GOT LEFTOVER PESOS? SPEND EM IN THE US

[thinkfast®]

People Can Spend Mexican Pesos At U.S. Chain

People can now spend their hard-earned pesos -- yes, pesos -- at an American restaurant.

A Dallas-based restaurant chain has started accepting Mexican currency, pesos, as payment, according to The Dallas Morning News.

The Pizza Patrón chain caters heavily to Hispanics.

The paper reported that restaurant experts and economists believe this is the first food chain with locations so far from the Mexican border that offers the service.

"We're trying to reach out to our core customer," Antonio Swad, president of Pizza Patrón Inc., told the paper.

He said that people return from Mexico with leftover pesos, and the chain wants to be a convenient place for them to spend the pesos.

Restaurants around the United States have done more marketing to Hispanic customers, but usually that is in advertising and menu updates, the paper reported.

"I think it's a very interesting idea," said Ron Paul, president of Technomic Inc., a Chicago-based restaurant market research firm. "They are catering to that audience."

Pizza Patrón's director of brand development, Andrew Gamm, said the company successfully tested the idea in a Mesquite, Texas, store recently. He told the paper that customers spent "a couple hundred pesos," without any advertisement of the service.

Starting in February, the chain's 59 stores will take peso bills only, not coins, the paper reported.

Cashiers will use cards listing conversion calculations, enter the figure in U.S. dollars into the cash register and give the customers change in U.S. currency.

According to the paper, about 60 percent of Pizza Patrón customers and 45 percent of the franchisees are Hispanic.

[Hektik]

this is a good idea for business owner.... but its going to get a hell of a rise from the anti-hispanic assholes....

[SampaGuy]

they took US dollars in canada when i was there. its called globalization, something a lot of ignorant american rednecks dont seem to understand...

[GTScoob]

they took US dollars in canada when i was there. its called globalization, something a lot of ignorant american rednecks dont seem to understand...

I'm not anti-hispanic but pro-American. I love the fact that our country is a melting pot but you should still learn to speak the language of the country you're living in. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. Thats half the fun of living in another country, having to learn to deal with a different culture and the language barriers that come along with it. That being said, I hate working with bitches that have lived here for 10 years but cannot speak english; especially since I've picked up a decent spanish vocab working alongside mexicans for the last 7 months. I'd rather see them try and learn the language and bastardize it like I do with their language than just be content with mediocrity and ignorance.

I think this is pretty stupid for the business but it's a private business so he should be able to do whatever he wants.

[SampaGuy]

I'm not anti-hispanic but pro-American. I love the fact that our country is a melting pot but you should still learn to speak the language of the country you're living in. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. Thats half the fun of living in another country, having to learn to deal with a different culture and the language barriers that come along with it. That being said, I hate working with bitches that have lived here for 10 years but cannot speak english; especially since I've picked up a decent spanish vocab working alongside mexicans for the last 7 months. I'd rather see them try and learn the language and bastardize it like I do with their language than just be content with mediocrity and ignorance.

i understand that, and as u can tell i have done my part lol. their community is so big that they can live along fine without ever learning any english. but in like 1000 years from now, we will probably all speak the same language and use the same currency.

I think this is pretty stupid for the business but it's a private business so he should be able to do whatever he wants.

i think its smart because im sure the conversion rates they are using are not completely fair. like when u go to the airport and u want another form of currency, there is usually like a 2% fee. plus look at all the media coverage he is getting.

[Hektik]

this is so true shit they took american dollars in all the countries i visited in the mediterranian... but with all the shit that is going on about getting the immigrants out ... there are going to be ignorant people who will have an issue with it...

[thinkfast®]

^^ I agree lol.. not so much of an issue in TX, that should be legally renamesd to Northern Mexico.. but let some business owners try that here, in GA.. haha I see riots comin

[STI LOVER]

that is a good idea, but yea, there are going to be a lot of people that are going to have a major issue with this. but I guess that will always happen no matter what.

[thinkfast®]

I figure if it aint your business, then who cares what you think

[thinkfast®]

^^ noone cares bout who you work with, we are discussing businesses accepting foreign money which is a good step forward

I work w/ these country ass bumpkins who I cant understand, how they got this job is beyond me... I think if your gonna be american talk the same english as everyone else

[SampaGuy]

^^ noone cares bout who you work with, we are discussing businesses accepting foreign money which is a good step forward

I work w/ these country ass bumpkins who I cant understand, how they got this job is beyond me... I think if your gonna be american talk the same english as everyone else

shit when i first got here i couldnt understand rednecks, nor black people. my mom still doesnt lol.

[Hektik]

^^ noone cares bout who you work with, we are discussing businesses accepting foreign money which is a good step forward

I work w/ these country ass bumpkins who I cant understand, how they got this job is beyond me... I think if your gonna be american talk the same english as everyone else

well this went way off topic.. but i dont see how some of the people complaining about hispanics not being able to speak english are the same dumbasses that butcher their own laguage what kinda sense does that make... .....people complain all day long about mexicans not learning english but there are so many americans that cant speak it either