KFC Mauritius could have been a victim of a political conspiracy in Mauritius in favor of Nando Chicken? Well I am not saying it but this is what the opposition leader of Mauritius was saying indirectly and it somehow make sense after yesterday’s announcement in South Africa.
Nando Chicken yesterday announced in a newspaper in South Africa that it is coming back to Mauritius in December! Before we talk of the “possible conspiracy“, let’s first have a look at the timeline of events during the last few weeks in Mauritius.
- 29 September 2009 – KFC Port Louis is ordered to close down due to some odour detected in its storage room!
- 5 October 2009 – 9 KFC outlets are prohibited in Mauritius!
- 6 October 2009 – All remaining KFC outlets are ordered to close down.
- 17 October 2009 – KFC is allowed to operate again after a still-unknown deal!
- 18 October 2009 – Nando in South Africa officially announce it is coming back to Mauritius!
For the fact, if you didnt know about it, Nando is a specialist is grilled chicken. They were here in Mauritius some time ago but it didn’t work well. Of course since KFC has been in Mauritius since years, Mauritians have an majestic preference for KFC. Even Rodeo Chicken and Mc Donald cannot compete with KFC here. So what conspiracy?
The whole set of event started after the visit of Navin Ramgoolam in the USA and other countries. Suddenly the Mauritian government who never cared so much about its citizen’s food safety all these years woke up to attack KFC who is supposedly not respecting the Food Act. – Possible Conspiracy Point 1
The reason? Salmonella bacteria found in the meat! Yea ridiculous one indeed. It is as if the cops are arresting a lorry driver for having a backup wheel! Salmonella is often found in chicken meat and this is normal. Once the meat is cooked the bacteria is no more an issue. One fact no one mentioned is that Salmonella affects its victims within 24 to 48 hours but who were ill after eating KFC all these days? NO ONE! – Possible Conspiracy Point 2
The test on the meat were done by the government labs however when KFC’s third party tests were done, NOTHING was found and the Minister even went back on his word saying he never said anything about this! – Possible Conspiracy Part 3
Why all these? Well one possible explanation is to decrease the customer base of KFC by using fear and nutritional terrorism by the Mauritian Government. Once a good part of KFC’s customer base no more trust the company’s products they will tend to find other similar fast food. Who? Nando? Maybe and this is based on a rumor across the country. – Possible Conspiracy Point 4
But why such a favor for Nando? Well the election is near and election mean finance. The last time, Samlo Steel was the main financier of the electoral campaign but this time they will need more money. So could Nando be a powerful financier of the upcoming electoral campaign in Mauritius? We don’t know but it is a good question! – Possible Conspiracy Point Overall!
However was this whole cinema a complete failure? We can say YES as KFC customer base is almost intact and Nando is probably not going to work again. Let’s recap this whole story (or possible conspiracy). KFC customer base are Chicken meat fans. If KFC is labelled as unsecure, a chicken customer base will not switch to pizza or noodle customer base very easily so they will look for an alternative to KFC. Who can be an alternative to KFC? It is Nando even though it is not really of exactly the same as KFC. Nando is grilled chicken while KFC is Fried ones but again all this is a POSSIBLE conspiracy.
To answer this and clear all doubt, we’ll try to get the view and opinion of Nando itself in the coming days.
Further Stories For You:
Leave a comment via Facebook
Stories From Our Partners
| Feedbox |
prem
this is bullshit to believe in a conspiracy against KFC by NANDOS.its look to b more another shit of a petty minister
Salim
That said, Nandos is so overrated and so overpriced…
Salim
Who cares? You really need to get your priorities straight. Besides, Nandos’ chicken is healthier to eat than KFC and by the looks of it Mauritius is rapidly turning into a fast-food haven, so I’m backing Nandos’ whether or not your conspiracy theory has any truth in it. What would the benefit be of this alledged pay-off to the KFC be? A lucrative deal with Nandos? Okay, so? They are far greater and severe examples of corruption in Mauritius. It’s unfortunate that you’ve focused your attention on such a petty matter which will actually benefit the well-being of the populous of Mauritius. I live in England and I can’t stand how many fried chicken outlets have opened up. I read somewhere that this may be turning into a racial issue; only in Mauritius…
andi
i totally disagree that Nando’s wont work, lets face it, it tastes about a million times better than KFC and its about a million times better for you. And you should be happy that the Mauritiun government is finally waking up to health and safety issues affecting its people. Nandos? Bring it on!!!!!!! and unless you all want fat asses you should be eating Nandos rather than KFC too!
1132nd
This debate has unfortunately taken a political turn. I've exposed my views on URL on how it was first a commercial issue, then a political issue. But it's now turning into a racial issue. Unfortunately. Most Euro-creoles are automatically siding with KFC, and non-Euro-creoles are siding with the ministry.
But at the end of the day, the identity of the Nando's promoter will unlock the situation. And, I hate to say it thus, I always try to be neutral, but the timeline of events automatically fuels conspiracy theories. But when you look closer, no one has been able to formally say who that promoter is. Not even the opposition party. Besides, I've had a chat with one of them on Saturday.
And the reason why they stopped talking about this is because they now have information that it was a former employee of Food and Allied Ltd. (FAIL) – who owns the KFC franchise in Mauritius – who's the promoter. And he's no where connected to political parties. That's the official reason the opposition are not talking about the KFC case right now.
shayus
No one really care about Nando.