Wilmington pizza parlor puts its money on the peso (1 Viewer)

[shuamort]

It's a long article, so I snipped a bit to give the general flavor of it:

Decision by the Pizza Patron chain to accept Mexican currency draws criticism and praise. Company officials say it was simply a business decision.

A pizza business with an outlet in Wilmington has become the first chain in the country to accept Mexican currency, setting off an avalanche of strong opinions on both sides of the "melting pot" debate.

The pizza chain, which caters to the Latino community in five states, began accepting pesos for payment Monday.

Fielder said the promotion will continue for two months and be assessed to determine if it should continue.

Gamm said he doesn't know why some people become so upset.

"This was a business decision for us," he said. "We are a small chain. We are going up against some very big competitors with some big pockets."

It's kind of interesting, I've travelled all over the world and anywhere I go, I haven't had too much of a problem using US currency. If a private business owner chooses to take foreign currency, so be it. However, if they choose to give change in a foreign currency when the customer didn't pay with it, then there is a problem.

 

[ARealConservative]

Big woop.

A Private business can accept cow patties as payment for all I care.

 

[jallman]

Something interesting...here in Alaska, we often take Canadian currency. It is not uncommon for an Alaskan to have Canadian coins in his pocket...their great for our parking meters too...you don't hear anyone reporting this as if it's a bad thing.

 

[Doremus Jessup]

I heard Drudge crying about this the other night, I don't see why anybody would care. The only person effected is the business owner. What is the worst that could happen? The value of the peso falls before he deposits the money into his account? Sucks to be him. :doh

 

[disneydude]

The funny thing that you don't hear about this....that can do hear if you live in LA where this is.....

The company has franchises in primarily latino areas. The idea came because they figured that a lot of their clientele travel to Mexico and come back with pesos that they can't spend. They figured...hey....its a great marketing idea...turn those useless pesos into pizza.
This is actually a smart idea...however.....people are turning this into an immigration issue and it could backfire on the company....maybe not.


Personally....I think people get way too upset of stupid things......its just Pizza....and its a private business. If you don't want to patronize it....don't.

 

[TheNextEra]

In this case, it is a private business doing what it feels would be best for business. If anyone doesn't like it, they don't have to put any money in that business to support this.

Personally, I don't really care what a business accepts. I agree that people will always find something to whine about. This is a non-issue IMO. Don't like it, don't support the business. Plain and simple.

 

[disneydude]

The other interesting thing about this debate taking place is that it really shows the arrogance of "Americans". Like the original poster said.....we as Americans are conditioned to believe that US Currency should be accepted worldwide. However, when a US company decides to accept money from a foreign nation they are ridiculed by anti-immigration groups as being anti-American.

 

[PeteEU]

What an insanely stupid non story. Most countries on the planet takes to some degree the currency of its nieghbour in its border area. Dont you think that mexicans take dollars as payment? Gezz, the anti hispanic xenophobic crowd in the US jump at anything to prove their racist points.