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Mongo
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"Chick-Fil-A. New York. It is coming. "


  

          

http://www.grubstreet.com/2014/04/chick-fil-a-opening-in-new-york-city.html

Chick-fil-A has some big plans, including a larger rollout in New York City. According to USA Today, the chicken chain is all about growth in cities these days. It will open 108 locations this year, "most of them urban and a good chunk of them in New York City." But how will the chain's conservative, southern values play in ever-progressive New York? That's the question the chain is facing as it tries to re-position itself in advance of the expansion.

In fact, Chick-fil-A is tackling the issue head-on: The company says it's starting a very biblical-sounding "cleaning" cycle to overhaul its image. CEO Dan Cathy — whose anti-gay rhetoric created a massive image problem for the company — says he'll check politics at the door ("All of us become more wise as time goes by," he says). Whether his views have actually changed isn't addressed, but hey, the guy's got chicken sandwiches to sell.

Also: The chain is all about targeting millennials. To that end, it's introducing a healthier grilled-chicken sandwich as well as giving itself a Chipotle-like makeover, focusing on local sourcing, product quality, and workers' rights. According to Cathy, the millennial generation cares about more than convenience and flavor: "It's not just a product story anymore — but the whole story."

  

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Chick-Fil-A. New York. It is coming. [View all] , Mongo, Tue Apr-08-14 03:35 PM
 
