As they say, there's no such thing as bad publicity.
Not even boycotts and same-sex make-out sessions can pry people away from Chick-Fil-A, apparently. Three months after company president Dan Cathy openly proclaimed an anti-gay stance, setting off a torrential PR shitstorm for the chikin chain, business is, well, pretty great.
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See also:
- PHOTOS: LGBT Youth to Protest Chick-Fil-A's New Opening in Laguna Hills
- No, Chick-Fil-A Will NOT Stop Funding Anti-Gay Groups
- Costa Mesa Pastor Participates In Same-Sex Kiss Day at Chick-Fil-A, Saying 'God Supports And Blesses All Marriages'
Research specialist Sandelman & Associates reports that the
company's customer base is up, profits are strong and ad awareness
jumped 6.5-percent.
Perhaps all those negative tweets and
Facebook posts about Chick-Fil-A just made people hungry. “There was a
lot of talk that this would hurt Chick-fil-A, but it actually helped the
brand,” Jeff Davis, president of Sandelman, told USA Today.
Or perhaps the numbers show us a glimpse of where many Americans still stand on the issue of gay marriage.
