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6 Funny Knockoff Fast Food Chains Around the World
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Posted on 04/02/2021 10:57:30 AM PDT by mylife

If imitation is truly the sincerest form of flattery, some of America’s most popular food establishments have reason to be pleased — or do they? Knockoffs of the most recognizable names in fast food have popped up all over the world, often blatantly copying logos, naming conventions, and even key menu items — changing them just enough to avoid being a direct duplicate. And the results are often bizarre and hilarious. From Sunbucks to Mash Donald’s, here are some of the funniest fast food knockoffs that exist in other countries.

Since the 1979 Iranian Revolution, government sanctions have prevented popular American chains from operating in Iran. But that hasn’t stopped local business owners from trying to cash in on the appetite for American fast food, including the rather unappetizingly named Pizza Hat.

The popular replica of Pizza Hut not only replaced the “Hut” in the U.S. restaurant’s name, but also swapped a hat for the iconic little red building in the original logo. Pizza Hat’s logo features a drawing of a person’s face with a red fedora atop their head. The hat also happens to be tilted down over the eyes, lending a mysterious air to the branding.

Pizza Hat does, of course, serve pizza, but patrons also frequent the chain for lasagna, chicken wings, burgers, and sandwiches. Iran isn’t the only place with Pizza Hut knockoffs — there’s another restaurant named Pizza Hat in Libya, while China boasts the spectacularly named Pizza Huh.

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To: mylife
There is a place in Beihai, Guangxi China called McConkey that reminded me a lot of a McDonald's. I ate there in 2008. Not a direct clone but it was definitely influenced by McDonald's.

Another copy.... My wife got film processed there from Kadok, not Kodak. The branding was nearly identical except for the swapping of the a and o.

21 posted on 04/02/2021 11:25:49 AM PDT by Dutch Boy
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To: mylife

can you imagine having to make those day in and day out all day long? Ugggh! talk about monotony


22 posted on 04/02/2021 11:25:57 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: mylife

Its Not Cat

Taco Burger

Stuff Left in our Cabinets

Food on a Stick


23 posted on 04/02/2021 11:27:48 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: mylife

518 Water St. Ketchikan, AK

24 posted on 04/02/2021 11:28:02 AM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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25 posted on 04/02/2021 11:30:27 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: outofsalt

Well as long as the queen is not a lumberjack in a dress...


26 posted on 04/02/2021 11:32:53 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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27 posted on 04/02/2021 11:37:14 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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28 posted on 04/02/2021 11:40:37 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: mylife

29 posted on 04/02/2021 11:41:51 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (By stealing Trump's second term, the Left gets Trump for 8 more years instead of just four.)
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30 posted on 04/02/2021 11:43:01 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: SamAdams76

Trump is a carp? LOL


31 posted on 04/02/2021 11:44:33 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: outofsalt

Had to be built post 1980. I used to deliver Ketchikan Daily News on Water Street after school...don’t remember seeing this. However, Dairy Queen was the only fast food game in town. McDonalds? Grab the ferry and go to Seattle.


32 posted on 04/02/2021 11:45:03 AM PDT by USAF1985 (An armed population is a polite population...)
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To: USAF1985

Why? they have cafes on the ferry.


33 posted on 04/02/2021 11:47:14 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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34 posted on 04/02/2021 11:49:29 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: USAF1985

I saw it 12 years ago on a cruise. Didn’t eat there.


35 posted on 04/02/2021 11:50:05 AM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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To: mylife

Stars & Bucks is in Bethlehem.


36 posted on 04/02/2021 11:50:09 AM PDT by meowmeow (In Loving Memory of Our Dear Viking Kitty (1987-2006))
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What stuns me is I don’t even like the Originals.


37 posted on 04/02/2021 11:52:27 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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38 posted on 04/02/2021 12:09:28 PM PDT by PMAS (Vote with your wallets, there are 80 million of us - No Amazon, No Chy-Na made )
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To: mylife

My late wife, who only went to Japan once for ten days, liked takoyaki; I, who lived there for three years and went back a dozen times for weeks at a time, never got a taste for it.


39 posted on 04/02/2021 12:09:47 PM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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I’ve only had it raw, it has to be better cooked..


40 posted on 04/02/2021 12:11:46 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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