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Dallas-based food chain to accept Mexican Pesos
Dallas Morning News ^
| 01/07/2007
| Karen Robinson-Jacobs
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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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; atzlan; illegal; illegalimmigration; immigration; invasion; reconquista
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To: devane617
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posted on
01/07/2007 9:12:32 AM PST
by
VOA
To: Cheburashka
"since 1854" is right. Any payment in exchange for a good or service is payment of a debt.
62
posted on
01/07/2007 9:17:16 AM PST
by
AmishDude
(It doesn't matter whom you vote for. It matters who takes office.)
To: devane617
I guess this is a reason why this isn't a huge fast food chain.
I never heard of them, and I lived in Dallas for over 20 years.
63
posted on
01/07/2007 9:17:31 AM PST
by
DustyMoment
(FloriDUH - proud inventors of pregnant/hanging chads and judicide!!)
To: cripplecreek
I received a coin from the Cayman Islands a while back in change.
64
posted on
01/07/2007 9:48:22 AM PST
by
stbdside
To: AmishDude; Cheburashka; since 1854
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"since 1854" is right. Any payment in exchange for a good or service is payment of a debt. This should explain it. The United States Coinage Act of 1965
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Legal Tender Status
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65
posted on
01/07/2007 9:49:52 AM PST
by
HawaiianGecko
(Victory goes to the player who makes the next-to-last mistake.)
To: Ace's Dad
Bet the teenagers you refer to are white or black... No bet.
To: devane617
FWIW, if you go to Mexico, they take dollars and give back change in pesos.
To: zook
I think it would be great to shift the focus of this thread toward numismatics.
While I do know several numismatists, my father's a philatelist and I'm more of an emphemerist or deltiologist.
Maven
68
posted on
01/07/2007 10:35:53 AM PST
by
Maven
To: codercpc
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?
It's been years since I've been there...but yes, you can expect both heavy traffic and ID checks; beginning this week I believe you'd need a passport.
If it were me making the decision, I'd pass unless you have a desire to become a ripped-off turista, as well as be very depressed at the poverty of the street urchins.
I imagine T.J. is still among the scuzziest, dirtiest, skankiest places in Mexico.
69
posted on
01/07/2007 10:53:52 AM PST
by
ErnBatavia
(recent nightmare: Googled up "Helen Thomas nude"....)
To: devane617
When you order your pizza it is 1,000 pesos, half hour later when they deliver it the price is now 1,200 pesos.
To: Max in Utah
As pragmatic as Canadians are, I'm wondering why they still bother minting pennies, not to mention nickels.
71
posted on
01/07/2007 1:09:23 PM PST
by
gcruse
(http://garycruse.blogspot.com/)
To: Sybeck1
No, it's supposed to be the "Amero." Haven't you read enough conspiracy theories?
If they can make money taking pesos, bravi! I bet they're making money on the exchange rate too.
72
posted on
01/07/2007 1:44:07 PM PST
by
GAB-1955
(being dragged, kicking and screaming, into the Kingdom of Heaven....)
To: Bassfire
this is what I'm so afraid of. And if it becomes apparent that this will happen my family will be leaving the USA quickly!
73
posted on
01/07/2007 5:11:35 PM PST
by
Halls
(God, please grant me the serenity to accept what I can not change....)
To: stopem
Ditto: Disgusted in Texas!
74
posted on
01/07/2007 6:46:13 PM PST
by
devane617
(It's McCain and a Rat -- Now what?)
To: devane617
Looks like a new biz op --- counterfeit pesos for pizza.
75
posted on
01/07/2007 7:29:34 PM PST
by
doug from upland
(Stopping Hillary should be a FreeRepublic Manhattan Project)
To: stopem
1. Italy uses the Euro, as does most of Europe.
2. Rome allows immigrants, legal or illegal, to vote in local elections.
"When in Rome" do you REALLY want to use Rome as an example, TOURIST?
76
posted on
01/07/2007 7:31:59 PM PST
by
Clemenza
(Put down that coffee! Coffee is for closers!)
To: stopem
I still live in the United States of AMERICA!
NOT
the United States of MEXICO!! And I guess you also live in the town of Panty Wad, on Drama Queen Avenue?
How does this policy decision, however eccentric, by a private business concern, threaten your citizenship?
77
posted on
01/07/2007 7:35:31 PM PST
by
Stultis
To: Halls
Aint gonna happen.
1. The Mexican birtrate is plummeting at a rapid rate. The problem of Mexican outmigration should take care of itself in 15 years.
2. Do you REALLY think a country like MEXICO could take over part of the U.S? Their children tend to prefer Cowboy football to futbol for Crissake!
78
posted on
01/07/2007 7:36:04 PM PST
by
Clemenza
(Put down that coffee! Coffee is for closers!)
To: Stultis
My, My such animosity.
As someone else said it is symptomatic of a serious issue.
79
posted on
01/08/2007 5:32:35 AM PST
by
stopem
(God Bless the U.S.A the Troops who protect her, and their Commander In Chief !)
To: gcruse
Why are we? Pennies drive me nuts!
80
posted on
01/08/2007 10:28:12 AM PST
by
mullymt
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