Posted on 01/07/2007 5:58:37 AM PST by devane617
Starting Monday, patrons of the Dallas-based Pizza Patrón chain, which caters heavily to Latinos, will be able to purchase American pizzas with Mexican pesos. Restaurant experts and economists said they knew of no other food chain with locations so far from the Mexican border offering such a service. "We're trying to reach out to our core customer," Antonio Swad, president of Pizza Patrón Inc., said Friday. "We know they come back [from Mexico] and have pesos left over. We want to be a convenient place for them to spend their pesos." While U.S. restaurant chains have stepped up their marketing to Latino consumers and incorporated Latin flavors in the menu, it's unusual to see that outreach extend to the cash register. "I think it's a very interesting idea," said Ron Paul, president of Technomic Inc., a Chicago-based restaurant market research firm. "They are catering to that audience." But Mr. Paul said he did not see other chains rushing to emulate the program, in part because of bookkeeping headaches.
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Damn teachers, putting up a pop quiz on Sunday morning....have you no shame?
Why are the Canadian Quarters, Dimes, Nickels and Pennies the same size and color as American ones? You know the similarity is deliberate...
Now that's just not fair, using the web to get 100 on the quiz!
Hey! That's mine!
Right on. The money changers at the Airport 'accept' pesos, euro, whatever, and cheat you out of a hefty commission in the process, so?
I wish someone would ping the Gold-bugs to this thread, since they think the Dollar is worthless fiat anyway and settle their debts to each other with trinkets.
LOL. If Italy were HONORING their own country by accepting their own currency then you would've had to pay in lira. As far as England goes, you can pay in Euros in many places in London. Also, re England and the rest of the UK- I have encountered trouble trying to use Scottish or Northern Irish pounds in England and some places in the Highlands of Scotland won't accept any currency with the monarch's likeness on it (ie English pounds). In Northern Ireland many places will accept Euros from south of the border.
It's not as clear cut as you think.
I'm gonna start paying with Monopoly money.
LOL!!
Sounds like a plan.
I disagree. Texas is in danger of becoming "North Mexico". We press 1 for English, our schools are bilingual at taxpayer expense, our health care system is on the brink of collapse from providing free medical care to illegals, everywhere you go signage is in both English and Spanish. You can hardly do retail business without basic Spanish. Some national brand items are now providing label information in both languages. Our jails are full of illegals. I could go on and on. Yes, it IS a big deal.
The brain dead teenagers at my local stores can barely make change in dollars. I shudder to think what adding an additional currency to the mix will do.
Woah...I never noticed that before. Perhaps because they are the 51st State?
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| The only reason anyone pays for anything is in payment of a debt. No, U.S. dollars being legal tender here means you must accept them if they are offered to you, though you could accept pesos or wampum in settlement of a debt if you wanted to. Well, not quite. In the case where payment is being made at the same time of services like buying a loaf of bread at a convenience store, the clerk can legally refuse to accept large bank notes even though they are legal tender. On the other hand, when service has been performed BEFORE the bill is given to the buyer, such as buying something on credit or eating dinner at a restaurant where the bill is served AFTER the meal, the seller has to accept legal tender regardless of the amount. Basically, if no debt existed until the time of payment, legal tender can be refused. If debt has previously occurred, you must accept legal tender. "Invitation to Treat" is a term bantered and covered by many court cases that a buyer cannot demand to make a purchase even with legal tender in hand, and so declaring a legal tender other than for debts would not be effective. However, 99-44/100% of the time, your statement is correct. Wampum, bags of horse manure whatever you want to accept as payment is perfectly legal. |
Thanks for the info. Is that because of heavy traffic, citizen checks, or what? Will it make a difference if we have passports (as opposed to just birth certificates and drivers licenses)? We only have 3 days in the area, and planned just a partial day trip, is it not worth the hassle in your opinion?
Bet the teenagers you refer to are white or black; Cuban teenagers down here in the Keys and up in Miami know how to make change, the U.S. money system is the first thing they learn.
Yeah, that's what I'm guessing, the exchange rate they're offering will be obscene.
What is your point other to point out a factoid? Who cares?
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