{"id":2224,"date":"2023-12-20T18:03:54","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T19:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shinsori.me\/?p=2224"},"modified":"2023-12-20T21:05:59","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T21:05:59","slug":"why-isnt-chick-fil-a-open-on-sundays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/shinsori.me\/index.php\/2023\/12\/20\/why-isnt-chick-fil-a-open-on-sundays\/","title":{"rendered":"Why isn\u2019t Chick-fil-A open on Sundays?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Chick-fil-A location is pictured in Philadelphia on Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/span><\/p>\n

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Matt Rourke, Associated Press<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Call it the grinch who might steal Sunday \u2014 a bill before the New York General Assembly that would require Chick-fil-A and other food services at rest stops to be open every day of the week.<\/p>\n

As USA Today reported<\/a>, if enacted, the bill would also require Chick-fil-A to be open on Sunday at the Port Authority in New Jersey.<\/p>\n

The proposal is sponsored by two Democrats: Assemblymembers Tony Simone, who represents part of Manhattan, and Anna Kelles, who represents Tompkins County and portions of Cortland County, according to WRGB<\/a>, a CBS affiliate in Albany.<\/p>\n

Chick-fil-A, which frequently ranks at or near the top<\/a> of lists of the most popular fast-food restaurants, famously closes on Sunday<\/a> and has since its opening in 1946 because its founder, the late S. Truett Cathy, wanted his employees to be able to attend worship services and rest.<\/p>\n

The company has kept the policy throughout two subsequent CEOs \u2014 Cathy\u2019s son, Dan Cathy, and now his grandson, Andrew Truett Cathy<\/a> \u2014 even though it\u2019s been estimated that Chick-fil-A misses out<\/a> on more than $1 billion in sales by closing on Sunday, and the empty stores disappoint myriad fans. (One viral video<\/a> on social media shows a man selling \u201ccontraband\u201d chicken sandwiches in a Chick-fil-A parking lot on Sunday to desperate consumers.)<\/p>\n

New York bill A08336<\/a> says that \u201cthere is nothing objectionable about a fast food restaurant closing on a particular day of the week\u201d but that publicly owned spaces should \u201cmaximally benefit the public.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAllowing for retail space to go unused one seventh of the week or more is a disservice and unnecessary inconvenience to travelers who rely on these service areas,\u201d the bill says.<\/p>\n

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