Chick-fil-A, Emory University's sandwich fast food joint will be removed from the Cox Hall this summer as part of the food court's redesign layout plans.
With this, the Georgia-based University co-incidentally gets rid of this food joint, which faced several protests by the students and LGBT rights supporters following its director, Dan Cathy's comments about opposing gay marriages and supporting anti-gay organizations through donations.
The university officials did not approve of his comments and released a statement, Dec.17, saying
"Emory University has a long history of creating access, inclusion and equity for Emory's gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer students, faculty, staff and alumni. Public positions taken by Dan Cathy, president of Chick-fil-A, do not reflect these values of access, inclusion and equity."
However, the officials did not seek the removal of the restaurant following the protests.
The university and dining facility contractorr, Sodexo constantly evaluates sales, customer feedback and dining trends on campus.
Based on the responses, it seems the students want the food court to include global cuisine and flavours, health conscious offerings and competitive market pricing.
The campus and Sodexo will work together to identify brands that support their vision of a healthy and varied campus dining experience. Any brand changes to Emory Dining will be implemented at the beginning of fall semester.
Whether the food joint faced poor sales; did not support university's vision for campus dining or students' campaign to get rid of the restaurant, students will not see the food joint in the next fall semester.
"A chicken sandwich isn't very popular," Michael Sacks, co-chair of the Food Advisory Committee told WSBRdio, "so we want to do a burger place."
In addition to Chick-fil-A, the officials are also planning to remove Pizza Hut to fit in Cox Hall's redesign plans.