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In the US, Chick-fil-A is a fast food chain that closes 100% of their locations on Sundays. And I think that's wonderful for exactly the reasons you're describi

In the US, Chick-fil-A is a fast food chain that closes 100% of their locations on Sundays. And I think that's wonderful for exactly the reasons you're describing.

brodouevencode 3y ago
It's estimated that Chick-fil-A loses billions of dollars every year because of this.
- nullindividual 3y ago
  Oh no…. what ever shall corporate do… Money isn’t life.
  - brodouevencode 3y ago
    Don't get me wrong - I fully admire their stance.
- nu11ptr 3y ago
  While I'm not religious, it is admirable to me when someone takes a stance on something they believe in at a cost to their own personal pocket book.
- troupe 3y ago
  I think this would be very hard to estimate because it would be hard to tell how many workers work their specifically because of this policy. There are also some customers who shop their specifically because they appreciate the fact that they are closed on Sundays.
  - brodouevencode 3y ago
    Business Insider has a guess: https://www.businessinsider.com/chick-fil-a-closes-on-sunday-why-2019-7 https://www.businessinsider.com/chick-fil-a-closes-on-sunday... - and this is a few years old. I'm sure it's probably higher now.
- cfiggers 3y ago
  I would bet that a significant amount of the business they "lose" on Sundays just translates into pent-up demand that equalizes during the week. But super hard to measure/prove that sort of thing.
OfSanguineFire 3y ago
With increasing rents on retail space, how sustainable is that policy? Could the difference between customer flow 7 days a week and 6 days a week make or break a location?
- bobthepanda 3y ago
  Chik fil a runs extremely high volume so I imagine this isn’t a problem for them. They are testing a concept restaurant that has four drive through lanes and the kitchen on the second level. https://www.wfla.com/news/national/chick-fil-a-restaurant-to-feature-4-lane-drive-thru-under-elevated-kitchen/ https://www.wfla.com/news/national/chick-fil-a-restaurant-to...
  - OfSanguineFire 3y ago
    The Chick-Fil-A locations I remember from two decades ago or more were in shopping malls where there was definitely lots of dead time during the week, and therefore one would think they would need to be open on Sundays to make up for it. So, I’m surprised by the high-volume concept you link to (though WFLA’s anti-GDPR policy prevents me from viewing it), though I have of course heard that shopping malls are less prominent a feature of the American retail landscape these days.
    - bobthepanda 3y ago
      I’ve personally never seen one in a mall but I’m also not in the South. The ones where I am are double lane drive through where the lines snake around and there are people roving the lanes to take drive through orders before they even reach the window.
  - aidenn0 3y ago
    I've seen similar drive-through-only places (though not 4-lane) off the freeway; I think in the Chicago area.
- loco5niner 3y ago
  I feel their differentiator is quality employees(at least in my area). Having that unique quality could help attract better employees.
UtopiaPunk 3y ago
There's a lot of reasons I don't like Chick-fil-A, but I did work for them briefly precisely because they are closed on Sundays, which is so rare. I was freelancing at the time and had hit a bad dry spell with no work coming in, so I sent out some applications for whatever jobs were around, food and retail stuff. None of them would budge on not working on Sundays because the weekends are their busiest hours, and I wouldn't agree to work on Sundays for religious reasons. Chick-fil-a was the single worst job I've ever had, but at least I didn't work on Sundays.
mrguyorama 3y ago
Chic-fil-A is controversial because of it's political contributions and stated political preferences, but as far as I'm aware it has some of the better working conditions out there.
- cfiggers 3y ago
  I worked for Chick-fil-A as a teenager for three years before I went to college. In that time span, I worked at two different stores for three different owners. I had some run-of-the-mill frustrations at the time, but looking back on it I realize that I was always treated fairly and with as much flexibility, consideration, and respect as an otherwise completely unskilled teen just interested in saving up for an Xbox could ask for. There was zero abuse, zero exploitative pressure, zero sketchy behind the scenes stuff to cut cost or whatever. I've never worked fast food other than Chick-fil-A so I can't really compare what the average conditions are like at any other fast food McJob, but my experience at Chick-fil-A was pretty much across the board positive and I think it set me up to have the right kind of expectations of myself and of the kind of employer I want to work for ever since.
throw0101a 3y ago
Adorama and B&H, photography stores in NYC owned (IIRC) by Hasidic Jews, are closed on Saturdays. IIRC, they don't even take online orders.
- dimitrios1 3y ago
  I live in the bible belt and visit the north frequently to visit family and I sometimes get a kick out of how most of the things I expect to be closed on Sundays where I live are closed on Saturdays. It's fun to experience. You also get signs like "Will be Closed for Yom Kippur" like you see signs for "Closed for Easter" etc.
- Kye 3y ago
  I've learned so much about Jewish holidays trying to shop at B&H. They do at least provide a calendar for convenience.
- jareklupinski 3y ago
  > they don't even take online orders edit: nope i was wrong, sry t̶h̶o̶u̶g̶h̶t̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶y̶ ̶d̶o̶,̶ ̶b̶u̶t̶ ̶i̶t̶'̶s̶ ̶n̶o̶t̶ ̶p̶r̶o̶c̶e̶s̶s̶e̶d̶/̶s̶h̶i̶p̶p̶e̶d̶/̶r̶d̶y̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶ ̶p̶i̶c̶k̶u̶p̶ ̶u̶n̶t̶i̶l̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶i̶r̶ ̶n̶e̶x̶t̶ ̶o̶p̶e̶n̶ ̶d̶a̶y̶ imo this is fine, i mostly use them for business purchases, which i usually dont need over the weekend (its fun to go to their store on lazy sundays though...)
  - throw0101a 3y ago
    > thought they do Perhaps. Hadn't check recently.
    - macintux 3y ago
      You are right, at least wrt B&H. No orders accepted.
gabereiser 3y ago
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- pseg134 3y ago
  Everything I disagree with is misinformation! Christians who put family first are bad people because a British man on HBO told me so!
  - reactordev 3y ago
    I stand with the equal human rights crowd. Chik-fil-a is not one of us. Their stance on LGBTQ+ folks is clear. I’m not LGBTQ but I believe we all should be allowed to live the lives we choose so long as we don’t harm others or break the law (which normally are designed to protect others). I do love their chicken though.

