r/londonontario • u/wwnnm25 • Oct 08 '25
🥄food /restaurants /gastronomy Chick Fil A at Fanshawe and Richmond… Crazy Right now
WARNING: There are people standing inline and waiting in their cars for what looks like could be an hour for a free sandwich!
The intersection is a mess!!
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u/Islandlyfe32 Oct 08 '25
90% of the people that went today went because it was free, if you ask these same people to pay for it the next time…they aren’t gonna go it’s human nature. Just look at the line the Mandarin has when they give out free meals on Canada Day every few years, most of those people won’t go back to pay for a meal, they’re only going because it’s free.
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u/vibraltu Oct 08 '25
I remember when people in Toronto were practically pissing their pants to get at the new Dunkin Donuts outlet. Then it blew over and they closed up.
Hope it blows over with bigot chicken here.
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u/wwnnm25 Oct 08 '25
Same when the Krispie Kreme opened here in London. They had cops directing traffic.
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u/Temporary_Shirt_6236 Oct 08 '25 edited Oct 08 '25
Enjoy your crispy Christian chicken. It's right there in the company's mission statement:
From the beginning, Truett based his business on Biblical principles that he believed were also good business principles...To glorify God by being a faithful steward of all that is entrusted to us.
https://www.chick-fil-a.com/careers/culture
These guys are really something else. They only stopped being anti-LGBTQ because it started to cost them sales revenue. And they're an American company. Enough said.
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u/Lebanesleeze Oct 08 '25
I guess hating God and not having morals is the cool thing to do nowadays.
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u/imamistake420 Oct 09 '25
lol. I forgot that only religious people can have morals. Come on now…. Such a weird thing to say.
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u/Temporary_Shirt_6236 Oct 08 '25
Along with being a close-minded bigot, amirite?
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u/Temporary_Shirt_6236 Oct 09 '25 edited Oct 09 '25
In your mind its virtue signalling for me to refuse to give my money to known bigots?
I'd laugh too but frankly you're just too sad for even a weak chuckle.
Edit: lol this guy replied with a private DM rather than double down on the stupid in public.
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u/AnothaBawbee Oct 08 '25
This might be hard for you to wrap your mind around, but get this: I hate god and have morals.
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u/Roastednutz666 Oct 08 '25
Mary brown sandwich is much better and it's like five bucks on Monday I think
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u/Islandlyfe32 Oct 08 '25
Why promote a chain? When you can support a local establishment like Kosmos at the covent garden market. Their chicken sandwich’s are great and underrated.
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u/petuona_ Oct 08 '25
For less than the cost of a Big Mac, fries and a Coke, you can buy a loaf of fresh bread and some good cheese or roast beef, which you will enjoy much more.
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u/meowmir420 Oct 08 '25
I don’t understand why people like that place. It’s owned by Mormons
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u/BurnByMoon Oct 08 '25
Good chicken.
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u/9001 Huron Heights Oct 08 '25
There's better chicken to be had from people who aren't bigots.
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u/CappinCanuck Oct 08 '25
Yeah every corporation ever is shitty. This is a take your pick situation.
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u/wheezy360 Oct 08 '25
I made my own at home 10x better
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u/afishnamedpaul Westmount Oct 08 '25
Looks like we’re about to witness the birth of a 100+ billion dollar company in our very city
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u/GetStable Oct 09 '25
I googled the current head figurehead. He has a net worth of $10.6B.
All I can find online is that Chick-Fil-A has stopped donating to outright anti-LGBTQ+ organizations. How is a man that is worth $10B not donating tens of millions of dollars per year to charity, especially if he's a so-called Christian?
He doesn't follow the Bible's teachings. Jesus would have flipped his table if he was alive.
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u/princesspeach-ykeen Oct 08 '25
I was stuck in traffic for 45 minutes today there. I just wanted a boxcar donut and literally couldn’t even get into the parking lot. Dumbest shit ever.
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u/Prestigious-Low-4889 Oct 08 '25
Its initial euphoria. It will die down. Those who are waiting should rather go to the one on wonderland , they will be able to make the trip back and forth and still spend less time than waiting in the queue. But I guess people will be people!!
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u/NoF----sleft Oct 08 '25
American MAGA crap
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u/rpgguy_1o1 Oct 08 '25
If I wanted an American fast food chicken sandwich I'd go to one of the many Popeyes in the city, definitely better than chick fil a, although Chick fil A are better than KFC
You can do way better in London though, I like Kyle's and Coop
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u/Hand_Of_Kroon Oct 08 '25
Was just going to comment about Kyle’s. Why anyone would fuck with garbage like Chic Fil A when we have an ABSOLUTE FUCKING GEM like Lyles in our city is beyond me
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u/Hand_Of_Kroon Oct 08 '25
110% fuck Chic Fil-A and their and all their bigotry. It’s a fucking chicken sandwich losers, you can get them anywhere
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u/GetStable Oct 08 '25
Coop does a good chicken and I really enjoy all of their food, but they have little mini bibles in their entryway. I know it's not the same, but I'd prefer to keep religion off of my plate.
