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Saturday, June 26, 2010

What The Halal?

England: KFC forced to ditch halal-only menus after disappointing sales

Awesome! From Watcher:

First, sharia-compliant banking products turned out to be a "huge flop" in Britain, and now this.

Not only is the all-halal menu unpopular, it generated a huge number of complaints from non-Muslim customers angry that their favorite menu items containing pork products were taken off the menu, and, frankly, for being denied a choice.

(Daily Mail) KFC has been forced to ditch their halal-only menus at some of its stores after disappointing sales.

The fast food chain began trials last year, saying it was responding to huge demand from Britain's growing Muslim population.

But thousands of regular customers complained, including Alan Phillips, who was furious when the Burton-on-Trent branch refused to serve him his favourite Big Daddy chicken burger with bacon and cheese topping.

He was told it was forbidden to keep bacon on the same premises as halal meat and he would have to travel five miles to the nearest non-halal restaurant.

Now KFC has admitted five of its outlets - including Burton - are reverting to standard menus following poor sales.

Another that will drop the trial halal menu is the Colne takeaway in Burnley, Lancashire, where thousands of people joined a Facebook group called No Halal at Colne KFC.

Takeaways at: Accrington, Lancashire, Old Kent Road, London, and Hyde Road, Manchester, as well as Burton and Colne, will revert to full menus on 19 July.

A spokesperson for KFC blamed low demand. He said: 'We introduced our trial in areas where we expected a large demand for halal restaurants, and as with any trial, we continually evaluate results, and adapt as necessary. [...]

All pork products are forbidden by Muslim law, so participating outlets have to take them off the menu.

In March, Mr Phillips, who was refused a Big Daddy Burger in Burton, said the policy was 'extremely unfair' on non-Muslim customers.

He said: 'It was like they were saying I couldn't buy bacon because it might offend people.

'I have many friends who are black, white and Muslim but they wouldn't be forced to eat non-halal meat.

'I have no problem with them selling halal meat, but I would like the choice.'

10 comments:

  1. Pastorius,

    This is excellent news. I just wonder how long it will be until Muslim groups start to raise a major stink.

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  2. Pastorius,

    I mean raise a stink that they will now be serving bacon again.

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  3. Sharia-Compliant Banking Products a ‘Huge Flop’ In Britain

    Junaid Bhatti, part of the team that set up Islamic Bank of Britain, the first Sharia-compliant bank approved by the Financial Services Authority, says that the sector has been a big disappointment.

    “As we now approach the sixth anniversary of IBB’s launch, I’m sad to finally have to admit that Islamic finance in the UK has been a huge flop,” he said. “IBB may still be limping on as probably the last bastion of the cause, but it’s difficult to imagine it holding out for much longer…

    http://sheikyermami.com/2010/06/24/suckers-for-sharia-finance/

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  4. Halal isn't selling very well at KFC, huh?

    Excellent news.

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  5. Hi Guys.
    What if the loss of sales is due to the fact that in the past Muslims did come to eat there non halal food?Don't tell me their type of costumers changed over night?

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  6. Anonymous,

    I don't think their type of costumers changed too much, but a majority of them were probably still non Muslims, and I'd bet that they were unhappy that they no longer got to order things like bacon there because some Muslims would be upset. By the way, as far as I know KFC stopped serving bacon here in the states long ago, but I don't think it had anything to do with pleasing Muslim, however I don't really know why, so I could be wrong.

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  7. Anonymous said...
    Hi Guys.
    What if the loss of sales is due to the fact that in the past Muslims did come to eat there non halal food?Don't tell me their type of costumers changed over night?

    Saturday, June 26, 2010 11:21:00 AM


    nope.
    non muslims scr*wed KFC!




    F*CK iSLAM!

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  8. What a surprise! and to top it off KFC have totally rejected your previous loyal customers and told them to get stuffed as their opinion and likes /dislikes were irrelevant as far as KFC were concerned. KFC deserve to go under.

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  9. http://loganswarning.com/2010/03/11/france-dozens-of-pig-masked-non-muslims-invade-halal-restaurant-video/

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  10. Anonymous said...
    Hi Guys.
    What if the loss of sales is due to the fact that in the past Muslims did come to eat there non halal food?Don't tell me their type of costumers changed over night?

    Saturday, June 26, 2010 11:21:00 AM



    lol




    do you know about all the islamic bullshit to avoid eating non halal food?

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