Non-veg giant KFC’s first outlet in Gujarat faces opposition
Ahmedabad, 8 October, 2011
It is going to be the first outlet of non-veg food chain Kentucky Fried Chicken(KFC) in vegetarian main land of Gujarat, and the entry of KFC in Gujarat is being opposed with all strength in the area where it is coming.
The area is Vastrapur in western part of Amdavad, and the place is Gujarat’s biggest Alpha one mall.
The mall is located just next to residential colonies where thousands of strict vegetarian people live. The mall is also located at stone throwing distance from Vashnav Haveli mandir which was inaugurated by Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi last year.
KFC has presence in more than dozen states in India, but not in Gujarat yet. This is because, in higher Hindu class of mainland of Gujarat, non-veg is complete no-no.
Contrary to fish consuming Brahmins of Maharashtra and Bengal, in Gujarat most of the Brahmins don’t consume fish. In Swaminarayana, Bania and Jain community too non-veg is completely avoided.
With some population of middle-class and upper-class non-Gujarati migrants, Ahmedabad’s western area of Vastrapur is mainly populated with Jain, Swaminarayan, Brahmin and Bania community people.
Ahmedabad is a unique city which has only Pizza Hut restaurant that serves only veg food. Ahmedabad is only city where Marriott group hotel has exclusive veg restaurant in the world. Before McDonald restaurant opened in Ahmedabad, the company called Gujarati journalists to Mumbai and convinced them that McDonald would use separate kitchen for veg and non-veg food in its Gujarat outlets.
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I hope better sense will prevail and KFC will retract its Gujarat venturre. The dilemma for KFC is that it can not serve veg food as its common and main ingredient for all its dishes would be chicken!
I am just living in Akash-2 flats just near to Haveli. I know we are protesting this since days and now media is also invoked.
This is 100% pure vegetarian area and people who are migrated to this area from other non-veg states are also with us to protest.
The mall has not declared KFC till last few months. We will fight till end and will close KFC. If not then will close entire mall.
Why still this mall has not closed KFC is the big question. If they want to continue their mall and does not want to effect their overall business then they must have to close this store immediately.
Freedom of choice, no-one can invoke clauses as what to eat and what not to. You are free to refrain yourself from entering the mall especially KFC. I have tons of friends who respect my decision to eat non-veggie stuff and who share the same table as me without participating in the stuff that i order.
So let better sense prevail, KFC, MAC-D, Pizza Hut and Dominos are class outlets with an ever growing presence in every state, I am sure KFC is going to open shortly in Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot and Gandhidham in a matter of months.
hahha, in your dreams will they close the awesome KFC store…
if u r veg than anybudy can’t it
Why should it retract its gujarat venture you are not the only (vegitarians) ones living in gujarat think bout other people also
No pffemses its not that it only serves nonveg it serves veg too to keep people happy being a vegetarian you ll relish the vegitarian menu and even lot more stuff like shakes and all
स्वीकृति किसने दी ?
I hope and pray that all GUJARATIS oppose this thing, because this way they want to promote meat eating.. This is way you send slow poison to society…. This is the situation of the nation… I hate UPA-CONGRESS govt. allow this kind of business in the name of globalization…. RUIN good culture….. JAY HIND…
जब लोग चाहते हैं कि बंद होना चाहिए तो बंद कर दो न भाई ,इसमे हर्ज़ क्या है ? KFC कौन सा समाज-कल्याण का कार्यक्रम चलाने वाला है ? क्या बंद कर देने से हिन्दू समाज का नुक्सान हो जायेगा ? क्या बंद कर देने से सरकार हिल जाएगी ? इसके न होने से क्या देश को नुक्सान हो जायेगा ? इसके न होने से देश को कोई फर्क नहीं पड़ने वाला .खाने पीने के मामले में जहाँ तक विदेशी कम्पनियों का सवाल है इसका विरोध जितना ज्यादा हो देश के लिए उतना ही अच्छा है . कोई जरुरत नहीं कि खाने -पीने के मामले में विदेशी कम्पनियाँ हमपर हावी हों .हमारे देश में ही इतने तरह के व्यंजन हैं कि विदेशी कंपनियों की जरुरत नहीं है . हरेक बात पर बहस और तर्क क्यों ?
