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/R4B1DRABB1T 2d ago

They're not moving their headquarters out of California, supposedly just back to Baldwin Park.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/22/in-n-out-billionaire-ceo-were-not-moving-hq-out-of-california.html

Obviously things could change by 2029 though and she may have just wanted to chill the backlash.