Did Chik fil-a lose business with their 'hate the gay' stance?

[LaydeeBug]

Oh, I am in it again.

I think some show called "Duck Dynasty" has got the monkeys rattled.

[KurtNYC]

1. It damaged the brand because it made it about something other than food

Food is a uniter. Bigotry is a divider.

http://www.businessinsider.com/chick-fil-a-backlash-not-over-yet-2012-10

[JI7]

2. they lost mines

[edhopper]

3. I don't know if it will lose viewers

but it will certainly lose most of it's advertisers if Duckwad Dipshit stays on.

[Autumn]

4. No need for your monkeys to be rattled. Tis but a stepping stone.

Palin Robertson 2016. That's right up your monkeys ally, so give them a banana and they can rejoice.

[Pretzel_Warrior]

5. my mental image of Chik-Fila went from neutral to negative. So assuming that is repeated across

this country, then it is a massive fail. It's much harder to proactively go eat at a restaurant "to support the owners' stance" than it is to avoid a restaurant because of the owners' stance.

So notwithstanding the counter protests of religious douche bags lining up to go buy a crappy chicken sandwich in solidarity with "gay hate", I would think it is a net negative for them.

[FarCenter]

6. Chick-Fil-A Sales Soar In 2012 Despite Bad PR

http://www.chick-fil-a.com/Company/Highlights-Fact-Sheets

I'd bet that duck calls are flying off the shelves.


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[FSogol]

8. Oh well, that's be a few less dollars for the coffers for the Perry and Huckabee 2016 campaigns.

[madville]

7. The ones here are always packed

Drive-thru lines around the building and no parking spots. I've never seen a large franchise place with such a dedicated customer base.

[Recursion]

9. Consumer boycotts are notoriously hard to measure

I don't think we can really know

[K.O. Stradivarius]

10. I was at one a few weeks ago.

Burlington Mall in MA (I believe Chick Fil A only has two locations in this state).

Every time I go there, it usually has the longest lines of all the other eatery's in the food court (and the food court there has more variety and choices than any other mall I've been in).