Lindsay Graham says he'd go to war for Chik-Fil-A

[NWRMidnight]

Shaking down people? Didn't realize CFA was in the chicken sandwich racketeering business.

I know it's hard for many of the culinary snobs here to comprehend, but not all their patrons are morons. If the food was bad and overpriced, the majority of people would eat somewhere else. It's simple supply and demand.

HaHaHa!! the majority of American's would eat shit on a shingle if they where told it was the best thing in the world. Which is exactly why CFA's lines are so long when they first open a new location, because the lemmings have been convinced that their food is so great... Once people learn the truth, they are no busier than any other fast food chain, and those that continue to go have no palette and don't realize they can get better for less just up the road.

 

[ponyo]

HaHaHa!! the majority of American's would eat shit on a shingle if they where told it was the best thing in the world. Which is exactly why CFA's lines are so long when they first open a new location, because the lemmings have been convinced that their food is so great... Once people learn the truth, they are no busier than any other fast food chain, and those that continue to go have no palette and don't realize they can get better for less just up the road.

Numbers don't lie unlike many in this thread who lie to themselves and want so badly to believe CFA is not money printing machine. Look at this chart which ranks the top 50 fast food chains in the US in terms of sales in 2019.

https://www.qsrmagazine.com/content/qsr50-2020-top-50-chart

CFA is number 3 on the list with total sales of $11 billion with only 2,500 stores. Taco Bell and Burger King which are number 4 and 5 on the list have similar total sales yet have about 3 times as many stores as CFA. That's insane. CFA average sales per store was $4,517,000 in 2019. McD, the gold standard when it comes to fast food sales had average sales per store of $2,912,000. And that's on 7 days a week sales for McD compared to only 6 days a week sales for CFA since every CFA is closed on Sundays. Imagine what CFA sales would be if CFA was open 7 days a week like every fast food chain. If that doesn't blow your mind, you don't know anything about business or finance.

CFA is money printing machine. If CFA told me I could own CFA franchise, I would come out of retirement to own one. You are 100% guaranteed to make money with CFA. It's about as sure thing in restaurant business or any business for that matter. Restaurant might be the toughest business and CFA is killing it, and they have for decades. Numbers are clear yet you're still trying to argue CFA is no busier than any other fast food chain. lol.

 

[ch33zw1z]

Numbers don't lie unlike many in this thread who lie to themselves and want so badly to believe CFA is not money printing machine. Look at this chart which ranks the top 50 fast food chains in the US in terms of sales in 2019.

https://www.qsrmagazine.com/content/qsr50-2020-top-50-chart

CFA is number 3 on the list with total sales of $11 billion with only 2,500 stores. Taco Bell and Burger King which are number 4 and 5 on the list have similar total sales yet have about 3 times as many stores as CFA. That's insane. CFA average sales per store was $4,517,000 in 2019. McD, the gold standard when it comes to fast food sales had average sales per store of $2,912,000. And that's on 7 days a week sales for McD compared to only 6 days a week sales for CFA since every CFA is closed on Sundays. Imagine what CFA sales would be if CFA was open 7 days a week like every fast food chain. If that doesn't blow your mind, you don't know anything about business or finance.

CFA is money printing machine. If CFA told me I could own CFA franchise, I would come out of retirement to own one. You are 100% guaranteed to make money with CFA. It's about as sure thing in restaurant business or any business for that matter. Restaurant might be the toughest business and CFA is killing it, and they have for decades. Numbers are clear yet you're still trying to argue CFA is no busier than any other fast food chain. lol.

Why aren't they open 7 days a week?

 

[ponyo]

Why aren't they open 7 days a week?

Like you don't know. So they can attend church and have a day of rest. When they work that hard 6 days a week and greatly outproduce competitors who work 7 days a week, they can afford to take the day off.

 

[ch33zw1z]

Like you don't know. So they can attend church and have a day of rest. When they work that hard 6 days a week and greatly outproduce competitors who work 7 days a week, they can afford to take the day off.

Who's "they". Is attending church on Sundays a requirement for employment? Or is this just another religious conviction applied to all employees?

You're funny dude 😉

 

[ponyo]

Who's "they". Is attending church on Sundays a requirement for employment? Or is this just another religious conviction applied to all employees?

You're funny dude 😉

Franchise owners and store employees. Do you think every CFA employees attend church? What if some of the employees just want a day off so they can go watch NFL game in person or just hang out with family and friends to watch sports game on TV? Or go to the park? Or just sleep and rest? I thought you guys were all about giving time off to employees and treating employees well?

I'm an atheist, but I don't get upset because some company wants to give day off so their employees can attend church or rest. No one is forced to apply for a job at CFA or work there. They freely choose. Maybe having Sunday off is one of the reasons why people choose to work there.