My friend shyam sundar
i have been reading your comments all the time
and you always have good point just like on this artical.
but my friend
oppose for everthing became a slogan for hindustan society.
with-out knowing the truth.
point to you my friend shyam.
this meantality must go from hindustani blood forever for better hindustan.
also my friend kfc or any wetern food chain has brought quality and cleannees to
reastaurant and employed thousnds of young hindustani student.
did you got this quality with clean enviorment in hindustani samll reasturant.
bottam-line and main point is this non-sense oppose must stop for everthing.
if you support this today.
you watch shyam tomorrow you will hear another domestic oppose.
not for western-world.
but within hindustan.
so this will go on and on
भारतीयों की हमेशा से यही कमजोरी रही है कि अपने आपको आधुनिक दिखाने और आधुनिक साबित करने के लिए पश्चिम की नक़ल करना शुरू कर देते हैं . चाहे मामला संस्कृति का हो या खान पान का ,फैशन का हो या समारोह या पार्टी का .सभी मामलों में पश्चिमी स्टाइल की नक़ल करते दिखाई देते हैं . पश्चिमी ज्ञान की नक़ल और चोरी पर निर्भर भारत इसीलिए आज तक ऐसी कोई वस्तु का अविष्कार नहीं कर पाया है जिसका समूचा विश्व प्रयोग करता हो .
मेरा तो यहाँ तक मानना है कि अंग्रेजी भाषा पश्चिम में हो रहे विकास की नक़ल और ज्ञान की चोरी करने के लिए देश में पढ़ी और पढ़ाई जाती है . जबकि कभी भारत देश विश्व को ज्ञान बांटता था आज पश्चिम की नक़ल करता नज़र आता है .मोहन जोदड़ो और हड़प्पा की खुदाई से यह साबित हो गया है कि भारत में कभी विकसित शहर हुआ करता था जहाँ ड्रेनेज और अन्य शहरी जरूरतों को पूरा करने के लिए पूरी व्यवस्था हुआ करती थी .उस प्राचीन काल में विश्व के अन्य देशों के शहर इतने विकसित नहीं थे जितना कि भारत के शहर . चन्द्रगुप्त मौर्या शासन काल में विकसित प्रशासनिक व्यवस्था थी .अलग-अलग क्षेत्रों से सम्बंधित मंत्रालय हुआ करता था . आज जो हम अलग-अलग मंत्रालय किसी भी सरकार में देखते हैं वह चन्द्रगुप्त मौर्या के काल में भी हुआ करता था और वह किसी की नक़ल नहीं थी बल्कि चाणक्य और चंद्रगुप्त की खोज , शोध और चिंतन का नतीजा था .
Opening of KFC should be strongly opposed and not be allowed to open. This is just one more thing being not sensitive to our rich culture and practice of vegetarianism, we
gifted to the world. Its like trying to open a porn store in Mecca or Rome.
Gujarat is a birth place of great leaders like Ghandhji and Sardar Vallabhbhai and its our responsibility that their principles and mission is maintained.
Which rich culture are you talking about?
Some people do not care for their mother and always ready to fight with pakistan/muslim for motherland.
Only old age security is son. If son or his wife not then who? culture?
small village of 100 houses, even they have 2 division, they do not speak each other.
Respected elders take decision for their childrens marriage based on their past deal with samaj persons eventhough they are wrong
Respected elders never want to learn from their mistake and what they say, that is always right (eventhough they are uneducated and take decision for the education of their grand childens. Apply to so many villages)
Brothers are always ready to ruin other brothers marriage occasion based on past and not ready to forget.
Women are treated always as a slave. How many women run industries in our locality?
It is all artifical. nothing is practical. to say and to do both are two part of coin.
I hope I did not offend anybody and just tried to enlight fact so we should learn from it,
“I have friend here in US and one day he said i do not understand you(gujarati) guys, when y r in gujarat, u don’t eat non- veg which is fine but y strongly oppose if somebody eat. And when y come here y open subways, deli,taco bell and so many other and y serve meat including beef with smile.”
Point is: if somebody is if u don’t want to eat , it is your choice. But don’t oppose it in this global world
I think to respect local people KFC shud not be open in that area but KFC Shud be there in place where people don’t have problem.One of my Fillipino frnd who visited Ahmedabad for Business purpose was telling me that it was very difficult for her to stay in AMD without meat even Pizza hut serves Veg..she Was saying me that how people survive wihtout meat…I just smile and reply that it their culture.Lack of KFC types restaurants are stoping tourist to visit Gujarat so Branded & chain restaurant shud be there in city but not in a area where it hurts people sentiments but it shud be there to attract tourist..This is my personal point of view.
