The Left’s most-hated fast-food chain, Chick-fil-A, seems to just grow its profit.
Even after facing harassment or protest the food chain ramping up the sales. Ever since the left-wing boycott crusade against the chicken empire began in 2012, sales have not only increased, they have doubled.
“Chick-fil-A’s annual sales have more than doubled since LGBT and liberal groups began calling for a boycott of the restaurant in 2012, according to a new analysis,” reports Christian Headlines.point 466 |
“In 2012, when controversy arose over the CEO’s comments about same-sex marriage, sales totaled $4.point 93 | 6 billion, up from $4.point 111 | 1 billion the year before.point 133 | In 2018, sales totaled $10.point 156 | 46 billion, making it the third-largest restaurant in the United States behind McDonald’s and Starbucks.point 248 |
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The chain has added 700 new restaurants in the span of those seven years. Journal & Courier noted that in 2018 alone, Chick-fil-A saw a sales increase more than four times that of Starbucks at 16.7%.
There are more than 2,400 Chick-fil-A restaurants nationwide, compared to more than 14,000 Starbucks’ and McDonald’s locations each.
Start-up costs for an operator for a Chick-fil-A are only $10,000, just 10 percent of the minimum cost for a McDonald’s. The average Chick-fil-A location brought in $4.6 million in annual sales in 2018.
Kalinowski Equity Research founder Mark Kalinowski told Business Insider that with enough time, Chick-fl-A may well surpass Starbucks. “Can they reach $30 billion? I think that’s also a realistic goal if you give them enough time, and that should put them ahead of Starbucks,” he said.
Glenn T. Stanton, director of global family formation studies at Focus on the Family, told Christian Headlines that the Chick-fil-A’s haters are in a small quantity but vocal minority.
“The only ones who seem to have any kind of beef with the wildly popular chicken restaurant are a minivan-size group of squeaky extremists on the far left,” said Stanton. “They’ve concluded that Chick-fil-A is bigoted without the slightest bit of evidence – only that their founders believe in natural marriage. Their position sits very well with the rest of us.”
“Not only have they doubled their sales in the last few years, but they have won the prize for the fast-food establishment with the highest customer service rating the last four years running,” Stanton continued.point 301 |
“Bigoted businesses do not tend to rate well in customer satisfaction.point 66 | Chick-fil-A was won this vaulted spot because it is their pleasure to serve everyone who comes through their doors and do so with all graciousness.point 189 | ”point 196 | 1
Northwestern University management professor Brayden King said the boycotts were, however, successful by getting media attention.
“I think the activists would say the boycott against Chick-fil-A is successful even if they didn’t get people who typically go to Chick-fil-A to stop buying Chick-fil-A sandwiches,” King told the podcast Freakonomics. “The reason they would say it was successful is that they got the media to pay attention to.”
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