[K5pbem] Tasty Buns! The Buns You Like To Bite!

[Jamie David Jeans]

> Tasty Buns, The Buns You Like To Bite!
>
> The Tasty Buns official company history claims that the first Tasty Buns
> shop was opened in Shanghai in 1937. Considering that Tasty Buns follows
> the McDonalds business model of a standardized product, minimally skilled
> labor, and franchised ownership combined with centralized corporate
> control and advertising, this claim is subject to debate.
>
> Tasty Buns shops are bright, clean and well lit, staffed by employees who
> are encouraged by countless hours of training tapes to smile and appear
> happy. The music selection tends towards covers of light Chinese pop, with
> the occasional classic. Most of the songs picked for Tasty Buns shops
> reference food or drink, and employees not currently serving customers or
> otherwise occupied are encouraged to occasionally sing along. The food
> itself is primarily standard Chinese steamed buns of mediocre but
> consistent quality, with many shops featuring one or two manager’s
> specials. Prices are relatively low, and Tasty Buns shops are popular with
> students and working families. Small restaurant owners often resent the
> opening of a Tasty Buns shop nearby, as the advertising power of the
> company is difficult to counter.
>
> The corporate symbols of Tasty Buns include a pair of golden buns on a
> white background (this appears on the Tasty Buns sign) and the company’s
> mascot, Miss Buns.
>
> Rumors often circulate asserting that Tasty Bun includes addictive
> chemicals in its product, serves rodent or human meat, is part of a
> massive money laundering operation for the most powerful of Hong Kong’s
> crime families, etc. These rumors are almost certainly untrue.

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