Chick-fil-A--- I'd say pretty much all my friends and family and most of my co-workers...

[trumad]

have decided to not eat there anymore because of their anti-gay stance.

In all my years I've never seen anything like it. My kids--- High Schoolers--- and their friends have stopped going there.

My wifes co-workers refuse to eat there.... one of her co-workers who is a Republican has stopped going because her daughter is a Lesbian.

For those who think the protest hasn't worked..... I think you are big time wrong.

BTW: I live in a very conservative area in Central Florida.

[DontTreadOnMe]

1. wait for the next Quarterly Report

I suspect this hurts them financially. And they are a very large company, so it could be millions.

[trumad]

2. I think its long lasting as well..

[physioex]

3. Can't predict the future...

The image of the brand has been changed permanently.

[Lex]

20. Their brand image has taken a big hit overall.

Kind of on the order of the Komen brand being permanently damaged.

[Lucky Luciano]

10. Private company. No 10-Qs. nt

[roguevalley]

13. its like all the one issue people, the ones who showed up. They went that one time.

will they keep going? Not likely. They wil have a few good days and then the backbone customers, those who are going to not come again will make the impact. its just that in every community with one, you got to see the bigots. I would imagine a lot of it was inter church coordination.

[Pauldg47]

16. They'll lose 35 to 50% sales this year.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

25. maybe on a individual store basis

but there are chick-fil-a's all over this area and doing drive by's I have seen nothing that would indicated a slow down...they are packed ever breakfast and lunch...

sP

[Pauldg47]

32. That's all the creepers rallying as we're making a big deal about it....

....it'll slow down!!

[ProdigalJunkMail]

33. no...i don't think so...

they're always like that. they were before ... they are now ... they probably will be.

sP

[JaneyVee]

4. Their internal organs will thank them.

[physioex]

5. I have been monitoring their website...

And it seems their friends on Facebook has been steadily increasing.

[qb]

7. It would be far more telling if Facebook allowed "Enemies"

The company definitely has its friends, but that only translates into one "appreciation day" of record sales.

[physioex]

9. We shall see....

I drove by the local CfA and KFC just walking distance of each other today. There was practically no one at the KFC, but the CfA was quite busy. But I do agree with the OP, I never will go to a CfA. I don't support franchises anyway as there are plenty of local businesses.

[silvershadow]

14. lol at the blunt candor...nt

[CoffeeCat]

24. Someone could easily make an ant-Chick-Fil-A FB page...

...and I bet it would easily bet a million "likes."

The company scrubs its FB page, and for good reason. They have their bigoted cheerleaders, but they are outnumbered by people who reject their hate, probably 10:1.

[Atman]

6. Uh, excuse me...

I live in a very conservative area in Central Florida.

That's redundant.

[OriginalGeek]

8. Maybe, but we voted blue in 08

so at least Orange county isn't the most conservative area of Florida

[rppper]

22. Volusia county has its fair share of nut-jobs

Samsula and oak hill are full of them...and we do have the Mecca of redneck-ism right in the middle of Daytona beach....

[nadinbrzezinski]

11. I suspect that Kathy will find this out

that appreciation day was a flash in the pan...

It is all demographics.

[Fumesucker]

12. I live in a conservative area also and happened to ride by C f A today..

It wasn't deserted but there were certainly nothing like the lines of a few days ago, possibly even less than normal traffic there.

The God-Botherers seem to have forgotten Mr Cathy already, what a fickle bunch..

[Riley18]

15. I live in Central Florida as well, and my

son told me that none of his friends will eat there anymore. I hope they also boycott Papa Johns. Let the 1% eat at those places

[Skittles]

17. I have only eaten there sporadically

but I won't be back

[Zoeisright]

18. Never eaten there, never will.

[Chipper Chat]

21. I ate there ONCE

In 2010 at the Orlando airport. It was awful.

[nightscanner59]

19. CFA's donations

to Uber-RIGHT wing organizations have me on a major crusade against them. Just one look over the southern poverty law center's website descriptions of these organizations will convince any sane person to steer clear of CFA sandwiches... forever.

[JoeyT]

23. Same experience here.

I think Chik-Fil-A screwed up big time. The kind of people that were staging a counter boycott have an attention span that can be measured in hours. Yeah, they'll all pile into the place to eat for a few days, but they won't keep eating there.

We're not going to forget that it's run by a bigot and gives money to bigots.

[madmom]

26. Proud to say I have never eaten there, and now, never will!

[Erose999]

27. Long lines at their stores here in GA. I' think the boycott is most effective outside the bible belt

[Kablooie]

28. I ate there about six months ago for the first time and -- eh -- not so good.

[dballance]

29. Rush did't think he could ever cross a line either - got that wrong didn't ya Rush

But 20 or 30 lost major advertisers later he was proven wrong. Of course I doubt anything will change him. He still has that loyal base of Michael Page type fans.

I bet if you checked out what radio stations Michael Page had on his car radio the local Limbaugh station was tops on his list.

[Hydra]

30. Regardless of whether people will eat there again

I think the bigger victory here was the dialogue it opened, and dare I say, sea change? The mood toward this issue is moving more from "Religious people have the right to oppress minorities!" to "Discrimination is unacceptable, no matter who it's directed at."

Makes me a little hopeful

[nightscanner59]

31. Ode to the very last Chick Fil A store...

in the middle of a climate-change created DUST BOWL!
This summer being any indicator of climate change acceleration, may just indicate the death knell of the UBER right wing. Especially hard hit will be where the likes are all too numerous. How embarassing for these flat-earth holdouts.