Russia's McDonald's replacement is thriving
(media.scored.co)
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What I like about this article is the implication that McDonald's is profiting off of this. They make a big to-do and show of naysaying Russia, but if there's a binding agreement of this nature, money definitely changed hands.
Remember, McDonalds isn't a fast food company. It's a landlord. The McD's you go to are franchisees renting off actual McD, the landlord, under a pretty restrictive contract.
If McD is still the landlord I see no reason at all why they'd object to this.
Very restrictive. You know the website that exists solely to check and see if your local MickeyD's ice cream machine is up? That works because every major piece of equipment in a McDonald's reports back to HQ on a regular basis.
Answer: It's never up because it's a piece of shit machine.
It's actually a pretty good machine, it's just that corporate declared that they have to be taken apart every 8 hours. By teenagers. And then sued the company that built a kit to solve all the problems that caused.
Yeah I was wondering about that. We were told Russia effectively "nationalized" the chain by giving the local franchisee complete control over their restaurants. This after McD's staged a boycott as economic warfare for no reason. Why would there be any agreement at all?