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Started by Admiral Yi, May 07, 2009, 11:41:37 PM

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Ed Anger

#135
May 09, 2009, 05:45:58 PM
Quote from: Pedrito on May 09, 2009, 05:24:44 PM

And for Pizza Hut, the main reason it never opened in Italy is quite obvious  :P

L.

:lol:

One of the Pizza Hut commercials here is supposedly Italians being fooled and liking their new Tuscani pasta. Knowing the wops like I do, they would take one bite and start gesturing wildly in disgust.
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stjaba

#136
May 09, 2009, 07:12:07 PM
The world's largest chain store is run by a Japanese corporation. Does anyone know what it is? (Without cheating)

alfred russel

#137
May 09, 2009, 07:26:13 PM
Quote from: stjaba on May 09, 2009, 07:12:07 PM
The world's largest chain store is run by a Japanese corporation. Does anyone know what it is? (Without cheating)

7-11, though I don't know who owns it or how they came to own it, or how they run it.
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alfred russel

#138
May 09, 2009, 07:32:39 PM
So a check seems to indicate that 7-11 uses franchises and was an american company rescued by a Japanese company about 20 years ago, leaving them with a majority stake.
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Syt

#139
May 10, 2009, 12:05:43 AM
Quote from: Pedrito on May 09, 2009, 05:24:44 PM
And for Pizza Hut, the main reason it never opened in Italy is quite obvious  :P

Dunno, I know Italians from the Rimini region who say that the pizza you get from a few Turkish places here is much better than the "original" at home.
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The Brain

#140
May 10, 2009, 02:20:31 AM
Yeah. Italy isn't known for having great pizzas.
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Syt

#141
May 10, 2009, 02:33:55 AM
Quote from: The Brain on May 10, 2009, 02:20:31 AM
Yeah. Italy isn't known for having great pizzas.

Piazzas, on the other hand ...
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#142
May 10, 2009, 02:35:21 AM
Quote from: Syt on May 10, 2009, 02:33:55 AM
Quote from: The Brain on May 10, 2009, 02:20:31 AM
Yeah. Italy isn't known for having great pizzas.

Piazzas, on the other hand ...

Skip the ghetto talk pls.
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#143
May 10, 2009, 02:41:40 AM
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#144
May 11, 2009, 05:29:23 PM
Quote from: Alatriste on May 08, 2009, 12:45:03 AMSubway is completely unknown (I just didn't know they existed until I read this thread)

You don't go much to malls, do you?  :P They've been around for years.

The Larch

#145
May 11, 2009, 05:31:40 PM
Quote from: Pedrito on May 09, 2009, 05:24:44 PMAnd for Pizza Hut, the main reason it never opened in Italy is quite obvious  :P

L.

Yet you have Spizzico.  :lol:
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