Well, I have no solid statistics but I know for a fact that what's with poverty climbing to 55% of the population, what's with inflation hitting all prices, what's with devaluation wiping chunks of purchasing power, and many other factors compounded, a large percentage of the Lebanese population desires to leave the country, and that a huge number of those who are dual nationals have already left, and day on day off we hear about those risking their lives at sea with the "death boats" sailing from places such as Tripoli where people pay smugglers to get them across the Mediterranean. If I say all this, it is because of an ad that appeared yesterday and is of totally poor taste (sorry for the pun).
Wooden Bakery had an ad for its 32,000 Manoushe down from 38,000 (thyme or cheese on a dough) that went "those who immigrated have suffered a loss" (implicitly "cannot benefit from this offer")... To say the ad was met with derision and scorn would be an understatement. The satiric account Peter Wen Maken on Instagram issued a funny rebuke whereby planes are seen getting back to "benefit from the offer" (see here), another frustrated person left a comment on the ad that said "stuff your 5,000" (meaning the presumed discount) to which Wooden Bakery answered "6,000" unaware it was adding fuel to the fire rather than appearing funny.
Seriously, at some point, brands must read the room. People are literally struggling on day to day basis, anyone who is anyone is trying by hook or by crook to leave the land. To say that those immigrated suffered a loss is neither sarcastic nor cute, but rather tone-deaf and demeaning when those who are left here are truly barely making it till the end of the month.
Well, to misquote that comment, "stuff your 6000".
And in one of those strokes of genius, Moulin d'or gives Wooden Bakery the perfect rebuke. "Nope those who immigrated did not lose a good deal, we deliver to the world". Well, at least someone did something smart with this!