It's probably happened to you. You get a craving, so you jump in your car and head to the nearest Chick-fil-A. Only it's not open because it's Sunday.
Chick-fil-A has closed on Sundays since 1946. Founder Truett Cathysaid he believes that all Chick-fil-A operators and employees should be able to rest, spend time with family and friends, and worship if they choose to do so.
But last Sunday, workers from the Chick-fil-A Lee Vista in Orlando, Florida went to work.
They made food and gave it away free to people who were waiting to donate blood and to those responding to the shooting at Pulse nightclub that left 49 people dead.
Chick-fil-A told The Huffington Post that there are exceptions to their 'closed on Sunday' policy:
I can confirm that while we have a corporate policy that firmly states we are closed for business on Sundays, there have been rare cases that move our local operators to respond with food donations to help communities in need. The events in Orlando stirred our local restaurant owners and their teams to band together to provide nourishment to first responders as well as volunteers who donated blood. We do not think this requires any recognition. It is the least we can do in this community we love.
This isn't the first time Chick-fil-A restaurants have opened on a Sunday. In 2015, restaurants in north Texas served victims and volunteers during severe storms, and in 2014, Chick-fil-A in Birmingham, Alabama fed hundreds of motorists stranded on highways during a snow storm.
