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KFC apologizes for major promotions and marketing screwup in Germany
Posted on 11/11/22 at 9:28 am
Posted on 11/11/22 at 9:28 am
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By Mike Ives and Melissa Eddy
Nov. 11, 2022
Updated 5:32 a.m. ET
KFC’s German branch has apologized for seeming to encourage its customers to mark the anniversary of Kristallnacht — the notorious Nazi pogrom against Jews — by eating chicken, saying that a promotional message was sent in error as a result of an automated push notification.
The pogrom that began on Nov. 9, 1938, is known as the night of broken glass, and is widely commemorated as the start of the Holocaust. It was a coordinated assault on German Jews and their homes, businesses and synagogues.
On Wednesday, KFC Germany sent a message to users of its app with the title “Anniversary of the Reich’s pogrom night,” according to reports in the German news media and screen shots of the promotion that circulated widely on Twitter. The message invited customers to enjoy “tender cheese with crispy chicken.”
KFC Germany quickly followed up with an apology within the app for having sent what it called an “incorrect” and “inappropriate” message.
By Mike Ives and Melissa Eddy
Nov. 11, 2022
Updated 5:32 a.m. ET
KFC’s German branch has apologized for seeming to encourage its customers to mark the anniversary of Kristallnacht — the notorious Nazi pogrom against Jews — by eating chicken, saying that a promotional message was sent in error as a result of an automated push notification.
The pogrom that began on Nov. 9, 1938, is known as the night of broken glass, and is widely commemorated as the start of the Holocaust. It was a coordinated assault on German Jews and their homes, businesses and synagogues.
On Wednesday, KFC Germany sent a message to users of its app with the title “Anniversary of the Reich’s pogrom night,” according to reports in the German news media and screen shots of the promotion that circulated widely on Twitter. The message invited customers to enjoy “tender cheese with crispy chicken.”
KFC Germany quickly followed up with an apology within the app for having sent what it called an “incorrect” and “inappropriate” message.
This post was edited on 11/11/22 at 9:29 am
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Posted on 11/11/22 at 9:29 am to Eurocat
Popeyes Germany would never
Posted on 11/11/22 at 9:30 am to Eurocat
Does anyone really believe that the most cucked society in Europe is really trying to bring back the holocaust? 
Posted on 11/11/22 at 9:31 am to S
quote:
Popeyes Germany would never
Pull forward fa da final solution, baby.
Posted on 11/11/22 at 9:35 am to Eurocat
How do you accidentally send a message celebrating the Reich’s pogrom night? Do Reich and Pogrom have alternate meanings in Germany? Why would this promotion even be typed into something that could be sent out as a push notification?
Posted on 11/11/22 at 9:37 am to Eurocat
Germans.
Posted on 11/11/22 at 9:37 am to S
quote:
Popeyes Germany would never
We Oost be out of das spicy haul-a-cost
Posted on 11/11/22 at 9:42 am to upgrayedd
quote:I laughed way too hard at this
Pull forward fa da final solution, baby.
Posted on 11/11/22 at 9:43 am to Eurocat
I guess the Fourth Reich really is true.
Kristallnacht Forced resettlements Crematoriums
Kristallnacht Forced resettlements Crematoriums
Posted on 11/11/22 at 9:44 am to Eurocat
Das Boot lickin' good.
Posted on 11/11/22 at 9:45 am to Eurocat
I'm guessing it is a day that is noted as a day of remembrance. In the US we turn every single holiday into a marketing sales bonanza. Memorial day sales for instance.
Posted on 11/11/22 at 9:47 am to Eurocat
So - Colonel Sanders would be known as "Oberst Sanders" in Germany and would wear a monocle in place of his horn-rimmed glasses?
(Somebody get to it in Photoshop and make the meme!)
(Somebody get to it in Photoshop and make the meme!)
Posted on 11/11/22 at 9:47 am to Eurocat
quote:lmao
KFC’s German branch has apologized for seeming to encourage its customers to mark the anniversary of Kristallnacht
Posted on 11/11/22 at 9:48 am to upgrayedd
Posted on 11/11/22 at 9:48 am to upgrayedd
quote:
Does anyone really believe that the most cucked society in Europe is really trying to bring back the holocaust?
All I know is that the Ukraine war has given them a renewed focus on their military. The last two times that happened didn't go so well for, well......pretty much errybody.
Let's just keep an eye on em.
Posted on 11/11/22 at 9:50 am to Oilfieldbiology
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How do you accidentally send a message celebrating the Reich’s pogrom night? Do Reich and Pogrom have alternate meanings in Germany? Why would this promotion even be typed into something that could be sent out as a push notification?
It really is incomprehensibly stupid. Below is a slight explanation. Sounds like KFC in an incessant push for sell bad chicken just automatically spits out a shrill promotion for anything on the calendar. Some human is supposed to check to make sure the promotion isn’t something outrageous like telling the Japanese to stop being a little boy and become a fat man on August 9, but whoever that human is at KFC was working from home and missed Pogrom Poppin’ Chicken, it’s Finger Licking Good!
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“We use a semi-automated content creation process linked to calendars that include national observances. In this instance, our internal review process was not properly followed, resulting in a non-approved notification being shared," the company said in a statement Thursday.
Posted on 11/11/22 at 9:52 am to Eurocat
Posted on 11/11/22 at 9:53 am to Tbonepatron
Posted on 11/11/22 at 9:54 am to ned nederlander
Very likely they laid off Bob without really knowing what Bob did. Now they know.
Posted on 11/11/22 at 9:56 am to upgrayedd
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