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  • 2020-12-05 (xsd:date)
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  • Yes, a Chick-fil-A 'Broke from Tradition' and Opened on Sunday (en)
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  • On Dec. 17, 2017, a Sunday, the Chick-fil-A fast-food restaurant located in the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport opened and began to make chicken sandwiches. Chick-fil-A has traditionally been closed on Sundays. However, on this Sunday, passengers were stranded due to a power failure in the airport. In response, the fast-food restaurant chain opened to deliver free food. The airport's Twitter account tweeted photographs of Chick-fil-A's chicken sandwiches being handed out to passengers. Dan Cathy, chairman and CEO of Chick-fil-A, was pictured as one of the people giving out free food. Chick-fil-A's corporate headquarters is based in Atlanta, Georgia. Business Insider reported on the late Sunday evening opening, writing that Chick-fil-A broke from tradition and opened on a Sunday — and there's an incredible backstory. Hannah also said that Chick-fil-A does open occasionally to serve communities in need, which meant that this wasn't the first time a Chick-fil-A location opened on a Sunday. The company explained its policy and detailed previous Sunday openings on the Chick-fil-A website: The company once appeared to endorse a Sunday opening by mistake. In 2019, the company planned to back National Sandwich Day, but later backed out after realizing the special day would fall on a Sunday. To see how seriously Chick-fil-A takes its Sunday closures, look to the Chick-fil-A location at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, where the Atlanta Falcons NFL team plays. NFL football games are mostly played on Sundays, which means that the restaurant is closed during most home games. For Falcons games, the restaurant would only be open on Monday and Thursday nights, or perhaps for Saturday playoff games. However, the company explained that the stadium location is still open for about 100 events a year, including Atlanta United soccer games, concerts, college football games, high school football games, band competitions and more. (en)
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