An American fast food chain met with protests from the gay community last time it opened in the UK is planning to have another go. Chick-Fil-A aims to open five restaurants in the UK. The sites have not yet been chosen, but the first will open in early 2025. Its previous foray into the UK market in 2019 faced a boycott over its founders' support for Christian groups opposed to same-sex marriage. The firm is still run by the Cathy family which founded it, but has made a policy change in recent years. It appointed its first head of diversity in 2020 and has changed its approach to charitable giving, focusing on education and hunger alleviation. However, the family's Christian values mean restaurants do not open on Sundays, a policy that will also apply in the UK. Chick-Fil-A said it would invest over $100m over the next 10 years in the UK. Most of the sites would be run and owned as franchises, and would create between 80 and 120 jobs per branch, it said.