Dear Dharmesh K.Patel,
Your first point that these fast food outlet’s bring immaculate cleanliness is well taken. I wish our Indian owned fast food outlets were as clean, if not cleaner than these MNC outlets.
But that’s where the debate should end….please read my previous comment, which has two links to the dangers these fast foods cause to humanity….unbridled obesity and many other ailments…
I paste the links again for your ready reference.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/25/opinion/sunday/is-junk-food-really-cheaper.html?_r=2&pagewanted=print&pagewanted=all
http://fastfoodmarketing.org/fast_food_facts_in_brief.aspx
Hope you will read every word of these two articles. Of course, form you own educated opinion…
My friend
you did not got my point yet.
what you.called junk food.
it’s..beaing..eaten..in intire.hindustan..for..five thousand plus year
every.corner of hindustan.
from..lariwala-to.punjab-reastaurant.
my..main..point..was..opposing..for..every-thing.
from..food..to..narenradra-modi.
as .long..as..this..none-sense-oppese.remaing.in..hindustan..
bharat..will..go..back..to..stone-edge..very.soon.
and..hindustan..will..depend..on..china…very..soon..
mark..my..word
Let’s understand why west is all non-veg. Perhaps understanding it will lessen our hatred for non-vegetarians. In west specially North America and Europe there is no weather like monsoon. It rains there anytime not fixed period from June to September like us. So farming of grains couldn’t develop in ancient time and hence they had to depend on other living species and hence they eat all non-veg. Now due to modern farming methods in last 200 years they grow good amount of grain but why they should change their food what their ancestors were eating for years. Why we are vegetarian? Why we eat Dal-subzi-roti? Because that’s what our parents and grand-parents were eating. In a some way We are programmed to eat veg and they are programmed to eat non-veg. So let’s not hate them for their food habit. In France there is a famous enounce that ‘Pray to God and thank him when you get bread so you don’t have to eat only meat.”
I agree with Dharmesh. I’m 100% vegitarian too. I have friends who are vegitarians but occassionally eat nonveg. We shouldn’t tell people what to eat and what not to eat. Its their choice. Why should we should if it is opening?? This shouldn’t be discussed and there shouldn’t be any ho ha… There are many non vegetarian restaurants in Ahmedabad.
स्वदेसी का स्वाभिमान कहीं नज़र नहीं आता . ग्लोबल वर्ल्ड में हमें KFC का विरोध नहीं करना चाहिए या ग्लोबल होते भारत में KFC का विरोध नहीं होना चाहिए . पश्चिम की नक़ल करते भारत का यह प्रत्यक्ष प्रमाण है.कहीं और प्रमाण ढूँढने की आवयश्कता नहीं है . यह कहा भी जाता है कि अमीरों की ही नक़ल दुनिया और समाज करता है गरीबों की नहीं . इसलिए अमीर देश की सभी परम्पराएँ सही हैं .चाहे अमीरों देशों का कचरा ही क्यों न हो . यह मानसिक दिवालिये का सबूत नहीं तो क्या है ?
as long as it is not surviving beef it is ok. only the problem we people is that we don’t have our on any ethics. no proper rules regulation for our religious. no integration and that is why since last 700-800 years we were not rule on our nation. right now also it is so called sonia (italian) is ruling on. we got habitual for slavery..
even maldiv which has to part of india but it is a muslim country. Maldive is hardly away from main land of india still it is not own by india.
the congress government has not don’t any think since independence to restore India religious, Indian culture back to origin.
also in name of ghandhiji alcohol is prohibited in gujarat. why not meat (non veg) prohibitedon say philosophy? or if meat allow to surve then why not alcohol? our people are always divided. never all work in one direction. this is due to bad practice of congress since last 60 years of rule on india.
गुजरात शाकाहारी भोजन के लिए भारत भर में प्रसिद्ध है और यही छवि देश भर में है .जहाँ तक मेरी जानकारी है गुजरात में वैसे भी मांसाहार का प्रचलन न के बराबर है.इसलिए इस तरह के पोपुलर ब्रांड का माँसाहारी फ़ूड चैन न ही खुले तो अच्छा है .इसके खुलने से माँसाहारी फ़ूड प्रोडक्ट को प्रोत्साहन मिलेगा , प्रचलन बढेगा और लोगों की आदतें भी बिगड़ेंगी . जो छवि गुजरात और गुजरात वासियों की देश भर में है वह आने वाले समय में धूमिल होगी .
