5 Right Wing Food Companies

[Capt. Obvious]

For all the Oreo Cookies out there – companies that support gay rights, if only because doing so is good for business – there are plenty of food companies that have not come around on progressive social issues. In fact, a number of food companies are owned by far right-wingers who’ve spent significant money opposing gay rights, abortion rights, and other important causes and funding attack ads against left-leaning politicians.

The companies in question include many popular chain restaurants that you may eat at occasionally, or even all the time. It’s wise to know where your dining dollars are going.

To that end, here are five food chains that are helmed by owners who support right-wing politics.

1. Chick-fil-A
2. Carl’s Jr.
3. Cracker Barrel
4. White Castle
5. Waffle House

Alternet

I don't know why they stopped at 5. Papa John's could be on the list.
Domino's was removed from the list and replaced with Cracker Barrel - explained in a correction at the end of the piece.

Eat liberally.

[Swede Atlanta]

1. Gut bombs each of them......

I avoid all of them not so much I guess because they are nut case companies but because their food is unhealthy. Even salads in these companies are loaded with cheese and salt.

[HughBeaumont]

2. Cracker Barrel: Only restaurant whose name most accurately describes its patrons.

The HRC voted Cracker Barrel the 3rd worst place for LGBTQI people to work. I remember seeing a PBS special on them 12 years ago and how they openly fired gay people, even going so far to have an inter-office memo stating that people who did not "demonstrate normal heterosexual values" (I'm kind of wondering how one goes about doing that) could not work at Cracker Barrel.

[LordGlenconner]

3. Ha!

And their food is a recipe for an afternoon on a toilet.

[stillwaiting]

4. Avoid big chains. Period.

Unless you know they support progressive and fair causes (i.e. Costco).

All of the YUM and Darden Restaurants are right wing,etc...

[RufusTFirefly]

15. Yes! Restaurants provide you with the easiest way of "shopping local."

I can understand how some people may find it difficult to buy food from a local grocery or supplies from a local hardware store, but nearly everyone should be able to "shop local" when they go out to eat.

[Populist_Prole]

5. Even before just finding this out, I thought their food sucked anyway

Not only is it bad food academically, it's poorly prepared ( greasy fried shit ) and from a chain to boot. 3 strikes.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

6. Interesting-- White Castle sliders and conservatives both make me want to do the same thing.

[Historic NY]

9. Defecate.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

10. I was thinking "ask for my money back" but, yeah, defecate works, too.

[Omaha Steve]

7. Outback steakhouse

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/1998/11/rough-cuts

http://capitalandmain.com/low-wage-sizzle-outback-steakhouse-pac/

Many more out there with a quick Google.

[BainsBane]

8. Eden Foods

An organic foods company suing to be exempt from covering women's birth control under ACA.

[lpbk2713]

11. I'll never forget Cracker Barrel for their Duck Dynasty flip-flop.

I've only been there a handful of times but even so they have seen the last of me.

[Arugula Latte]

12. Glad I don't eat that crap anyway.

[RebelOne]

13. Ditto. Me neither. I am vegetarian so never eat at those places. n/t

[a kennedy]

14. We always look for mom and pop restaurants when traveling......and we hope they're more

democratic in their thinking then republican. At least they're local, and we always try to buy local.