Any establishment that admits children needs a proactive safety policy
Spur needs to realise it is actually a childcare business that feeds people, and re-think its policies, and it is not alone in this
It is well known that Ray Kroc, the comercialiser of McDonald’s, saw the group as a property company rather than as a restaurant business. Get the best pieces of property in a town, then rent them to franchisees who have to carry big yellow arches. This way you don’t carry the cost of running the business, you just get the rent from the person selling the burgers. Sometimes you can start off being one business and end up being another. This is what has happened with Spur, which has evolved from a family restaurant chain into something rather different: a childcare business that feeds people. This fact is almost ignored by the organisation and its staff. Had it realised this, that well-publicised racist incident could have been avoided. While Spur should be congratulated for taking a stand against the racist and the organisations that supported him, all is not well with my child’s favourite restaurant. A few weeks ago, I was at the Spur at OR Tambo airport. My two-year-old was in the...
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