Chick-fil-A

For the eighth straight year, Chick-fil-A – a company founded on biblical principles – is America’s favorite restaurant.

Truett Cathy, who passed away on September 8, 2014, is famous for founding the popular restaurant chain Chick-fil-A. Mr. Cathy was known for his strong work ethic and as a devoted Christian believer. While Cathy’s 2012 comments in opposition to homosexual marriage created outrage within the LGBT community and prompted a boycott of the privately held Chick-fil-A restaurant chain, the restaurant owner was known for so much more.

Here is more about his life, his values, and his vision for Chick-fil-A.

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Chick-fil-A restaurants are known for their heavy foot traffic and busy drive-thrus, but a Chick-fil-A in Santa Barbara, Calif., is getting so much business that the city council is considering forcing the restaurant to move by declaring it a “public nuisance.”

A Texas-based Chick-fil-A set to open this spring was literally built on the Bible. When the foundation for the restaurant was laid, a Bible was placed in it.

Local New Jersey officials are calling on the state turnpike authority to reverse the decision to build a Chick-Fil-A at a rest stop along the Garden State Parkway after alleging that the chain is anti-LGBTQ.

Notre Dame will break ground on a new Chick-fil-A restaurant on campus, despite calls not to build the restaurant from a handful of students.

A pro soccer team from Pennsylvania has ended its collaboration with Chick-fil-A after some fans complained about the chicken restaurant's founders views on marriage.

A group of New York Democrats is urging the state to block Chick-fil-A from building restaurants along a major toll road as part of a $450 million modernization project.

For the seventh straight year, customers ranked Chick-fil-A as America's favorite fast-food restaurant in the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) restaurant survey.