We all continue argue and agree to disagree…. Healthy discussion is good but please no personal attacks and no abusive language…..I live in USA for forty pus years and no one has forced me to eat meat……
The question here is this KFC will generate atmosphere such that many HINDUS will be tempted to to eat…. If a person has strong feeling about not to eat meat, no one can will make him eat meat….. WE all differ but the bottom line is for some class of people , this will give an opportunity to go eat meat….. I know many GUJARATIS eat meat but I do not care is they eat, THIS is their choice…. BUT IN GUJARAT , If establishment is promoted, many will go and eat….. THIS will go out of hand and with the time and many GUJARTIS will become NON-VEG. eating….. WHERE you draw line? WE all have a thought and let us discuss for the better nation instead this silly thing….If anyone wants to eat, go ahead, remember meat is the last to digest in your stomach….GO ahead and enjoy having colon cancer, You have a choice…..JAY HIND….
मैंने KFC के पक्ष में दिए गए सभी कमेंट्स पढ़े और पढ़कर इसी निष्कर्ष पर पहुंचा हूँ कि अभी तक अनावयश्क पश्चिमी वस्तुओं और ब्रांड के मौह-जाल से गुजरात के लोग बाहर नहीं निकल पाए हैं और न ही गुजरात की छवि की इन्हें चिंता है . स्वदेसी का स्वाभिमान जरा भी नहीं है.यहाँ कुछ-कुछ गिरगिटों जैसी प्रवृति की झलक भी मिलती है जो समय-समय पर अपनी सुविधानुसार रंग भी बदलती रहती है .मुझे अच्छी तरह याद है,इसी वेबसाइट पर एक खबर छपी थी जिसके अनुसार–सब टीवी ने अपनी सीरियल “तारक मेहता का उल्टा चश्मा ” से KFC का विज्ञापन सिर्फ इसलिए हटा लिया था क्योंकि गुजराती समाज द्वारा इसका बहुत विरोध किया गया था . विज्ञापन हटाने से सब टीवी को करोड़ों का नुकसान भी हुआ था.लेकिन गुजरातियों की भावनाओं का सम्मान करते हुए उसने वह विज्ञापन हटा लिया. तब उसके इस फैसले से इसी वेबसाइट पर बहुत तारीफ़ भी हुई थी .लेकिन आज रंग कुछ बदला-बदला सा नज़र आ रहा है.ऐसे में सवाल उठता है कि क्या सब टीवी ने वह विज्ञापन हटाकर बेवकूफी की थी ? उसे वह विज्ञापन नहीं हटाना चाहिए था ? मुझे तो ऊपर पढ़े कमेंट्स से ऐसा ही लग रहा है कि सब टीवी ने बेवकूफी की थी .
Thank you for your work. Article helped me a lot. gs777-villivonka
I don’t understand why people are opposing KFC !!! Are they going to make their Chicken dishes in their houses or even societies !!! Okay I understand that if they don’t dispose their non-veg waste properly then there should be a problem Or rather if smell from their Kitchens spoils nearby environment then also i would support their cause.
KFC is doing no harm….harm is in alcohol n gutka n killin baby girls….b4 creatin kfc issue they should firyst oppose for killing new born girls n alcohol n tobacco consumption in gujarat…chicken or junkfood is less hayrmful to human n societ
Wooo…!!! Look at the mentality its really ridiculous…the people who are protasting 1st of all u all should get together 2 close the roadside non-veg centres….thn attack KFC….and they aren’t throwing d non-veg stuff in ur dustbin…c’mon man try 2 think broadly n m pure swaminarayan i dnt consume non-veg bt yaa i share same table wid my frns who eat non-veg….so der isnt any such kinda big issue….if KFC wont get customers thy vil automaticly shut down their outlet….
completely agree with Mr. Dharmesh Patel. If you don’t want to eat, if your religious belief doesn’t allow you to eat non-veg, you stay out of it. Who are we to dictate what other should eat? If KFC won’t get enough customers it will automatically get closed.
By the way I’m 100% vegetarian too.
sala tu to muslman lage 6.. mass khanaro etle aatli kuda kud kare 6.
I am just living in Akash-2 flats just near to Haveli. I know we are protesting this since days and now media is also invoked.
This is 100% pure vegetarian area and people who are migrated to this area from other non-veg states are also with us to protest.
The mall has not declared KFC till last few months. We will fight till end and will close KFC. If not then will close entire mall.
Why still this mall has not closed KFC is the big question. If they want to continue their mall and does not want to effect their overall business then they must have to close this store immediately.