7 Major Fast-Food Chains That Got Canceled—and Here's Why

If you search #cancel or #boycott on social media, you'll end up scrolling through thousands of results and interesting posts.

Cracker Barrel announced via Facebook that it would be adding an Impossible Sausage option made from plants to its menu of home cookin' favorites.

International Women's Day in 2021 did not go as planned for Burger King after the chain's UK Twitter account tweeted "Women belong in the kitchen."

As the world's largest coffeehouse chain, Starbucks is no stranger to controversy and canceling attempts. You probably remember when the brand came under fire for its red holiday cups, which some people viewed as a "war on Christmas."

Chick-fil-A was under attack earlier this year because of a simple addition to its executive team. The chicken chain welcomed a vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion to the company as part of its commitment to being "Better at Together." A man named Erick McReynolds now holds this role.

U.S. women's soccer player Megan Rapinoe and her team just wrapped up their time in the 2023 World Cup. But, some people haven't forgotten Rapinoe's actions during the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics (actually held in 2021), and still hold a grudge against Subway for selecting her as a brand ambassador during that time.

Stringent COVID-19 mask policies have become a thing of the past and many employees and consumers alike hung up their N-95s a long time ago.

The international burger chain Wendy's was canceled in 2020 based on somewhat false accusations. In June, Twitter started blowing up about a rumor that Wendy's CEO Todd Penegor had donated money to Donald Trump's re-election.

According to fact-finding by The Verify Team, as reported by WUSA-TV, "Since 2017, Bodenstedt [had] donated more than $435,000 to this PAC, including a large donation of $200,000 on March 12, 2020."

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