Chick-Fil-A and Public Improvements Coming to Southbank

[duvaldude08]

I have never had and issue with chik-fila.  I dont feel like they are shoving anything down anyones throat but chicken! LOL Let's not make a big deal out of nothing. Food is food. If you dont like, dont go! simple fix.

[floridaforester]

This anti-Chick-fil-a stuff is crazy.

(By the way, I'm not Hindu or Sikh either, yet I absolutely love the area's Indian restaurants despite them "shoving their religious beliefs down my throat" with their dining rooms full of religious decorations and their refusal to serve beef on religious grounds.)

BTW, Joe, regarding your comparison to Hinduism, the flaw in your analogy is that Hindus do not proselytize to others that do not believe the way they do.  There is no imperative to convert the "non-believers" like most monotheistic beliefs.  I think these evangelicals could learn a thing or two from Hindus about how to behave in the 21st century.

[vicupstate]

I wish more businesses put their principles above profit the way Chic-Fil-A does by closing on Sundays.  Maybe then we wouldn't have Enron's and BP's.

[danno]

So has a Chick-fil-a employee ever asked you about eternal salvation or told you that you are going to burn in hell??  

Most likely they have provided you with outstanding service and a quality poduct.

[stjr]

I wish more businesses put their principles above profit the way Chic-Fil-A does by closing on Sundays.  Maybe then we wouldn't have Enron's and BP's.

Publix was closed on Sundays until about 30 years ago for the same reason:  Mr. Jenkins was a church man.  When he died and the competition demanded it, Publix opened Sundays.  One day, Chick Fil A may do the same. Especially, if it leaves control of the founders.  It's hard to resist a potential 17% (1/6th) increase in your business with essentially no additional investment in fixed assets.  In the end, Chick Fil A is a business with a goal to maximize return on investment.  If current management doesn't do that, its successors will.

Similarly, Walt Disney's ideas were tinkered with after he died.  He wanted EPCOT (Experimental Community of Tomorrow) to be a model city of the future. With Disney out of the picture (no pun intended!), the company's directors didn't see a return to the stockholders.  So, we ended up with EPCOT, the world's fair/amusement park, not the city of the future.

[Seraphs]

This is all weird to me.  I've never had any religious encounters in chick-fil-A.  Ohhhh! Maybe it's God that makes them the cleanest, most professional run fast food place of all.  The Chick-fil-A on Roosevelt Blvd must really be spirit filled-this restaurant is the epitome of what all eateries should be.  Well cleanliness is next to Godliness.

[acme54321]

This is all weird to me.  I've never had any religious encounters in chick-fil-A.  Ohhhh! Maybe it's God that makes them the cleanest, most professional run fast food place of all.  The Chick-fil-A on Roosevelt Blvd must really be spirit filled-this restaurant is the epitome of what all eateries should be.  Well cleanliness is next to Godliness.

That place has the greastest group of emplyees I've ever seen at a fast food restaurant.  Not one sterotype burger flipper in that place.  I think a lot of them are in highschool though.

[copperfiend]

Could not agree more with the last comment. You go to a place like McDonalds or BK and you're lucky to get your order correct and get hot food.

At Chick-Fil-A, the worst thing I can say is they may have once not given me the honey mustard pack with my grilled chicken sandwich.

[fieldafm]

I wish more businesses put their principles above profit the way Chic-Fil-A does by closing on Sundays.  Maybe then we wouldn't have Enron's and BP's.

Publix was closed on Sundays until about 30 years ago for the same reason:  Mr. Jenkins was a church man.  When he died and the competition demanded it, Publix opened Sundays.  

When I was in high school I used to work at the Publix off Roosevelt(when it used to sit in Stein Mart's present location) and that store didnt have a 'family planning' section at the request of our store manager at the time.  Luckily Eckerds next store did, lol

[Captain Zissou]

For me it's a battle between the Roosevelt location and Southside Blvd south of JTB for friendliest and best employees.  I am always amazed that they have such consistently great customer service.

[acme54321]

That's what happens when you value your employees and customers.  It's a wonder no one else can figure it out.

[copperfiend]

That's what happens when you value your employees and customers.  It's a wonder no one else can figure it out.

I don't think an employee of Chick Fil A would plead guily to putting pills in sandwiches like an employee at the Burger King by the Avenues just did.

[acme54321]

Burger King is the worst...  I think they have a policy of choosing employees straight from the bottom of the gene pool.

[duvaldude08]

Chik-fila provides EXCELLENT service. I have a friend who used to work for them back when his mom was a manager. And he said they are very strict on their employees, in a good sense. For example, if someone comes to work with an attitude, they make them work in the back the entire because they do not want them, servicing customers with an attitude. And it shows. They are very friendly, professional, and very fast. I have not had one bad experience with them.

[Duke]

Just wanted to let ya'll know... the Chick-fil-a @ Baptist is now open!  Well technically its called, Chick-fil-a Express...   Went there yesterday during peak lunch hour; as expected because it's new, there was a long line however the line moved very quickly.  As always, the food was great!