Following our post this morning about North Carolina Wendy's franchisee Jim Furmen's signs aligning his business with Chick-fil-A, we received tweets from Wendy's that it was looking into the matter.
Wendy's now tells us: "An independent franchisee posted the sign, which he's taken down. We proudly serve ALL customers!"
Furmen reportedly owns 86 restaurants across North Carolina. It's unclear whether he had posted the Chick-fil-A sign at each and every one.
UPDATE: A Towleroad reader received this email from Amanda Domyan in Wendy's consumer Relations department:
"This is one independent franchisee's personal opinion. We are proud to serve customers of varied races, backgrounds, cultures and sexual orientation, with different beliefs and values. Bearing that in mind, this franchisee has decided to remove the messages from his restaurant signs."
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