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title: "QSR Magazine: Chick-fil-A Breaks Sunday Tradition to Help Stranded Travelers"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/77acf3c5-571d-46df-b86b-0ce31d03e744
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/qsr-magazine-chick-fil-a-breaks-sunday-tradition-to-help-stranded-travelers-2705031
category: "Chicken"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Chicken"
published: 2017-12-18T15:10:13.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:31:49.024Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/7ae0a6191fb3a4d6f19d99c86be61d1a387.jpg
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# QSR Magazine: Chick-fil-A Breaks Sunday Tradition to Help Stranded Travelers

**TL;DR:** Chick-fil-A broke its Sunday tradition to serve 2,000 meals to stranded travelers at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport during a massive blackout. The brand typically closes on Sundays for employees to rest and worship, but makes exceptions when its communities are in need.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2017-12-18. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/qsr-magazine-chick-fil-a-breaks-sunday-tradition-to-help-stranded-travelers-2705031).*

## Story

As Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport was experiencing a massive blackout, Chick-fil-A came to the rescue. According to a recent QSR Magazine article, Chick-fil-A broke its Sunday tradition of being closed to help serve 2,000 meals to passengers. On Twitter, the brand thanked chairman and CEO Dan Cathy for opening with #ChristmasMiracle.

Power outages began around 1 p.m. on Sunday and affected passengers in the terminals as well as some who were in the air and needed to be diverted during their flights. The outage was caused by a fire at an underground electrical facility and 1,000 flights were canceled because of it.

Since 1946, Chick-fil-A has closed for business on Sundays for employees to rest and worship. While the brand even stays true to this rule at Mercedez-Benz Stadium where the Falcons play, they do make exceptions to the rule when its communities are in need.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- QSR Magazine (publication)
- Twitter (company)
- Chick-fil-A (company)
- community support (topic)
- Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport (location)
- sunday tradition (topic)
- airport assistance (topic)
- power outage (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/qsr-magazine-chick-fil-a-breaks-sunday-tradition-to-help-stranded-travelers-2705031). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/77acf3c5-571d-46df-b86b-0ce31d03e744).