The Godfather might have put it best: “It’s nothing personal. It’s strictly business.”
That was the message a coffee shop chain born in San Francisco is putting out about its decision to remove “pride” flags from its stores’ decor — a decision that sparked outrage among the kind of gay activists who start online petitions to try to bully private companies into doing their whim.
And Philz Coffee isn’t backing down.
Philz Coffee, a San Francisco-born coffee chain, will remove Pride flags from all of its locations, the company said Wednesday, confirming the policy after an online petition criticizing the move spread rapidly on social media.
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— San Francisco Chronicle (@sfchronicle) April 9, 2026
The company made headlines last week after a Change.org petition went live, signed “Philz Coffee Baristas,” claiming that the decision to remove the flags “has
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