From FOX News
Yum! Brands, the fast food conglomerate behind Taco Bell, KFC and Pizza Hut, just debuted its fast-casual Vietnamese eatery in Dallas called the Banh Shop.
Banh Shop forced to remove ‘communist’ star from Vietnamese restaurant logo (FOX News)
But less than a week after the eatery opened, it was forced to pull its logo that featured a bright red star after Vietnamese-Americans complained that the image was a painful reminder of life under communist rule.
“Think about a German shop that sells bagels, and the logo has a swastika — what would you think?” Thanh Cung, president of the Vietnamese-American Community of Greater Dallas, told The Huffington Post. “That’s exactly what Vietnamese people in the United States feel.”
Bahn Shop, which opened on Sept. 12, is not the first company to use a red star on its logo– (Macy’s and Heineken also use a star), but the restaurant brands itself as Saigon street food. Saigon was officially renamed to Ho Chi Minh City after the city fell to communists forces in 1975.
Dallas, which has a large population of Vietnamese Americans– many who fled the country fearing government persecution– was chosen as the first location for the new eatery. Residents were immediately upset by the eatery’s branding, and an online petition was started last Wednesday.
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