News Nearby: Chick-fil-A in Chamblee Ignites National 'Fruitcake' Controversy with Flier
The fast food chain says the term was not meant to be anti-gay.
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The Chick-fil-A on Peachtree Industrial Boulevard in Chamblee is making national headlines for one of its fliers, which reads, "Only a fruitcake wouldn't love our party trays."
The blog Towleroad first posted the flier after one of the blog's Twitter followers tweeted it.
On the heels of this summer's controversy about Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy's statements about traditional marriage and the national spotlight on the company's donations to organizations devoted to heterosexual-only lifestyles, the "fruitcake" term has caused quite a stir.
Chick-fil-A says the term "fruitcake" was about an actual fruitcake.
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Wendy
11:46 am on Friday, October 19, 2012
I believe that everything Chick-Fil-A does now, will ignite attention. They are a wonderful company and I don't feel that they meant anything by this. But others would probably think otherwise. Grow up people.
christie
4:53 pm on Friday, October 19, 2012
I agree with you Wendy. You would think since they have been using the same slogan 5 years this would not be an issue. I guess now we can't say fruit cake during the holidays I guess just cake but eventually that too would end up offending someone.