Its always been difficult to believe any statement from the Chic-Fil-A people as they have always at best ‘been economical with the truth.’ They are at it again now saying that they will be opening their first restaurants in the United Kingdom.
Not true. . In 2018, Chick-fil-A opened a store in Edinburgh and in 2019 they opened locations in Reading and Aviemore, but by the mid-2020 those restaurants were closed.
Chick-fil-A claimed at the time that the stores (that they don’t mention in their press releases about new restaurants) had always been intended to be “temporary” and that they were “pop-up restaurants.” What was not mentioned was when the Chick-fil-A restaurants first opened they were met with criticism from the offset because the US-based company had a long history of donating to anti-LGBTQ+ hate groups. The months that the restaurants were open in the UK were filled with protests, boycotts, and petitions for their closures. We Brits are very quick to talk our mind.
Then 2019, the rampantly homophobic Chick-fil-A made a statement that they would no longer be donating to anti-LGBTQ+ organizations, including the Salvation Army and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA). This was a big change from their 2018 donations which saw $1.65 million go to the FCA. This was met with skepticism from some, because they said a very similar thing back in 2012 before then being revealed to still be donating to hate groups.
But Chick-fil-A’s Board chairman, Dan Cathy (worth 10.7 billion) doesn’t disguise the fact that he is very active in the political landscape and donates heavily to the National Christian Foundation (NCF). The group is behind pushes to stop the Equality Act from passing, ban trans youth from competing in sports or receiving healthcare, and funds the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) and Heritage Foundation, both organizations which work hard to take away LGBTQ+ rights.
In another blatent lie last year, Chick-fil-A claimed to be making big diversity, equity and inclusion changes, but there’s no evidence that anything really changed.
We Brits set them packing once before : I’m sure we can do it again
Labels: 2024, Chick-Fil-A, UK
