Burger King sells gay pride Whopper When I read the articles, my initial thought was it doesn't take much corporate courage to to have a gay pride type wrapper in a place that they think will be receptive, instead of making it available in other places.
I should add, I didn't see this earlier, a quote from the article. Sounds like a good idea. All Proud Whopper sandwich sales, Machado says, will be donated to the Burger King McLamore Foundation for scholarships benefiting LGBT high school seniors graduating in spring 2015.
I have nothing against BK but I won't eat there due to *checks calories in their whopper* Whoppers being 650 calories, their fries being 190 calories. So won't eat there due to high caloric count. Gotta watch my figure :lol:
I mean, how many calories are you having per day? If it were me I'd just go to the gym afterwards lol
I haven't counted in a while but easily under 1500 per day. Not exactly healthy but tend to not get hungry. I'd go to the gym also after a meal at any fast food restuarant lol
I hope they do that here in Australia, next time we have a gay pride march in my hometown. Sure it's a small gesture, but even so. many little incremental steps do add up, over time, towards greater acceptance of us all (lgbt folk), from mainstream society.
For whatever reason, this thread tempted me into buying a "Whopper." I am regretting it immensely. Sick to my stomach now...
You can eat these things if you exercise enough. I look at this the same way. BK's move doesn't change my opinion of them or the Whopper. I've enjoyed Whoppers since I was a teenager and, when they were on sale or something, my dad would send me on a Whopper run on my bike to get Whoppers for the whole family. BK was a couple of blocks away and I could have just as easily walked. Chick-Fil-A's proclamation didn't change my opinion of them or their food. I've loved their chicken sandwich combinations since I first had one. Remember, these are management tactics. You will not get them to change their minds. You really don't know how BK's executives feel and think. When you boycott a major business because their owner said something unfavorable, you hurt the ordinary people who work there in the process and rely on the place for their paycheck. I don't see a suit when I walk into Chick-Fil-A. I see a guy or a girl who is taking my order, taking my money, and filling my bag with food.
This is largely how I feel. Sticking rainbow flags on products or a company making a seemingly hollow statement in support of gay rights does not change my opinion of them or make me more likely to give them my money. I do question why companies get involved in things like this, "what's in it for them?" etc. If anything it might put me off, its kind of patronising having the fight for equal rights reduced down to a gimmicky burger wrapper. The exception to what you've stated being that I do avoid companies where possible that have provided me with poor customer service, have poor environmental track-records or have been shown to exploit people/treat people badly (the clothing company Primark being an excellent example for meeting all those criteria!). I understand that this can impact people on the floor, but it is the only viable method I have at my disposal to tell the company I don't support them. Ultimately if I stop spending money at a company and they react by cutting staff well that is on their heads. You can view it from the other angle: If I give them my money I am essentially condoning the companies actions and so nothing will ever change for those staff.