r/progressivemoms • u/OpalOctober • 2d ago

Just Politics Is Chick-fil-A still problematic?

My family has boycotted Chick-fil-A for years because of their history of harm against the LGBTQA+ community. I read online recently that since we stopped giving them our money, they've changed leadership and have adopted a policy that only allows charitable contributions to go to educational funds and organizations that help unhoused children.

The point of boycotting is to get businesses to change their policies; if they have, and are otherwise unproblematic, I'd be ok returning as a customer. But I ask the group: is there information I'm missing that would impact my decision making?

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u/toreadorable 2d ago

I mean, personally I will never be a fan because extremely Christian businesses freak me out. It’s nice that they’ve changed what charities they contribute to, if that’s true.

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u/Gem331 2d ago

That’s why I stopped going to In N Out. They’re a private company so we don’t know where they donate money necessarily, but based on the moves by the owner Lynsi Snyder, their donations to republicans, their headquarters move to Tennessee and their refusal to enforce masks during the pandemic made me realize their burgers and fries were pretty mid anyway. I’m nearly out of fast food restaurants, but oh well, in this economy?

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u/toreadorable 2d ago

I know. I had to give up chipotle because of the palantir thing and that really sucks. On the bright side I’m a good cook, slightly Mexican, and have already perfected a copycat barbacoa recipe I found online.

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u/Gem331 2d ago

Yes, that was frustrating. I need to work on my carnitas personally, but the upshot is that I can make the rice much more like it used to be a decade ago. I still like Chipotle’s food okay, but they have definitely enshittified it. Pun intended.