 

[HomerJS]

Numbers don't lie unlike many in this thread who lie to themselves and want so badly to believe CFA is not money printing machine. Look at this chart which ranks the top 50 fast food chains in the US in terms of sales in 2019.

https://www.qsrmagazine.com/content/qsr50-2020-top-50-chart

CFA is number 3 on the list with total sales of $11 billion with only 2,500 stores. Taco Bell and Burger King which are number 4 and 5 on the list have similar total sales yet have about 3 times as many stores as CFA. That's insane. CFA average sales per store was $4,517,000 in 2019. McD, the gold standard when it comes to fast food sales had average sales per store of $2,912,000. And that's on 7 days a week sales for McD compared to only 6 days a week sales for CFA since every CFA is closed on Sundays. Imagine what CFA sales would be if CFA was open 7 days a week like every fast food chain. If that doesn't blow your mind, you don't know anything about business or finance.

CFA is money printing machine. If CFA told me I could own CFA franchise, I would come out of retirement to own one. You are 100% guaranteed to make money with CFA. It's about as sure thing in restaurant business or any business for that matter. Restaurant might be the toughest business and CFA is killing it, and they have for decades. Numbers are clear yet you're still trying to argue CFA is no busier than any other fast food chain. lol.

How did Subway lose so many units and still come in #6? I assume units=stores

 

[ch33zw1z]

Franchise owners and store employees. Do you think every CFA employees attend church? What if some of the employees just want a day off so they can go watch NFL game in person or just hang out with family and friends to watch sports game on TV? Or go to the park? Or just sleep and rest? I thought you guys were all about giving time off to employees and treating employees well?

I'm an atheist, but I don't get upset because some company wants to give day off so their employees can attend church or rest. No one is forced to apply for a job at CFA or work there. They freely choose. Maybe having Sunday off is one of the reasons why people choose to work there.

Lol, ok dude. See, I thought you were just gonna be honest and say it's religious conviction structuring company policy. But you led with the prosperity gospel version of it, then followed up with some what if's with a pile of straw next to it.

 

[kage69]

Numbers don't lie unlike many in this thread who lie to themselves and want so badly to believe CFA is not money printing machine.

Sounds like you are attacking another strawman, or could you tell us who in this thread submitted that CFA is not making money? How this became about profitability I have no idea.

 

[ch33zw1z]

Sounds like you are attacking another strawman, or could you tell us who in this thread submitted that CFA is not making money? How this became about profitability I have no idea.

Right, it's about the right's constant culture war, which CFA has been a part of for some time now. I haven't seen anyone say they weren't making money.

 

[NWRMidnight]

Numbers don't lie unlike many in this thread who lie to themselves and want so badly to believe CFA is not money printing machine. Look at this chart which ranks the top 50 fast food chains in the US in terms of sales in 2019.

https://www.qsrmagazine.com/content/qsr50-2020-top-50-chart

CFA is number 3 on the list with total sales of $11 billion with only 2,500 stores. Taco Bell and Burger King which are number 4 and 5 on the list have similar total sales yet have about 3 times as many stores as CFA. That's insane. CFA average sales per store was $4,517,000 in 2019. McD, the gold standard when it comes to fast food sales had average sales per store of $2,912,000. And that's on 7 days a week sales for McD compared to only 6 days a week sales for CFA since every CFA is closed on Sundays. Imagine what CFA sales would be if CFA was open 7 days a week like every fast food chain. If that doesn't blow your mind, you don't know anything about business or finance.

CFA is money printing machine. If CFA told me I could own CFA franchise, I would come out of retirement to own one. You are 100% guaranteed to make money with CFA. It's about as sure thing in restaurant business or any business for that matter. Restaurant might be the toughest business and CFA is killing it, and they have for decades. Numbers are clear yet you're still trying to argue CFA is no busier than any other fast food chain. lol.

High sales is not indication that they are busier than any other competitor. You can have 10 customers who spend $5 each for a total of $50, or you can have 10 customers who spend $10 each for a total of $100. Same amount of customers, with the only difference is the amount each customer spends. High sales also does not indicate they are a money making machine as you are only looking at what is coming in, not what is going out (income is no indication of profits). Not to mention it's easy to inflate your sales dollars when the prices are higher in comparison to what you get for each dollar spent. IE, per your price example earlier, $3.89 for a chicken sandwich doesn't mean it's cheaper if it's smaller portions, less condiments on the sandwich., and/or made with lower quality ingredients.

 

[ch33zw1z]

How did Subway lose so many units and still come in #6? I assume units=stores

I would imagine they closed a bunch of stores losing money, or franchises (does subway have those?) closed up, but they still made a pile of money in the 23k stores. Subway locations in my area have always been volatile. There's a handful that stick around, but many open then close a few years later.

