"Anyone in the northern half of the U.S. is likely scratching her head and wondering why she hasn’t seen Chick-fil-A outlets opening in the neighborhood. Last year Chick-fil-A only had about 1,775 U.S. stores to KFC’s 4,491, and most are in the South. Yet in dollar terms the Colonel is coming up short even with that much larger footprint: Chick-fil-A’s 2013 sales passed $5 billion, while all of KFC’s U.S. restaurants rang up about $4.22 billion, according to Technomic. And that’s with zero dollars coming in to Chick-fil-A on Sundays, when every restaurant is closed."
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h/t edutcher
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Ed points out, "I think some of the homosexual rights crowd are getting the message that this sort of thing can lose them all the good will they have lied so hard to get."
Between this and Mozilla, I think it will be an interesting next few years as people vote with their pocketbooks. It used to be thought that the population was made up of about 10% homosexuals, but now I'm hearing 2%. Either way, I predict a more cautious approach by businesses in the future.
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The BEST SCIENCE actually puts the homosexual population@1.7% Takl about the tail wagging the dog! (Sorry, Deb, I'm having password problems w. my Delicious accnt, so can't get to my bookmarks in the cloud to provide the link.)
KFC is depressing, stale, w/ mopey employees. Chick is fresh faced, better menu and the employees are happy.
This is like comparing In-N-Out Burger to McDonalds.
BTW, In-N-Out took some heat for printing Bible verse citations (not even the verse itself) on the bottoms of their paper drink cups.
What else does Mozilla make besides Firefox? I have used that in the past.
The more politically sensitive the topic, the harder it is to decide whose numbers to trust (see also Climate Change).
Gallup estimates 3.4% of US population is gay; Wikipedia says 3.8%. Maybe that range is too high, because pro-gay academics and journalists are pushing inflated numbers. Maybe the range is too low, because so many gays are reluctant to self-identify. Maybe both those things are happening.
"Somewhere between one and five percent" would probably be an honest call.
Maybe everyone will get a clue and go back to the days when it was impolite to discuss religion, politics, and sex.
I've been agonizing over voting with ones pocketbook for years. Seeing it as a somewhat real way to influence but yet also as a way to ruin. It does work both ways.
On the whole, though, given events of the last few years, I'm coming to the decision I don't care for it.
I just wish the hell business folks would recognize that placing a cross, or a fish symbol, in your advertising gains no more than a rainbow does.
I could care less about your beliefs when what I want is a good product, service, honesty, and integrity. Far as I know there is no symbol for that.
@deb's 11:39...
Agree completely.
I had KFC this evening. It was tasty, the chicken strips.
We had a Chik-Fil-A open up across the street where I work. Crowded all the time.
The issue is chicken. Chik-Fil-A has good chicken sandwiches. Most people care only about their own interests, not the political/social stuff.
People with particular issues think everyone has an opinion on those issues. Most people just want to live their lives.
It's getting ugly.
I only buy from virgins. I live mostly on girl scout cookies.
Bago, consider a convent soup kitchen.
I agree Paddy. The Chick-fil-A is probably a slanted case because it is located mainly in the South. If Chick-fil-A restaurants were located in the North there might not be a difference in sales there.
I'd don't care about politics. KFC sucks. Chick-fil-a is great. The employees seem happier too. Maybe its because they get Sunday off.
I know several former KFC employees who refuse to eat there. I guess once you see the stuff made, your illusions are shattered.
First, thank you, ma'am.
Second, Mozilla makes a number of web-related products, including Thunderbird, and email client, but they've cut back in recent years.
Mumpsimus said...
The more politically sensitive the topic, the harder it is to decide whose numbers to trust (see also Climate Change).
FWIW, an outfit (whose name I can't recall) tracks it through VD cases and puts it at 1.3%.
deborah said...
I agree Paddy. The Chick-fil-A is probably a slanted case because it is located mainly in the South. If Chick-fil-A restaurants were located in the North there might not be a difference in sales there.
There are a couple here in my little corner of NE OH and I remember them being fairly prominent in the Philadelphia burbs years ago.
Chick fil A makes better FAST food. Their sales are dominated by sandwiches and nuggets, both of which can be eaten easily and on the run.
KFC is best known for selling buckets of chicken with lots of messy breading and with the bones still in.
KFC is much more of a messy eat, especially if you are going to eat in your car or back at your desk.
KFC has really good cole slaw. Unfortunately, that's it.
Popeye's is much better than KFC.
There aren't any Popeye's in hillbilly northern Wi.!!
