Right after I hit the publish button for my previous post about Burger King’s ad snafu in Spain, I received this brief official statement from Burger King about their advertisement campaign in Spain.
Burger King Corporation (BKC) values and respects all of its guests as well as the communities we serve. This in-store [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Burger King ad campaign with Lakshmi’
By Kamla Bhatt • Jul 8th, 2009 • Category: Americas, Business, Diaspora, Ideas, India
By Kamla Bhatt • Jul 8th, 2009 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Americas, Diaspora, Ideas
Last night a local San Francisco TV channel aired a story about Burger King’s ad-campaign in Spain and how it has offended the local Indian community, specifically the Hindus. The reason? Burger King’s latest in-store ad campaign featured Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of wealth, on a ham sandwich and therein lay [...]