A local pizza chain (actually, turns out there are 59 stores around the country) called Pizza Patron has been making news here in Dallas because of a recent decision to accept pesos along with US dollars.
A lot of the community is up in arms because they feel this is completely un-American. Others are taking the stance that it's good business practice and fully acceptable. Personally, I'm just not sure why they stopped at pesos. I mean, I understand that the stores are predominantly located in Hispanic neighborhoods, but they are serving Italian cuisine. So shouldn't they be excepting lira as well?
One large pepperoni pizza: $7.99; 2,000 pesos; 563,229 lira
I just hope that other pizza chains will follow suit and accept other forms of currency. I would love it if Mr. Jim's would start taking Putt Putt tokens or old Slurpie action coins. I must have about a million Don Quisenberrys lying around here somewhere...
6 comments:
I guess they could accept lire if it was still in circulation and still had value. I guess they'll just have to settle for euro's ... but at least this will open it up to most european countries!
I'm sure the same people that have their undies all in a wad about this also expect dollars to be widely accepted when they travel to Mexico.
Rookie, that's kind of my point. They aren't accepting lira OR euros-- only pesos and dollars.
Mrs. T, I think you're right. They are wondering why we should accept pesos in America if Mexico will not accept dollars in Mexico.
Sorry ... I have my slow days, what can I say?
Actually there are places (esp. touristy places) that accept dollars in Mexico- 'cause they're worth more. Fo-shizzle.
I say, let them accept whatever they want. It's *their* business. Let the market sort this out. It'll do far better than any law mandating or diallowing the use of pesos.
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