In the US, Chick-fil-A is a fast food chain that closes 100% of their locations on Sundays. And I think that's wonderful for exactly the reasons you're describing.

brodouevencode 3y ago

It's estimated that Chick-fil-A loses billions of dollars every year because of this.

nullindividual 3y ago
Oh no…. what ever shall corporate do… Money isn’t life.
- brodouevencode 3y ago
  Don't get me wrong - I fully admire their stance.
nu11ptr 3y ago
While I'm not religious, it is admirable to me when someone takes a stance on something they believe in at a cost to their own personal pocket book.
troupe 3y ago
I think this would be very hard to estimate because it would be hard to tell how many workers work their specifically because of this policy. There are also some customers who shop their specifically because they appreciate the fact that they are closed on Sundays.
- brodouevencode 3y ago
  Business Insider has a guess: https://www.businessinsider.com/chick-fil-a-closes-on-sunday-why-2019-7 https://www.businessinsider.com/chick-fil-a-closes-on-sunday... - and this is a few years old. I'm sure it's probably higher now.
cfiggers 3y ago
I would bet that a significant amount of the business they "lose" on Sundays just translates into pent-up demand that equalizes during the week. But super hard to measure/prove that sort of thing.

OfSanguineFire 3y ago

With increasing rents on retail space, how sustainable is that policy? Could the difference between customer flow 7 days a week and 6 days a week make or break a location?

