Debbie Schlussel: Hmmm, Bennigan's: Maybe Catering to Illegal Aliens Wasn't Such a Good Idea
Recently, I told you how Bennigan's decided to offer it's menu in Spanish at all locations. This was clearly a move to pander to illegal aliens and those here who won't learn to speak English.
I also told you how Bennigan's dropped the "Irish-American" part of its name, another part of its pandering, "We Are the World," PC mentality.
Well, it looks like those moves didn't serve Bennigan's too well:
Customers showing up for lunch at Bennigan's restaurants in Chicago and across the country found quite a surprise Tuesday morning, when all the corporate-owned locations had signs on display reading "closed for business."
As CBS 2's Joanie Lum reports, Bennigan's Grill and Tavern closed all of its corporate-owned locations nationwide after filing for bankruptcy. Independent franchises remain open for business as usual.The corporate-owned locations comprise about half the entire chain.
Buh-bye, Bennigan's. Or in this case, Adios.
It's very sad for all of the people who worked there and have now lost their jobs. I feel bad for them. They are the victims of Bennigan's bad marketing strategy of catering to invaders. And I hate to say good-bye to yet another large American business. But in this case, the company made clear that the "American" part was mucho expendable.
Hasta La Blarney, Baby.
Posted by Debbie on July 29, 2008 02:43 PM to Debbie Schlussel