Smuggling KFC
May 16, 2013 in Daily Bulletin
Israel’s blockade of the Gaza strip has provided an opportunity for aspiring entrepreneurs to satisfy cravings for KFC writes Ahmed Aldabba:
- The al-Yamama company purchases fried chicken from a KFC in Egypt, and then smuggles it through a tunnel into Palestine
- al-Yamama charges $30 – three times the price of the chicken – to compensate for the transportation and smuggling
- From initial order to final delivery a meal takes about three hours
- The company advertises its services through Facebook
- Tunnel smugglers however are worried about the future. The tunnels are being destroyed, making it harder for Palestinians to get access to such luxuries as KFC
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Source: The Christian Science Monitor
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