--- description: Chick-fil-A employees broke a longstanding restaurant policy and went to work on Sunday after the mass shooting at a gay club in Orlando title: Chick-fil-A Is Closed on Sundays. But These Workers Still Made Food for Orlando image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt565b6df6e32a527a/698897b00b72e353386e9cb3/chick-fil-a-orlando-sunday.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Florida](/tag/florida/) ## Florida Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Chick-fil-A Is Closed on Sundays. But These Workers Still Made Food for Orlando Response Effort  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 14, 2016 1:28 PM CUT  A U.S. flag flies outside a Chick-fil-A Inc. restaurant in Bowling Green, Kentucky in Mach 2014. A U.S. flag flies outside a Chick-fil-A Inc. restaurant in Bowling Green, Kentucky in Mach 2014.Luke Sharrett—Bloomberg/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 14, 2016 1:28 PM CUT Chick-fil-A employees near Orlando, Fla., went to work on Sunday after the [mass shooting at a gay nightclub ](http://time.com/4188456/orlando-shooting-mass-shootings-gun-control/ "undefined")in the city, breaking a longstanding restaurant policy of remaining closed on Sundays. Employees provided food to people who were [donating blood ](http://time.com/4365295/orlando-shooting-pulse-nightclub-victims-help/ "undefined")and to law enforcement officers who were part of the response effort, [AL.com reported](http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2016/06/why%5Fwere%5Forlando-area%5Fchick-fi.html "undefined"). Chick-fil-A has faced criticism and boycotts from the LGBT community in the past because of comments by the company’s CEO opposing same-sex marriage. The chain has been closed on Sundays since 1946 to allow restaurant employees a day of rest and worship. “We love our city and love the people in our community. [‪#‎prayfororlando‬](https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/prayfororlando?source=feed%5Ftext&story%5Fid=1021364751246328 "undefined") ” the restaurant said in a Facebook post on Sunday. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4368002/orlando-shooting-chick-fil-a-sundays/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4368002/orlando-shooting-chick-fil-a-sundays/"},"headline":"Chick-fil-A Is Closed on Sundays. But These Workers Still Made Food for Orlando Response Effort","datePublished":"2016-06-14T13:28:31.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T22:35:24.368Z","description":"Employees served food to people giving blood after the mass shooting","url":"https://time.com/4368002/orlando-shooting-chick-fil-a-sundays/","keywords":["Florida"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt565b6df6e32a527a/698897b00b72e353386e9cb3/chick-fil-a-orlando-sunday.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt565b6df6e32a527a/698897b00b72e353386e9cb3/chick-fil-a-orlando-sunday.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Inside a Chick-Fil-A Restaurant As Consumer Spending & GDP Rose in 4th Quarter","caption":"Inside a Chick-Fil-A Restaurant As Consumer Spending & GDP Rose in 4th Quarter","creditText":"Luke Sharrett—Bloomberg/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/florida/","name":"Florida"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4368002/orlando-shooting-chick-fil-a-sundays/","name":"Chick-fil-A Is Closed on Sundays. But These Workers Still Made Food for Orlando Response Effort"}}]}] ```