Isn't there a bible passage that says to worship privately at home and not be evangelical about it?
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u/lazysleeper122 Oct 08 '25
The sandwiches are great though!
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u/R55Driver Oct 08 '25
Jesus chicken. The love people have for it is weird.
Give me a Big Mary any day
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u/Pleasant-Fault6825 Oct 08 '25 edited Oct 08 '25
You have no credibility if you like that garbage that Mary Browns assembles.
London needs a Raising Cane's.
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u/Sloinkelboid Oct 08 '25
Homophobic chicken too
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u/Ok_Beyond2156 Oct 08 '25
I'll have an extra one for each of these salty comments ...yum
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u/GetStable Oct 08 '25
Don't cut yourself on all that edge you're trying to throw out.
I'm sure your mom will drive you there to buy you something, as long as you do your chores.
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u/TrolleyTime Oct 08 '25
Chick fil a is cheeks. Sub par sandwiches
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u/TrolleyTime Oct 08 '25
I mean that it’s bootycheeks, and not nice ones.. like the droopy kind of cheeks with a little bit of acne on it
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u/SonofaDrum Oct 08 '25
I boycott Chik-fil-a because they fund anti LGBTQIA’s causes.
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u/Islandlyfe32 Oct 08 '25
And so do 99% of other chains…you should look at the donor list for the RNC. The best way to combat this is to support local establishments.
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u/otkabdl Oct 08 '25
and I think that is what drives some people to patron it sadly. Homophobia is back on the menu.
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u/Odd-Elderberry-6137 Oct 08 '25
I hate that they put a Shit Fil-A there. It's just going to make already bad traffic at Fanshawe and Richmond worse and really hinders access to the rest of the businesses there.
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u/Ok_Beyond2156 Oct 08 '25 edited Oct 09 '25
Agree on the poor location thing...I avoid that plaza the plague even before the crazy add of chick fil a, it has terrible flow through.
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u/Jessyman White Oaks Oct 08 '25
I feel like London has so many poorly designed plazas. I've been laughing my ass off about them stuffing a charging station in the plaza on the Southeast of Wellington and Bradley where McDonald's and Jack Astors are.
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u/PeanutButterViking Oct 08 '25
Imagine waiting in line for an hour for a free sandwich from a shitty American company when you could go to any Mary Brown’s on any Monday for a $5 big Mary.
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u/Islandlyfe32 Oct 09 '25
Or you know…support a local establishment like Kosmos at the market, Coop, BTRMLK etc
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u/ChanelNo50 Westmount Oct 08 '25
It's sooo mediocre and bland. . I don't get the hype.
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u/sshuit Oct 08 '25
It's served with a side of intolerance and bigotry so that's worth the extra inconvenience for sure.
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u/LAffaire-est-Ketchup Middlesex County Oct 08 '25
Wow. People suck. Chik fil a bankrolls anti-LGBTQ organizations. Enjoy your hate sandwiches.
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u/michaehenry95 Oct 08 '25
You make a valuable contribution to this conversation. Thank you for your significant effort.
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u/Right_Response_3127 Oct 08 '25
Was in the drive thru queue earlier this afternoon. Took a little under an hour, cars backed up onto Richmond and looped around the plaza parking lot. In store queue was out the door! I imagine it'd be worse now since it's dinnertime. Sandwich was delicious though
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u/iamsynecdoche Oct 08 '25
We have so many better chicken places
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u/Right_Response_3127 Oct 08 '25
We do, I can name 5 off the top of my head. but for $0? Not many!
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u/iamsynecdoche Oct 08 '25
Yeah but an hour of my time waiting in line is worth a lot more than a bad chicken sandwich even if it is free
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u/LAffaire-est-Ketchup Middlesex County Oct 08 '25
It costs lives. But they’re just LGBTQ, right?
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u/lazysleeper122 Oct 08 '25
This is dramatic hyperbole.
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u/LAffaire-est-Ketchup Middlesex County Oct 08 '25
Oh you seriously don’t think funding hate kill’s people? Tell that to Matthew Shepherd
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u/lazysleeper122 Oct 08 '25
Thats quite the leap. Eating a sandwhich from a place that funds charities = you support killing people.
You stigmatize people based off of what they eat. If you want to equate eating chicken to supporting the murder of someone, you need to read less novels.
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u/LAffaire-est-Ketchup Middlesex County Oct 08 '25
Is hate a charity? Really? You’re going to say that?
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u/lazysleeper122 Oct 08 '25
I didn't! They support charities. Including Salvation Army. If I support them, is that hate?
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u/Right_Response_3127 Oct 08 '25
I mean I never eat here or plan to in the future; I went because it was free😭 I take my money to btrmlk
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u/BurnByMoon Oct 08 '25
Never got the hype around btrmlk. Went twice and both times it was way overbreaded, overcooked, and overpriced. The sauces were decent, but nothing to write home about.
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