'Never thought we’d be asking you to do this': Burger King urges customers to order from rival McDonald’s and KFC
Tribune Web Desk
Chandigarh, November 3
Fast food chain Burger King has appealed to its customers in the UK to order from its competitions, including long-time rival McDonald’s.
Sharing a statement on Monday on the microblogging website, the fast-food chain gained a lot of attention for their surprising request.
Burger King asked consumers to support local fast food joints during the second major lockdown imposed in the UK to battle the coronavirus pandemic.
The new restrictions would force restaurants and bars to keep services shut until the beginning of December.
“We never thought we’d be asking you to do this, but restaurants employing thousands of staff really need your support at the moment,” read the statement, which names KFC, Subway, Taco Bell and Domino’s Pizza, as well as other chains.
We know, we never thought we’d be saying this either. pic.twitter.com/cVRMSLSDq6
— Burger King (@BurgerKingUK) November 2, 2020
“In short: from any of our sister food chains (fast or not fast).” the statement specified extending their support to local business as well.
“So if you want to help, keep treating yourself to tasty meals through home delivery, takeaway or drive thru,” the statement read.
Since being shared online, the message has been reshared over 40,000 times on Facebook and had over 1.1 lakh likes on Twitter.
Thank you multi-billion dollar company for your incredibly heartfelt and sincere comment that isn’t totally an obvious ploy at increasing goodwill through an empty gesture by planting the seed that BK doesn’t completely suck.
— André Segers (@AndreSegers) November 2, 2020
Yea… no. McDonalds and Burger King and Pizza Hut are fine. They’re gonna be fine. And they feed us absolute dogshit poison. Go to your local restaurants, delis, and diners. Put money back into your community. Support your local entrepreneurs. Forget these billion-dollar brands.
— Jason Metz (@MKTGInfluencers) November 2, 2020
I love that you have included the independent businesses. All businesses should feel supported and included!
Thank you for reminding so many people what they can do to show support! 👏👏👏
— Steven Westwood (@StevenWestwoo20) November 2, 2020
👏👏👏 respect, good luck for the rest of the season, your fans were class as always
— Ryan Elliott (@RyanEJourno) November 2, 2020
Classy tweet respect from a KFC fan 🐔
— Joel Neill (@joelneill) November 2, 2020