bobthepanda 3y ago
Chik fil a runs extremely high volume so I imagine this isn’t a problem for them. They are testing a concept restaurant that has four drive through lanes and the kitchen on the second level. https://www.wfla.com/news/national/chick-fil-a-restaurant-to-feature-4-lane-drive-thru-under-elevated-kitchen/ https://www.wfla.com/news/national/chick-fil-a-restaurant-to...
- OfSanguineFire 3y ago
  The Chick-Fil-A locations I remember from two decades ago or more were in shopping malls where there was definitely lots of dead time during the week, and therefore one would think they would need to be open on Sundays to make up for it. So, I’m surprised by the high-volume concept you link to (though WFLA’s anti-GDPR policy prevents me from viewing it), though I have of course heard that shopping malls are less prominent a feature of the American retail landscape these days.
  - bobthepanda 3y ago
    I’ve personally never seen one in a mall but I’m also not in the South. The ones where I am are double lane drive through where the lines snake around and there are people roving the lanes to take drive through orders before they even reach the window.
- aidenn0 3y ago
  I've seen similar drive-through-only places (though not 4-lane) off the freeway; I think in the Chicago area.
loco5niner 3y ago
I feel their differentiator is quality employees(at least in my area). Having that unique quality could help attract better employees.

UtopiaPunk 3y ago

There's a lot of reasons I don't like Chick-fil-A, but I did work for them briefly precisely because they are closed on Sundays, which is so rare. I was freelancing at the time and had hit a bad dry spell with no work coming in, so I sent out some applications for whatever jobs were around, food and retail stuff. None of them would budge on not working on Sundays because the weekends are their busiest hours, and I wouldn't agree to work on Sundays for religious reasons. Chick-fil-a was the single worst job I've ever had, but at least I didn't work on Sundays.

mrguyorama 3y ago

Chic-fil-A is controversial because of it's political contributions and stated political preferences, but as far as I'm aware it has some of the better working conditions out there.

cfiggers 3y ago
I worked for Chick-fil-A as a teenager for three years before I went to college. In that time span, I worked at two different stores for three different owners. I had some run-of-the-mill frustrations at the time, but looking back on it I realize that I was always treated fairly and with as much flexibility, consideration, and respect as an otherwise completely unskilled teen just interested in saving up for an Xbox could ask for. There was zero abuse, zero exploitative pressure, zero sketchy behind the scenes stuff to cut cost or whatever. I've never worked fast food other than Chick-fil-A so I can't really compare what the average conditions are like at any other fast food McJob, but my experience at Chick-fil-A was pretty much across the board positive and I think it set me up to have the right kind of expectations of myself and of the kind of employer I want to work for ever since.

throw0101a 3y ago

Adorama and B&H, photography stores in NYC owned (IIRC) by Hasidic Jews, are closed on Saturdays. IIRC, they don't even take online orders.

dimitrios1 3y ago
I live in the bible belt and visit the north frequently to visit family and I sometimes get a kick out of how most of the things I expect to be closed on Sundays where I live are closed on Saturdays. It's fun to experience. You also get signs like "Will be Closed for Yom Kippur" like you see signs for "Closed for Easter" etc.
Kye 3y ago
I've learned so much about Jewish holidays trying to shop at B&H. They do at least provide a calendar for convenience.
jareklupinski 3y ago
> they don't even take online orders edit: nope i was wrong, sry t̶h̶o̶u̶g̶h̶t̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶y̶ ̶d̶o̶,̶ ̶b̶u̶t̶ ̶i̶t̶'̶s̶ ̶n̶o̶t̶ ̶p̶r̶o̶c̶e̶s̶s̶e̶d̶/̶s̶h̶i̶p̶p̶e̶d̶/̶r̶d̶y̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶ ̶p̶i̶c̶k̶u̶p̶ ̶u̶n̶t̶i̶l̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶i̶r̶ ̶n̶e̶x̶t̶ ̶o̶p̶e̶n̶ ̶d̶a̶y̶ imo this is fine, i mostly use them for business purchases, which i usually dont need over the weekend (its fun to go to their store on lazy sundays though...)
- throw0101a 3y ago
  > thought they do Perhaps. Hadn't check recently.
  - macintux 3y ago
    You are right, at least wrt B&H. No orders accepted.

gabereiser 3y ago

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pseg134 3y ago
Everything I disagree with is misinformation! Christians who put family first are bad people because a British man on HBO told me so!
- reactordev 3y ago
  I stand with the equal human rights crowd. Chik-fil-a is not one of us. Their stance on LGBTQ+ folks is clear. I’m not LGBTQ but I believe we all should be allowed to live the lives we choose so long as we don’t harm others or break the law (which normally are designed to protect others). I do love their chicken though.