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Fast-food chain Chick-fil-A has sparked a social media backlash after announcing that it will soon allow certain antibiotics in the chickens it raises, citing supply issues.
Chick-fil-A restaurants in the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico will transition “from chicken raised with No Antibiotics Ever (NAE) to chicken raised with No Antibiotics Important to Human Medicine (NAIHM), starting in the spring of 2024,” the company said in a statement posted on its website this week.
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“In a statement to Reuters, Chick-fil-A said the policy change was due to challenges it foresees finding chicken supplies that “meets our rigid standards.””
So, clearly, the solution is “lower your standards”? 🤔
If the other choice is make less money then it’s obvious what corporations will do
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I don’t get the popularity of Chick-fil-A. Bland sandwiches and little variety.
It has a conservative Christian cult following due to the founder’s political and religious views.
They don’t give a shit about LGBT lives, but they sure do give a shit about antibiotics… I’ll give you a single guess as to why.
Turns frogs gay?
Extremely gay
No it doesn’t. It’s just generally immensely popular.
No, it’s both.
Yep. It was popular before that information was spread far and wide. After the information spread a certain group of people are now die hard fans.
First off, remember it’s fast food, standards are abysmal.
But it’s an actual piece of chicken, that’s actually prepared correctly.
If you got it in a sit down restaurant or even pub, you wouldn’t comment on it.
But compare it to any other chicken sandwich you could get from a drive thru in the last 20 years and the hype makes sense.
No matter where you are, if you see a chicfila you know you’ll get a decent chicken sandwich that isn’t ridiculously expensive.
A burger place isn’t going to do chicken as well as a dedicated chicken place, and KFC is a joke, so the only real competition for that niche is Popeyes on a national level.
I guess you can still call it good but they switched to Tyson on the East Coast like 10 years ago and yeah it’s bland and generic.
KFC in North America could learn a thing or two from KFC in China. It’s their McDonald’s.
Twenty years ago? Probably?
Ten years ago? Doubtful
But the past few years have seen most of the fast food fried chicken places go hard on chicken sandwiches. And even mcdonald’s has stepped up their game to being actually pretty decent.
Mostly chikfila just coasts on their recognition from 20 years ago and the zealots who refuse to try anything else.
Dave’s Hot Chicken would like a word with you.
Well if there was one within a thousand miles of me Maybe it could
It’s also pretty expensive
Fast food also varies so much across the US. I talked up Chick-fil-A so much after having it in Texas, and then when I brought my girlfriend to one in Florida it was garbage.
in Florida it was garbage.
I’ve identified the issue…
Popeye’s is better. I’ve had Chick-fil-A once (bought for me) and it was exactly what it looked like: a chicken sandwich. It was a bit bland and watery.
If juicy=flavorful then sure, it’s flavorful. I look for more though.
One thing I do like is that they have (the option of) whole grain buns… I’ve been unable to find that elsewhere.
Your forgot expensive too.
Everything is expensive now
You are right. I’m going to cry in a pillow now
I’d cry in my pillow but I can’t afford one. Cries in late stage capitalist pre-apocalyptic dystopian Zeitgeist
Seriously. It’s like being in love with average quality.
In my city, the dive bar makes better chicken sandwiches. How depressing that people live like that.
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The peach milkshake slaps but the food sucks. Popeyes is better for God’s sake.
Of course I stopped going entirely after they said they stopped donating to LGBTQA+ groups and then got fucking caught doing it yet again so yeah fuck Hate Chicken
It is pretty much the pinnacle of “white people fried chicken”. American KFC (because Asian KFC is godlike) comes close but so many people never grew up beyond eating chicken tenders and bones scare them.
So you have inadequately seasoned chicken tenders soaked in pickle juice and people lose their minds.
And the strong focus on Christian Values, err, “Good service” means that nobody will ever be faced with the horror that is the realization that their satisfaction is not the only reason that someone is working in fast food.
I prefer “Dave’s Hot Chicken”. Large boobs, and lots of spice.
Yeah, I mean, their stuff is okay but pretty unexciting IMHO. They might be inexpensive, kinda the Taco Bell route.
Taco Bell isn’t that cheap anymore. I ate there not long ago for the first time in years and it was over 10$ for the basic taco combo, not even Supreme. And they sucked. They were almost completely devoid of fillings. They are on my eternal shit list now.
They’re not inexpensive.