 

[HomerJS]

McDs still #1 by far. I equate them to Fox News. We all know what happens to your body if your diet is exclusively McDonalds.

I love Popeyes but limit myself to once/month max

 

[kage69]

Right, it's about the right's constant culture war, which CFA has been a part of for some time now. I haven't seen anyone say they weren't making money.

I'm all for involving numbers and more data, but in this case it seems irrelevant as everyone knows (or should) that CFA's profitably has absolutely jack shit to do with Miss Lindsey "going to war" here.

 

[s0me0nesmind1]

McDs still #1 by far. I equate them to Fox News. We all know what happens to your body if your diet is exclusively McDonalds.

I love Popeyes but limit myself to once/month max

#1 in terms of sales from simply having the most locations/franchises isn't anything notable. At all.

Much more important measurement is the sales per store - and more importantly overall profit - which isn't mentioned in the image.

 

[darkswordsman17]

Sounds like you are attacking another strawman, or could you tell us who in this thread submitted that CFA is not making money? How this became about profitability I have no idea.

Its interesting to see them proboner (at least I'm assuming they're not paid to promote them, but, maybe its about their investment in them?) CFA as ardently as they do Tesla. I didn't think it was possible. I'm not sure if they worship those two because of fanboyism or because of the money aspect, but its interesting that the latter is such a key aspect of why they think they're apparently the 2 greatest companies ever. The only other thing I've seen them be as ardent about is strip clubs!

 

[s0me0nesmind1]

Its interesting to see them proboner (at least I'm assuming they're not paid to promote them, but, maybe its about their investment in them?) CFA as ardently as they do Tesla. I didn't think it was possible. I'm not sure if they worship those two because of fanboyism or because of the money aspect, but its interesting that the latter is such a key aspect of why they think they're apparently the 2 greatest companies ever. The only other thing I've seen them be as ardent about is strip clubs!

You know there are incel support groups out there for you, right?

You seem butt-hurt in life anytime that anyone posts any opinion that doesn't at all align with you.

Someone likes Chick-Fil-A food? OH NO! I must valiantly defend my hatred for this food item!
Didn't get in on TSLA stock? Get massively butt-hurt and keep shitting on a successful company.


It seems like all you are - and all you ever will do - is be a part of the victim culture mentality. When others win, you immediately make enemies and shun then instead of asking the simple question: How can I start being less of a piece of shit?

 

[fskimospy]

It seems like all you are - and all you ever will do - is be a part of the victim culture mentality. When others win, you immediately make enemies and shun then instead of asking the simple question: How can I start being less of a piece of shit?

Have you considered how this might apply to your life?

 

[ch33zw1z]

Lol @ outtahisminds last prostjection. Like, holy shit bruh

 

[nakedfrog]

I like CFA a lot. I don't eat there anymore. I did after they initially made their claims about cleaning up their act, but since that's turned out to be smoke and mirrors, they're off the list again. Fortunately Popeye's and Shake Shack have truly competitive chicken sandwiches now.

McDs still #1 by far. I equate them to Fox News. We all know what happens to your body if your diet is exclusively McDonalds.

I love Popeyes but limit myself to once/month max

Nothing? It's not about where you eat, it's about what you eat there. You can absolutely eat fast food regularly and be a healthy person. You can eat fast food 5x a week and lose weight, and bring your cholesterol levels and triglycerides down (well, if you're starting out fat, anyway, probably harder if you're already at a healthy weight)
If you're referencing "Super Size Me", well... that was all based on exceedingly deliberate actions, and isn't a realistic indicator in any way.

 

[hal2kilo]

Right, it's about the right's constant culture war, which CFA has been a part of for some time now. I haven't seen anyone say they weren't making money.

I like when people talk about how much Fox is watched, like it's a sign of quality.

 

[trenchfoot]

Name that bigotry towards gays. Go on. Do tell.

Apologies for taking so long to reply. Ummm no, I don't think there's a practical reason for me to do that. I'd prefer that you try to convince me to change my mind.

 

[Sunburn74]

Would be nice to hear Lindsey say he'd go towards for the middle class or for health care or struggling families. But sure go die on a hill for chick fila you clown.

 

[nakedfrog]

Would be nice to hear Lindsey say he'd go towards for the middle class or for health care or struggling families. But sure go die on a hill for chick fila you clown.

Totally on-brand though, they don't go to war for people, only corporations.

 

[K1052]

Shake Shack have truly competitive chicken sandwiches now.

The Shake Shack chicken sandwich is FAR superior to any other fast food offering I've had. Seriously underrated sandwich. They recently did a limited time one that was Korean style with gochujang that was quite excellent.