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Fast-food chain Chick-fil-A has sparked a social media backlash after announcing that it will soon allow certain antibiotics in the chickens it raises, citing supply issues.

Chick-fil-A restaurants in the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico will transition "from chicken raised with No Antibiotics Ever (NAE) to chicken raised with No Antibiotics Important to Human Medicine (NAIHM), starting in the spring of 2024," the company said in a statement posted on its website this week.

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[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 147 points 7 months ago

"In a statement to Reuters, Chick-fil-A said the policy change was due to challenges it foresees finding chicken supplies that "meets our rigid standards.""

So, clearly, the solution is "lower your standards"? 🤔

[-] fidodo@lemmy.world 46 points 7 months ago

If the other choice is make less money then it's obvious what corporations will do

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[-] NotAtWork@startrek.website 76 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Chick-fil-A budget

Food $200

Data $150

Rent $800

Homophobia $3,600

Utility $150

someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my company is dying

[-] Cqrd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 7 months ago

Stop spending so much on homophobia

[-] III@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago

If you could get them to ignore their "moral compass" you could save them $4,416

[-] Kraven_the_Hunter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 74 points 7 months ago

I don't get the popularity of Chick-fil-A. Bland sandwiches and little variety.

[-] reddig33@lemmy.world 73 points 7 months ago

It has a conservative Christian cult following due to the founder’s political and religious views.

[-] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 34 points 7 months ago

They don't give a shit about LGBT lives, but they sure do give a shit about antibiotics... I'll give you a single guess as to why.

[-] Pretzilla@lemmy.world 24 points 7 months ago
[-] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago

Extremely gay

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[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 56 points 7 months ago

First off, remember it's fast food, standards are abysmal.

But it's an actual piece of chicken, that's actually prepared correctly.

If you got it in a sit down restaurant or even pub, you wouldn't comment on it.

But compare it to any other chicken sandwich you could get from a drive thru in the last 20 years and the hype makes sense.

No matter where you are, if you see a chicfila you know you'll get a decent chicken sandwich that isn't ridiculously expensive.

A burger place isn't going to do chicken as well as a dedicated chicken place, and KFC is a joke, so the only real competition for that niche is Popeyes on a national level.

[-] helpme@sh.itjust.works 18 points 7 months ago

I guess you can still call it good but they switched to Tyson on the East Coast like 10 years ago and yeah it's bland and generic.

[-] someguy3@lemmy.ca 10 points 7 months ago

KFC in North America could learn a thing or two from KFC in China. It's their McDonald's.

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[-] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 19 points 7 months ago

Right wing chicken chain has loyal right wing followers

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[-] flatpandisk@lemm.ee 11 points 7 months ago

Your forgot expensive too.

[-] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 18 points 7 months ago

Everything is expensive now

[-] flatpandisk@lemm.ee 11 points 7 months ago

You are right. I’m going to cry in a pillow now

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Seriously. It's like being in love with average quality.

In my city, the dive bar makes better chicken sandwiches. How depressing that people live like that.

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[-] AncientFutureNow@lemmy.world 38 points 7 months ago

Fuck ChikFila and thier bigot sponsors.

[-] MyNamesNotRobert@lemmynsfw.com 12 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Absolutely fuck ChikFila I haven't spent a dime at ChikFila since they started all the anti lgbt bullshit in the 2010s.

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[-] TomMasz@lemmy.world 33 points 7 months ago

Just tell your customers you upped the Jesus in every sandwich and they'll overlook everything else.

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[-] scoobford@lemmy.zip 29 points 7 months ago

Fuck chick fil a. Since I worked there back in 2015, they've cut portion sizes by almost a third and raised priced by almost 50%.

I call bullshit. You can source antibiotic free chicken if you'll pay for it, they're just trying to extract more profit again.

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[-] TK420@lemmy.world 20 points 7 months ago

I bet god spoke to the CEO one night as a burning sack of cash and said this was a great idea.

[-] itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml 16 points 7 months ago

Popeye's chicken sandwiches are better.

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[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 15 points 7 months ago

Still hatin’ teh gheys tho

[-] bitchkat@lemmy.world 14 points 7 months ago

Is it still going to be soggy and disgusting?

[-] Jimmyeatsausage@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

That's the secret ingredient: homophobia

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[-] TIMMAY@lemmy.world 13 points 7 months ago

Fuck chikfila, and fuck you if you spend your money there. Fucking bigots

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[-] Vaginal_blood_fart@sh.itjust.works 13 points 7 months ago

Rather they changed their politics instead of their shitty diabetes.menu

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[-] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 10 points 7 months ago

Maybe they should try making it good.

Soggy salty chicken sandwich was fine in 2003 when everyone else was doing dry chicken sandwich. Now the meta is crunchy and juicy chicken sandwich so CFA is just mid.

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 7 months ago

Shitty company who hates regular people does a thing and I don’t care.

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