{"id":1537457,"date":"2022-07-03T15:34:24","date_gmt":"2022-07-03T19:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1537457"},"modified":"2022-07-03T15:34:32","modified_gmt":"2022-07-03T19:34:32","slug":"chick-fil-a-ranked-americas-favorite-restaurant-for-8th-consecutive-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chick-fil-a-ranked-americas-favorite-restaurant-for-8th-consecutive-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Chick-Fil-A Ranked America\u2019s Favorite Restaurant for 8th Consecutive Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchick-fil-a-ranked-americas-favorite-restaurant-for-8th-consecutive-year%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1537457&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Chick-fil-A has been ranked as America\u2019s favorite restaurant in an annual survey, marking the chain\u2019s eighth consecutive win.<\/p>\n<p>The American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theacsi.org\/news-and-resources\/press-releases\/2022\/06\/28\/press-release-restaurant-study-2021-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">released<\/a> this year\u2019s rankings on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ChickfilA?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ChickfilA<\/a> continues to lead the industry \u2013 and all restaurants \u2013 for the 8th straight year with a steady score of 83 (out of 100).<\/p>\n<p>Download our study to see how other fast food and full-service restaurants ranked in customer satisfaction: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3udsQk6Ghb\">https:\/\/t.co\/3udsQk6Ghb<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XSvEQSbPEJ\">pic.twitter.com\/XSvEQSbPEJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The ACSI (@theACSI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theACSI\/status\/1542610186703183874?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 30, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe large group of smaller full-service restaurants experiences substantial deterioration in mobile app quality, contributing to a steep decline for the industry overall, which tumbles 8% to 78,\u201d says Forrest Morgeson, Assistant Professor of Marketing at Michigan State University and Director of Research Emeritus at the ACSI.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmid the pandemic, restaurants needed to quickly up their game in the mobile arena. With fewer resources, smaller chains and independent restaurants are offering apps that aren\u2019t making the grade per customers. In contrast, positive shifts in both mobile app quality and reliability for several larger chains appear to reflect major app updates for these bigger industry players,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Chick-fil-A\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/lifestyle\/chick-fil-a-americas-favorite-restaurant-8th-year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> to Fox News Digital was quick to thank its customers for the honor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are honored by the results of this survey and we are grateful to our customers for choosing Chick-fil-A \u2013 it\u2019s truly our pleasure to serve them,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore than 170,000 people represent Chick-fil-A in 2,700 restaurants,\u201d the spokesperson said. \u201cThis recognition is acknowledgment of the care they put into serving great food with gracious hospitality.\u00a0 Every day, our restaurant Team Members go above and beyond each day to create a friendly, welcoming place to visit,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p>Chick-fil-A led all restaurants overall and was also the winner in the fast-food category. Behind Chick-fil-A in second place in the fast-food segment was Jimmy John\u2019s, followed by Domino\u2019s Pizza and KFC. Other high-ranking franchises included Chipotle, Panera Bread, Pizza Hut, and Starbucks.<\/p>\n<p>The survey revealed that more Americans prefer sit-down dining over a fast-food experience despite Chick-fil-A\u2019s win.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCustomers agree that sit-down spots outperform fast food chains when it comes to food order accuracy (87 to 83), restaurant layout and cleanliness (84 to 81), food quality (86 to 81), and food variety (84 to 79),\u201d the ACSI report added.<\/p>\n<p>Chick-fil-A has become so popular that long lines at the drive-thru at some franchises have become a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/chick-fil-a-could-be-declared-a-public-nuisance-in-santa-barbara\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">concern<\/a> for communities. In California, the Santa Barbara City Council considered labeling a location a public nuisance over long lines that back up into nearby streets and caused traffic issues.<\/p>\n<p>The franchise\u2019s traditional values have also led to controversies in some parts of the nation. In 2021, Democratic state legislators in New York pushed to keep Chick-fil-A out of rest stops in the state because of past donations to organizations that are allegedly anti-LGBTQ.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/ny-democrats-move-to-ban-chick-fil-a-from-rest-stops-over\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> that Democratic Assembly Member Harry Bronson, who represents the Rochester area, started an online petition to prevent Chick-fil-A from being included among the restaurants being added to rest stops along I-90 in the New York State Thruway Authority\u2019s $450 million service-state modernization project, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochesterfirst.com\/food-and-drink\/bronson-critical-of-involvement-of-chick-fil-a-in-i-90-rest-stop-plans\/?utm_campaign=socialflow&#038;utm_medium=referral&#038;utm_source=t.co\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RochesterFirst.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chick-fil-A has been ranked as America\u2019s favorite restaurant in an annual survey, marking the chain\u2019s eighth consecutive win. The American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) released this year\u2019s rankings on Tuesday. #ChickfilA continues to lead the industry \u2013 and all restaurants \u2013 for the 8th straight year with a steady score of 83 (out of 100). &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":325,"featured_media":1537492,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1537457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1537457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/325"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1537457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1537457\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1537492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1537457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1537457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1537457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}