Fast food giant McDonald’s Corp is finding a new role for itself in Hong Kong — as a wedding planner. McDonald’s, whose Golden Arches emblem is identified as an American cultural symbol, will offer a new “McWedding” service for couples in Hong Kong next year.
McDonald’s will offer “McWeddings” at three restaurants in Hong Kong, and will also host anniversary events, according to the Chinese-language Oriental Daily.
“Traditional weddings use cherries for the newlyweds to eat together and kiss. We will have French fries for them to kiss,” the English-language newspaper South China Morning Post quoted Helen Cheung at McDonald’s as saying.
“People said they’d dated here (McDonald’s restaurants), or met here, and wanted to get married here … We see this as a business chance,” said Cheung, McDonald’s director of corporate communications and relations in Hong Kong.