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US Fast-food Chain Chick-fil-A Closes on Sundays

Ironically, it's a brilliant business strategy


Kate Taylor
Stuff

Chick-fil-A likely loses millions of dollars by refusing to open on Sundays. But, the strategy is still worth it for the chicken chain.

The chicken chain earned $US10.46 billion in American systemwide sales in 2018, despite being closed every Sunday. Missing out on 14 per cent of possible open business days likely cost the chain more than $US1 billion, 24/7 Wall Street reports.

"Although McDonald's does not disclose traffic by day, there is evidence that the weekends are particularly busy, which means that it may post 15% of its sales on Sunday," Douglas A. McIntyre reports. "If Chick-fil-A has a similar traffic pattern, Sundays could bring in sales of at least $US1.2 billion."

However, Chick-fil-A will likely never open on a Sunday.  "Closing our business on Sunday, the Lord's Day, is our way of honouring God and showing our loyalty to Him," Chick-fil-A founder Truett Cathy writes in his book Eat Mor Chikin: Inspire More People.

Cathy continues: "My brother Ben and I closed our first restaurant on the first Sunday after we opened in 1946, and my children have committed to closing our restaurants on Sundays long after I'm gone. I believe God honours our decision and sets before us unexpected opportunities to do greater work for Him because of our loyalty."

Christian Fundamentals

Essential Rest and Recuperation

Here is a great piece by Tim Challies on the importance of the Lord's Day.

What the Lord’s Day Is 

Tim Challies
@Challies
April 3, 2019

The longer I live—the longer I live out this life as a Christian—the more I see my desperate need of the Lord’s Day. Though it once seemed like the kind of day I could take or leave, I’ve since come to rely on it and to see God’s goodness in giving it. It’s a day we ignore at our peril.   As I stood to worship on Sunday, I found myself considering just some of what the Lord’s Day is…

The Lord’s Day is water for the parched runner. This life is a race, and one that leaves us weary and dry as we constantly “lay aside every weight” and “run with endurance” the long race set before us (Hebrews 12:1). Like the stations along the marathon route provide water that will hydrate the body until the next interval, the Lord’s Day offers us spiritual refreshment to keep us going not for the whole race, but at least for the next week. It is a meal for the hungry pilgrim.

As Christians we are pilgrims, people moving purposefully through this life toward the heavenly city that awaits us. Like a kind citizen may provide a meal to the needy pilgrim, the Lord’s Day is God’s kind provision for our spiritual sustenance. It provides what we need and what we cannot generate from within ourselves.

Sunday Sermon

Wilson's Exposition of I Samuel


Sermon: Samuel I | Intro and Background from Canon Wired on Vimeo.