Chick-Fil-A was dumped a few days ago by Kermit The Frog. Now, the Christian fast-food retailer is fighting back. The Henson Company, creator of the Muppets and Sesame Street characters (licenses to which they’ve since sold) had provided children’s toys for Chick-Fil-A kids’ meals, and announced they would donate the proceeds from Chick-Fil-A to GLAAD. So today, Chick-Fil-A has announced it is:
initiating a voluntary withdrawal for our Jim Henson Creature Shop Puppet Kid’s Meal Premiums due to a product issue (even though all puppets passed safety testing requirements).
In lieu of the kid’s meal premium we will offer a Kid’s Icedream.
We plan to have replacement kid’s meal premiums within 2 weeks. Thank you and we apologize for any inconvenience.
Seriously.
It’s unclear if this is a corporate initiative or bad behavior by individual franchises, but all Henson did was merely cut ties with Chick-Fil-A, and announced it was donating income to charity.
Chick-Fil-A decides to pull the promotion, putting children and parents in the middle of a corporate argument.
Did Chick-Fil-A think the toys were defective, bad for kids, damaged, dangerous, or, maybe, infected with “the gay”?
This is passive-agressive corporate bad behavior. It’s childish behavior.
And it say a lot about Chick-Fil-A.
Hat-tip: Joe.My.God. and Daily Kos. Image, top, via Wipe Out Homophobia
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I wonder if the manufacturer of the toy might consider a lawsuit for defaming their product?
I would imagine the contract that Chick-Fil-A had to sign to get the rights to USE the Muppet figures included a lot of language about what they could and could not say about them. So if Chick-Fil-A were to do anything like what the Henson Co. did and DENOUNCE the Muppets, they would be in for a world of hurt. Gotta love that irony.
So the end result is that Chick-Fil-A had little other way in pulling the toys to get back at them other than trying to make them look dangerous without actually saying they are.
Kind of like a guy who gets dumped for being an ass and then spreads the rumor that the girl who dumped him is a slut even though she was just standing up for herself.
JUST like that, in fact.
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