreme Court.
And as for “controversial”, I’ll bet Chick-Fil-A management is laughing all the way to the bank with all the free publicity they’re getting - who needs to pay for advertising?
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