I do love KFC coleslaw. An excellent "just like KFC" recipe floats around the internet.
Near me are a Chik-Fil-A and McDonald's side by side, and even though Chik-Fil-A is pricier, it is always more crowded. No one around here has forgotten nor forgiven the bullying.
A Chick Fila opened near me in the last year. It is a huge store with two drive in order lanes and is always busy. I live in the pretty liberal Philly burbs. I go there a couple times a month- their spicy chicken sandwich is great. I could not tell you where a KFC is near me.
Bago and Deb- good ones lMAO!
Re the happy employees, I think having Sundays off is likely a factor. If I were Emperor, I would encourage [but not mandate] businesses pay overtime when its employees have to work on Sundays as a family friendly policy.
I have removed Firefox and all related Mozilla files from my computer.
I did it while eating a Chik-fil-A sandwich and wearing a Duck Commander camo shirt. Speaking of Duck Commander, they are the title sponsor of today's NASCAR race in Texas. Nice bounce back.
I hunted around for a different browser and tried out a few yesterday. I settled on Epic, a very well developed browser. Its key feature is that it does not track your usage, doesn't sell information about you, blocks all attempts to sknek trackers and cookies into your computer. It's the anti-Google. And it works superbly well.
:) @ Ed.
I'm in NE Ohio a lot, and never notice them, mainly because I'm not much of a fast food chicken goer. I was going by the article saying they're mostly Southern. My two sisters and there families make a Big Deal out of Kane's. It's okay, but I don't see their strips as any better than a McD chicken tender.
Haz, what were you playing in the background :)
Now I'm hungry for chicken.
Deborah, I thought this was appropriate background music.
Xray said ...
... what I want is a good product, service, honesty, and integrity. Far as I know there is no symbol for that.
THIS pretty much covers that, if you include the freedom to choose. Just saying...
Like of millions of other people I deleted Mozilla off of my computer yesterday.
It there is any justice they will be out of business by the end of the year.
Mumpsimus said...
The more politically sensitive the topic, the harder it is to decide whose numbers to trust
Yes, it is...not to mention that every one of us has some "gay" or "lesbian" inclinations, expressed or not, noticed or not. It is there. Very hard for many people to admit, however.
That simple matter is why I find the "transgender" stuff to be about 99.9% bullcrap. Unless you really are physically trans-gender, shut the flip up...quit trying to create a new race or sub-species with the honest characteristics of neither and none.
My guess it is all about the political influence or power, and the money. Mainly because it is all nonsense.
deborah said...
Maybe everyone will get a clue and go back to the days when it was impolite to discuss religion, politics, and sex.
I'll agree to a point, but don't think politics need be excluded within groups of people who do not act like politics, left, right, up, down, is a religion, etc.
Michael, especially for a Pole :)
For a Pole...or an Austrian perhaps? :-))
Ari, I think that's goose-stepping, not the chicken dance ;)
I'll bet my bottom kielbasi Haz polkas like a maniac. 'Sides, I think he mentioned being Polish once. I'm one-half.
I read that Mozilla made 80-85% of their income from google, by having it as their search engine.
A business VRINE analysis shows that Firefox is a non-rare easily imitated product.
Their biggest client pays by the eyeballs. They just lost eyeballs.
I hope the huuuuuge gay marriage support adds enough eyeballs for those they lost.
But I'd bet the other way.
Deborah....in this household, Polish stuff is near religious to my better half...Polish to the core, and who thinks red boots are a distinction....new pairs every year, etc.
Is it heteros striking back or is it just a whole bunch of people looking at the fuss and thinking... "wtf, it's a chicken sandwich."
And the rest, and well, Chick Fil A, too I suppose, is a whole bunch of people looking at the fuss and thinking... You're getting that gay marriage thing, vindictive much? All that hate is going to give you wrinkles before your time, ever think of that?
My wife is Polish on both sides. She has bi-Polish disorder.
Is it heteros striking back or is it just a whole bunch of people looking at the fuss and thinking... "wtf, it's a chicken sandwich."
For me, it's the latter, in addition to the fact that I like to be treated with courteous, prompt, efficient, and dependable service, which is what I've received whenever I've stopped at Chick-Fil-A.
As for the idea that The Chick-fil-A is probably a slanted case because it is located mainly in the South, this is the map that comes up on Google which shows Chick-Fil-A locations by state as of June, 2011.
I'm only half, so not up on red boots...what does that mean?
Haz, lol I'll have to assume you do polka sometimes? And Ari?
EXTRY PICKLES FOR THE WIN.
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