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Their fries didn’t even have salt when I tried them
It’s because the jesus is fresh with every meal, christian’s really eat that shit up
Chick-fil-A budget
Food $200
Data $150
Rent $800
Homophobia $3,600
Utility $150
someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my company is dying
Stop spending so much on homophobia
If you could get them to ignore their “moral compass” you could save them $4,416
Fuck ChikFila and thier bigot sponsors.
Just tell your customers you upped the Jesus in every sandwich and they’ll overlook everything else.
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Fuck chick fil a. Since I worked there back in 2015, they’ve cut portion sizes by almost a third and raised priced by almost 50%.
I call bullshit. You can source antibiotic free chicken if you’ll pay for it, they’re just trying to extract more profit again.
Insofar as I recall they’re still one of the better fast food joints wrt worker treatment.
It’s a very mixed bag, due to the fact that most of them are franchises.
I remember when I quit and went to amazon, my hourly went up by more than 50%. I worked 20 hours less every week and for health insurance.
But there’s also some near me with signs up advertising $18/hour.
I find it almost impossible a religious business treats their workers well……THEY FUCKING WORSHIP god FOR SUCKS SAKE
I’m not defending chick fil a here, but this is some busted ass logic. I don’t see how worshipping god has any bearing on how they treat workers.
christians treating people like shit is my logic, like they have done for hundreds and hundreds of years. So it seems logical a christian business would treat people like shit.
As I said, busted ass logic.
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I hate to “actually” you, but i will.
In-n-out, another franchise known for treating employees very well, uses the same system for ordering with an employee outside walking from car to car.
The chik-fil-a near me, the outside workers all have lots of shade.
Be mad all you want, but be mad at things that exist.
The chik-fil-a near me, the outside workers all have lots of shade.
In Florida CFA drive thrus they wear little portable shade tents with built in fans, under awnings that cover the entire drive thru with multiple clusters of fans blowing down from them.
Still hot as fuck.
No other fast food place does it because “just standing” they don’t consider to be working and they ALL run skeleton crews now. Time to lean time to clean bullshit.
Just to be clear fuck Chick-fil-A as they also force their workers to buy $80+ jackets to deal with the weather.
I bet god spoke to the CEO one night as a burning sack of cash and said this was a great idea.
Popeye’s chicken sandwiches are better.
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How u have time to gaf about fast food?!?!
He asks as he gaf about some random Lemmy comment lmao
If the cooking oil is fresh, this is 100% true. That fucking sandwich is a banger.
The hard part for me is finding a Popeye’s that has fresh cooking oil. : (
Is it still going to be soggy and disgusting?
That’s the secret ingredient: homophobia
I’ve only eaten there a few times, but I don’t remember it being soggy.
Still hatin’ teh gheys tho
Rather they changed their politics instead of their shitty diabetes.menu
I’ve never been there because of their politics.
Good. Fuck hick fil-a
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They are facing a genuine supply issue. A different company made a sudden move because they wanted to maximize profits.
Tyson, one of the main chicken processors, killed their no-antibiotics program at the end of 2023. They moved from claiming meat came from chickens that had had no antibiotics used (NAE) to claiming no human-relevant antibiotics had been used (NAIHM).
The rest of the market can’t meet the demand for NAE, at least not in the short term.
“citing suppy issues”
Hmm… our supply of cash would be bigger if we cut corners over here. The thought of the potentially bigger cash pile is now bothersome to me.
Fuck chikfila, and fuck you if you spend your money there. Fucking bigots
Hey now, the chicken don’t taste homophobic.
are you regularly tasting homophobes to the point where you feel qualified to make that statement?
According to the Good Place if you eat their sandwich it means you hate gay people.
if you’ve bought anything there then you are contributing directly to people who fund and support the anti-lgbtq+ movement so yes, you cannot be a customer there and also support these social movements
While I agree with the stance that Chick-fil-a should be boycotted, I think declaring those who dont incapable of supporting lgbtq+ social movements only hurts said movements. Its not a zero sum game, and alienating potential allies is a losing strategy.
Plus, at least as an American, its damn near impossible to survive without spending money on products that caused harm somewhere along the line. Dont be so quick to throw stones, all our hands are soaked with blood, most of us are just too busy to notice.
Ironically enough, they hire shit tons of LGTBQ+ people in my area and the LGBTQ+ crowd fucking stans them.
Although I rarely eat there, maybe once or twice a year, this is all the justification I need.
Shitty company who hates regular people does a thing and I don’t care.
What do you mean ‘hates regular people’?
Maybe they should try making it good.
Soggy salty chicken sandwich was fine in 2003 when everyone else was doing dry chicken sandwich. Now the meta is crunchy and juicy chicken sandwich so CFA is just mid.
