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who owns the restaurant you wander
into the next time you’re looking for
some fast food that isn’t the same old
hurger. If you’re not careful, your
money may be supporting a company that does
not show respect for the gay and lesbian com
munity.
and lesbian issues are specifically discussed in
Here’s a look at policies toward gay and les
the company’s diversity training. She says the
bian employees at TRICO N Global Restau training “focuses on respect of individuals.”
rants— owner of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco
Bell— and several of its competitors. There is a
hings are changing at the No. 2 pizza chain.
nugget or two of good news to report, but not
Privately held Domino’s Pizza Inc. was
much.
recently sold by its founder, Tom Monaghan,
who supports Catholic and conservative politi
RICON is the second largest fast food com cal causes.
pany in the world. (Tops is M cDonald’s.)
In December 1998, the sale of Domino’s to
T R IC O N ’s three chains have more total loca
Bain Capital was completed.
tions than the Golden Arches, though, with
Bain, a private equity investment firm, has
almost 30,000 restaurants in more than 100
invested an estimated $4
countries.
billion in more than 115
The company is a 1997 spin-off of PepsiCo
companies. The firm has a
Inc., which had acquired Pizza Hut in 1977,
stake in Staples, Totes, Sealy
Taco Bell in 1978 and KFC in 1986. Pizza Hut
Mattress, T he Learning
now accounts for more than 40 percent of TR I Company and Brookstone,
C O N s units, but KFC has the strongest sales.
among others.
Taco Bell is the No. 1 Tex-Mex fast food chain
Domino’s has more than
and controls more than 70 percent of that
1,700 franchisees who oper
niche.
ate more than 6,100 stores
Louisville, Ky.-based TR IC O N includes the
in the United States and 64
phrase sexual orientation in its nondiscrimination
international markets.
policy, but it does not offer domestic partner
Sexual orientation is not
benefits or have a gay and lesbian employees
currently mentioned in the
group, according to company spokeswoman
company’s nondiscrimination policy, but that
Amy Sherwood.
could change, according to spokeswoman Coz-
But she points out that the company does ette Phifer.
comply with specific laws regarding employing
“I know that it’s being considered by the new
gay and lesbian people in specific jurisdictions.
owner,” she says.
Sherwood says she doesn’t know whether gay
The company does not offer domestic part
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ittle Caesar Enterprises is the third largest
pizza chain, with more than 4,000 stores in
11 countries. The Detroit-based company is
owned by Michael and Marian Hitch, a married
couple who also own the Detroit Tigers baseball
team, hockey’s Detroit Red
Wings and other enterpris
es.
Little Caesar officials did
not return calls requesting
information despite repeat
ed requests during a three-
week period.
rivately held AFC
Enterprises Inc. is the
second largest chicken
chain. T he company owns
or
franchises
2,500
Churchs Chicken and Popeyes Chicken and
Biscuits restaurants. In addition, the Atlanta-
based company franchises more th an 150
Chesapeake Bagel Bakery restaurants and owns
Seattle Coffee Company, Torrefazione Italia and
Cinnabon.
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hick-fil-A Inc. is the No. 3 chicken restau
rant, with more than 760 restaurants in 35
states. The privately held company began in
1946 when S. Truett C athy sold his car, com
bined his savings with his brother’s and bor
rowed from the bank to open the Dwarf Grill,
later renamed the Dwarf House, in the A tlanta
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to be the first chain to offer fast food in malls
and to have invented the chicken sandwich—
now has freestanding locations, too.
All locations, however, are closed on Sun
day. Cathy is a devout Baptist.
Chick-fil-A refused to answer questions that
were submitted in writing (at the company’s
request) regarding its policies toward gay and
lesbian employees. The only reply was a two-
sentence e-mail: “Chick-fil-A restaurants are
operated by franchisees (O perators). T he
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Spokeswoman Ellen Hartman says the com
pany includes sexual orientation in its nondis
crimination policy and includes gay and lesbian
issues in diversity training. The company does
not have a gay and lesbian employees group or
provide domestic partner benefits.
Frank Belatti, the chairman and CEO of the
company, recently spoke at the Multicultural
Food Service and Hospitality Alliance confer
ence, H artm an says. In the speech, Belatti
specifically mentioned gay men and lesbians and
suggested that companies should create inclu
sive policies rather than be subject to govern
ment regulation.
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group, but it does mention gay and lesbian issues
in diversity training, Phifer says. “We believe in
the Golden Rule,” she adds. “We’re in business
to sell food and treat people the way we want to
be treated.”
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