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Gonna be tough, people WILL protest it hard.
Apr 08th 2014
1
Bammaland cometh
Apr 08th 2014
2
Sonic Sucks. Their drinks are bomb tho
Apr 08th 2014
4
you have got to be kidding me
Apr 08th 2014
9
I ate a forgettable burger and fries
Apr 08th 2014
18
breh that's like 4000 calories. the cake is pretty good tho
Oct 07th 2015
116
you complete me
Apr 08th 2014
11
they're putting a Sonic in the hood here.
Apr 08th 2014
13
      You can probably duck behind things faster on rollerskates
Apr 08th 2014
17
      where?
Apr 08th 2014
20
           Uptown - Wilson near Sheridan.
Apr 08th 2014
27
don't nobody really care that much.
Apr 08th 2014
3
base
Apr 08th 2014
25
The prez has been humbled.
Apr 08th 2014
30
STOMACHS >>>>>>>>>>>> POLITICS
Apr 08th 2014
57
i for one would like a grovelling apology
Apr 08th 2014
65
Look at God!
Apr 08th 2014
5
lol
Apr 08th 2014
6
I need the pier kids to make it a gay McDonald's
Apr 08th 2014
7
but not on Sundays, of course.
Apr 08th 2014
10
      halal cart parked outside on sundays
Apr 08th 2014
12
      Yeah
Apr 08th 2014
14
           or else the bitches will turn it out at breakfast.
Apr 08th 2014
15
And the one in NYU is so wack.
Apr 08th 2014
8
Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day saved my life.
Apr 08th 2014
16
*Crossing Fingers and Hoping one in the Atlantic terminal*
Apr 08th 2014
19
Lol I hate that place
Apr 08th 2014
22
Yo a Shake Shack AND a Chick-fila within walking distance of the crib!!?
Apr 08th 2014
36
      You'd gain a gut
Apr 08th 2014
43
           wrong
Apr 08th 2014
76
                there's 2 cheeses tho
Apr 08th 2014
77
                     right, you dont need it.
Apr 08th 2014
79
                          Sheeeit I want one now
Apr 08th 2014
81
Ugh, I hate Atl Terminal. Maybe they'll put it in Barclays?
Apr 08th 2014
47
Good idea, there's that newly shuttered Rocawear storefront space.
Apr 09th 2014
92
nopenopenope
Apr 08th 2014
72
I'm gonna cry if customer service suffers
Apr 08th 2014
21
why would it?
Apr 08th 2014
23
^ likes getting called up to the register with "NEXT!!!!!"
Apr 08th 2014
24
      ? they already have over 1700 stores. why would adding 100
Apr 08th 2014
28
           new york has terrible customer service, period.
Apr 08th 2014
31
           Lol Mormons here on their mission are comedy
Apr 08th 2014
34
           getting on the train after a long hard day posted up on church ave
Apr 08th 2014
39
           um but these mormon cats can fuckin BALL
Apr 08th 2014
82
           mormons will ball some motherfuckers up though
Apr 10th 2014
108
           yep =(
Apr 08th 2014
68
           Because NEW YORK
Apr 08th 2014
32
           The joke trades on NYC rudeness.
Apr 08th 2014
33
           But we know other cities are just as rude :P
Apr 08th 2014
35
           I got family working for CFA in STL.
Apr 08th 2014
41
           True but she can afford whatever vices and retail therapy
Apr 08th 2014
46
           That's true. Plus the water ain't as wet in STL as in NYC.
Apr 08th 2014
49
           Oh if only any of that was exclusive to NYC, just paid $12 for a movie
Apr 08th 2014
59
           i really think its the sheer amount of people
Apr 08th 2014
73
           Chik-fil-a is different tho. i've never been to one where everyone wasnt...
Apr 08th 2014
45
                we've been conditioned!!!!!
Apr 08th 2014
75
           i didn't even realize it was a joke til just now
Apr 08th 2014
44
                If you need directions for free we are nice
Apr 08th 2014
48
                     yep
Apr 08th 2014
50
           Because they are pulling from a hiring pool of New Yorkers
Apr 08th 2014
37
                shit even in Phoenix I saw some of the females had neck tattoos
Apr 08th 2014
40
                Fruitkwan tho?
Apr 08th 2014
42
                lol there are bad attitude ratchets everywhere, c'mon
Apr 08th 2014
60
                     our white folks got bad attitudes =(
Apr 08th 2014
74
                          it's b/c dat NYC water is too wet!
Apr 08th 2014
83
                               LOL
Apr 09th 2014
86
The Shake Shack on Fulton Mall has very good customer service
Apr 08th 2014
38
It's less about them being Black and more about the location
Apr 08th 2014
51
Meyer pays more
Apr 08th 2014
52
I think Chic-fila pays more than your average fsat food spot
Apr 09th 2014
87
its not about being black
Apr 08th 2014
67
you know it will
Apr 08th 2014
66
but will they have accessible locations in Queens is the $1M question
Apr 08th 2014
26
"All of us become more wise as time goes by" = $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Apr 08th 2014
29
give me popeyes, white ppl have no business frying chicken
Apr 08th 2014
53
why is it "hate chicken" though? what you know about the politics of
Apr 08th 2014
62
I always assumed Chick-Fi-La was pretty much everywhere
Apr 08th 2014
54
there's one on NYU's campus but it's wack
Apr 08th 2014
55
non-NYU students could go there? I would've went
Apr 08th 2014
58
i don't think there's a chik fil a within five hundred miles of me
Apr 08th 2014
63
i dunno man i dunno man
Apr 08th 2014
69
Will they still have Big Love-esque employees?
Apr 08th 2014
56
Chick fil a is nothing special, just another fast food chain, it's good
Apr 08th 2014
61
=(
Apr 08th 2014
71
Wait till yall get the chicken mini's & peach shakes
Apr 08th 2014
64
peach shake!?
Apr 08th 2014
70
first had it in VA, it really is worth the homophobia and 'cism
Apr 09th 2014
89
      *moans*
Apr 09th 2014
95
they need to make that banana pudding shake permanent
Apr 08th 2014
78
      they discontinued it
Apr 10th 2014
98
I passed by it every day for a decade .......never stepped a foot in it
Apr 08th 2014
80
I thought we deaded this sh!t back in 2010?
Apr 08th 2014
84
NYC will turn it gay, black, and ratchet. I am pleased.
Apr 09th 2014
85
it's already like that in Baltimore, which is the funny thing...
Apr 09th 2014
88
Nah if it can't be done in Atlanta then it virtually impossible.
Apr 09th 2014
94
      Yall know southern manners tho. I need to see how Philly's CFAs are doin
Apr 10th 2014
107
They're gonna have a hard time finding suitable employees
Apr 09th 2014
90
Man will yall cut out this NYC will ruin Chic-fila talk!!!!
Apr 10th 2014
97
      have you not SEEN the rats!?
Apr 10th 2014
104
           I actually thought she meant something different
Apr 10th 2014
106
Bojangles better....
Apr 09th 2014
91
Heh @ Philly having one before NYC... interesting v_v
Apr 09th 2014
93
I might need to get a 2nd job there, they pay good right?
Apr 10th 2014
96
Now that I think about this, NYC is gonna sully CFA's reputation
Apr 10th 2014
99
It's going to make the Fordham Rd White Castle look like Momofuku
Apr 10th 2014
101
lmao! I hate that you're likely correct.
Apr 10th 2014
105
There's a black chick at the one across the street from where i live
Oct 07th 2015
113
Wild Chicken Biscuits n/m
Apr 10th 2014
100
It's funny all these news outlets are questioning whether NYC will
Apr 10th 2014
102
Reminder: Paul F. Tompkins on Chick-fil-A/why you shouldn't eat it
Apr 10th 2014
103
New Yorkers are officially cornballs.
Oct 07th 2015
109
I'm heading there today after work, there are lines now?
Oct 07th 2015
110
There has not not been crazy long lines since they been open.
Oct 07th 2015
112
i wouldn't blame cornballdom as much as overpopulation.
Oct 07th 2015
111
When it opened here traffic was messed up for a month.
Oct 07th 2015
115
Lol.
Oct 07th 2015
114
I mean mostly they are corny as fuck but I give it to the old school NYe...
Oct 07th 2015
117
you should re-examine "getting on a line" while you're at it lol
Oct 08th 2015
119
You right, I picked up getting "on line" since living here and hearing i...
Oct 08th 2015
124
NYC has some really talented, creative folks... but...
Oct 08th 2015
120
how is it corny to want what you couldnt have before?
Oct 08th 2015
126
umm.. the lines for ChiK Fil A are long as shit in NC
Oct 08th 2015
127
We worked hella OT to get this store ready.
Oct 08th 2015
118
What is your position at the company?
Oct 08th 2015
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IT/help desk at the corporate office.
Oct 08th 2015
123
      You guys hiring? lol
Oct 09th 2015
128
           I think the next IT training class is full, and they'll start again next...
Oct 09th 2015
129
I almost made it yesterday for my first visit
Oct 08th 2015
122
It's crazy because I've never seen a restaurant go up so fast...I though...
Oct 08th 2015
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