Community Feedback Causes Restaurant To Change Logo
DALLAS, Texas (1080 KRLD) - The Banh Shop in Dallas has officially changed its restaurant logo, after coming under fire two weeks ago for a logo that many said looked like the red star of Communism.
A petition from the Vietnamese community led Yum Brands (also owns KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell), the sandwich shop's parent company, to apologize and remove the logo.
A Yum spokesperson released this statement today from the corporate office:
"After listening and responding to our customers, we have changed the logo for the Banh Shop restaurant in Dallas. While unintentional, we certainly see how use of a red star was offensive to some and we've eliminated it from the design and apologize to anyone who may have been offended. The new design, created with input from Mr. Thanh Cung, President of the Vietnamese-American Community of Greater Dallas, incorporates an accent over the letter "a" and is simple and clean, using a black and white contemporary design. This new logo will be used on all signage, menu, uniforms and other marketing material including our website. We greatly appreciate the feedback from the community, and look forward to serving our customers delicious banh mi sandwiches."
Thanh Cung, President of the Vietnamese-American Community of Greater Dallas, who is also a former prisoner of war, told CBSDFW.com the logo resembled the red star often used as a symbol of communism.
After the company agreed to change the logo Cung said, "I'm very, very happy – not for myself but for the Vietnamese community."
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