The U.K.'s first and only Chick-fil-A restaurant will close it was announced Friday—just eight days after it opened in Reading, south England.
LGBT+ groups expressed concerns about Chick-fil-A's views on LGBT+ rights and the company's donations to perceived anti-LGBT+ organizations.
The Oracle shopping mall said it would not renew Chick-fil-A's six-month lease, telling the BBC it's the "right thing to do."
"We always look to introduce new concepts for our customers, however, we have decided on this occasion that the right thing to do is to only allow Chick-fil-A to trade with us for the initial six-month pilot period, and not to extend the lease any further," an Oracle spokesperson told the BBC.
LGBT+ rights groups in Reading, including the organizers of Reading Pride, have been critical of the new Chick-fil-A branch in recent weeks. A planned protest on Saturday will go ahead.
"The chain's ethos and moral stance towards #LGBTQ people goes completely against our values, and that of the UK," Reading Pride tweeted earlier this week.
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@1,052,098 (Killer Lettuce? !HonkUK.BIE) > And- this one will really shock you, Shiela- it's pronounced "Redding"!
I tried pronouncing it that way once and someone accused me of having a reading comprehension problem. I said, "Don't you mean a redding comprehension problem?"
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Jollibee first
then nations
then maybe popeyes
then in n out
then maybe Burger King
then five guys but only because they have malted milk shakes and grilled cheeses
then taco bell and McDonald
then burgerville
then Sonic because of the roller skates
then white castle because chicken rings
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