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BURGER KING HAS proposed an unlikely truce with rival McDonald’s.
The fast food giant took out full-page ads in the New York Times and the Chicago Tribune to ask McDonald’s to join forces for one day only.
To celebrate International Day of Peace, they want to open a pop up store in Atlanta and sell a McWhopper, a fusion of both the chain’s trademark burgers.
They say it will be co-branded and the store should be manned by both staff.
The proposed day is September 21, and all proceeds will go to the Peace One Day. This is how they think it will work:
They wrote on a Tumblr blog
Peace One Day is a non-profit organization campaigning to make Peace Day September 21st an annual day of global unity. They have a powerful rallying call ‘who would you make peace with?’ which inspired us to lead by example and extend an olive branch of our own. We’d like to propose a one-off collaboration between Burger King and McDonald’s to create something special, something that gets the world talking about Peace Day.
Your move, McDonald’s. Make this happen!
UPDATE:
McDonald’s have responded and shot down any chance of this happening. BOO. They write on Facebook:
Dear Burger King, Inspiration for a good cause… great idea.We love the intention but think our two brands could do something bigger to make a difference.We commit to raise awareness worldwide, perhaps you’ll join us in a meaningful global effort?And every day, let’s acknowledge that between us there is simply a friendly business competition and certainly not the unequaled circumstances of the real pain and suffering of war.
We’ll be in touch.
- Steve, McDonald’s CEO
P.S. A simple phone call will do next time.
By Nicola Byrne. Originally published on DailyEdge.ie.
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Yes, this deserved an article. The whole country will sleep better knowing the Luas is back up and running.
@Liam Byrne: handy to know if you need to use it for work in the morning
@Liam Byrne: In fairness Liam , 90,000 people use the Luas every day , but more importantly they’re Dubs , and they have to carry the Sam around .
Only joking , I see lots of unhappy comments on the Dubcentric reporting during the storm . Infrastructure , country wide needs to be looked at in light of recent events and austerity .
@Liam Byrne: you obviously don’t rely on it
@Liam Byrne: If, like me, you spent one and a half hours getting home after work today, instead of the usual half an hour on the luas, you would certainly be interested.
@Zmeevo Libe: I never said people didn’t want to know.
Well done Luas crew, fair play.
Clap, clap, clap.
Why was it out in the first place?
@Grotmaster:
Their control centre at the Red Cow depot got quite badly damaged in the storm and was knocked out of action, so they shut down the whole system. A bit drastic?…
@Ewan O’Doherty: Probably not.
Well done to Roofer’s at Select Roofing Ltd, for repairing the roof of the control centre and get the Luas up and running.
Read this on the bus home!
The organised pick pockets will be back to work
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