An American fast food chain is bidding to crack the UK market for the second time Political dispute made its first attempt,
Chick-fila-e – Who have thousands of restaurant across America, Canada and Puerto Rico This week confirmed that it will open its first permanent restaurant in Leeds in this autumn.
The popular Fried Chicken series stated that the new permanent branch is one of the five restaurants that expect to open in the UK over the next two years.
The newly planned sites come after Chik-Fil-A, which failed to establish themselves in Britain after a backlash on the stance of their owners on LGBT+ rights.
Eight days after opening in October 2019, it was announced that the company’s first UK outlet was initially set to stop reading.
It was revealed that Chief Executive Officer Dan Kathy and his late Father Samuel, who founded the series in 1946, have publicly donated to LGBT+ groups.
LGBT+ people launched a series of boycott, kiss-in and uniform-sex marriage in the US, when Mr. Kathy Junior opposed the equal-sex marriage in 2012, saying, “We are inviting God’s decision on our nation, when we are shaking our fists on it and say what we know is better than you.”
Meanwhile, Samuel Kathy used chick-fi-e benefits for charity fund charity including Exodus International, a group, which promoted gay and transgender conversion therapy.
His son has also been accused of providing $ 1.9m (£ 1.4m) to the charity fellowship of Christian athletes, which oppose the same-linga relationships.
After the firm announced its plans for the reading branch, the decision was condemned by LGBT+ Rights Groups in the UK, with opposition and boycott of the restaurant’s plan.
The Oracle Shopping Center, where the reading site opened, later announced that it would not expand the first six-month lease of Chik-Fil-A.
At that time, the restaurant denied any closure related to LGBT+ rights or donations of Mr. Kathy on donations.
And now, six years later, Chik-Fil-A is making another attempt to break into the UK market.
The company is investing $ 100M (£ 74m) in its expansion in this country in the next decade.
It comes after the opening of two branches in Northern Ireland earlier this year.
The firm also announced a plan to launch its first restaurant in Singapore in 2025.
Chik-Fil-A, Inc.’s Chief Executive Officer Andrew T. Kathy told The Catter: “Extending in both Europe and Asia is a meaningful milestone for Chik-Fil-A.
“The investment we are making in the UK and Singapore not only offers opportunities for our business, but also a chance for us that makes Chick-Fil-A special for new places-Mahan food and notable hospitality, our unique franchise models and we have positive effects in communities.”
Independent Chik-Fil-A is contacted for further comments.
