On 10/19/2017 9:21 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Oct 2017 19:22:44 -0400, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> On 10/19/2017 6:37 PM, l not -l wrote:
>>> On 19-Oct-2017, jmcquown > wrote:
>>>
>>>> This has been in the news the last couple of days.
>>>>
>>>> https://www.avclub.com/a-california-...pop-1819666326
>>>>
>>>> and:
>>>>
>>>> https://www.foodbeast.com/news/dixie-popeyes-chicken/
>>>>
>>>> After a Yelp review by a customer called them on it,
>>>>
>>>> "Instead of denying it, Sweet Dixie owner Kimberly Sanchez
>>>> appeared to
>>>> reply to the review, saying they "Proudly serve Popeyes spicy
>>>> tenders."
>>>>
>>>> After naming other places they borrow food from, Sanchez
>>>> appeared to try
>>>> and pass it off as part of a collaboration with local
>>>> businesses."
>>>>
>>>> What do you think?
>>> I think that if I want Popeye's chicken, I would go to Popeye's
>>> and get Spicy Bonafide Chicken, not tenders. If I wanted strips
>>> of chicken (fingers/tenders), I'd go to Raising Cane's; they have
>>> the best chicken fingers I've ever had.
>>>
>>> All Sweet Dixie appears to be offering is to pair it with waffles
>>> and I don't understand the whole chicken and waffles thing. Give
>>> me a biscuit with my chicken, please.
>>>
>>> Wonder where Dixie gets their waffles? IHOP? Supermarket frozen?
>>>
>> Eggo's Toaster waffles?
>>
>> I don't get the chicken & waffles thing, either.
>>
>> The owner of Sweet Dixie restaurant said they don't have the facilities
>> for frying chicken in their kitchen. Hey, if you don't have the ability
>> to fry chicken tenders why have it on the menu?
>
> The restaurant probably doesn't have a grease trap installed, so they
> are not allowed to deep fry anything. But the restaurant is called
> "Dixie" and is expected to have some fried stuff on the menu.
>
> Whatever happens, I'm sure the idiot mass-mentality netizens will make
> a big deal out of it and give them bad reviews for no good reason,
> because it makes them feel like they're the "in crowd". That's what
> Social Media is for - for solving REAL problems.
>
> -sw
>
But Steve, wasn't there some store in Canada that was buying stuff at a
US Costco and reselling them and you Costco got up in arms about it?
How is this different?

Jill