Keep in mind, even franchisees get assistance from corporate, which includes getting the food. So, without completely changing the menu and making homemade food, pretty difficult.
Of course, if they did that, Russians would remember this time as when McDonald's was the best it ever was.
I think the largest part of it would be finding and closing agreements with suppliers. The restaurants would have to associate in smaller councils to be able to get economies of scale and organize logistics in a more organized manner. They could be called "soviets"
They claimed they will continue paying employees, who knows how long that will last, but get paid and dont work sounds like a better deal in the short run.
I remember McDonald's ads in Russia boasting that most of the food is sourced locally, which would make sense. Now that McDonald's leaves what stops the franchise owners left from finding their old supplier's who just lost their biggest customer?
Those kinds of large agreements and negotiations take time and effort to set up. With McD all but gone from Russian territory, new contracts would need to be drawn up and negotiated all over again. It's not impossible, but it would take some real organisin' and collective will to make it remotely work as it did before. Not that McD's business model or their food is something worth saving, but the level of know-how and resources needed to handle such a large supply chain without the legal/logistics team unfortunately is not something that you can just jumpstart without significant support, for example from the government. And I sure as hell don't think the Russian government thinks McD is a strategic priority rn.
Keep in mind, even franchisees get assistance from corporate, which includes getting the food. So, without completely changing the menu and making homemade food, pretty difficult.
Of course, if they did that, Russians would remember this time as when McDonald's was the best it ever was.
I think the largest part of it would be finding and closing agreements with suppliers. The restaurants would have to associate in smaller councils to be able to get economies of scale and organize logistics in a more organized manner. They could be called "soviets"
Seize your workplace and make do or face unemployment, :thonk: that's a big headscratcher
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They claimed they will continue paying employees, who knows how long that will last, but get paid and dont work sounds like a better deal in the short run.
I remember McDonald's ads in Russia boasting that most of the food is sourced locally, which would make sense. Now that McDonald's leaves what stops the franchise owners left from finding their old supplier's who just lost their biggest customer?
Those kinds of large agreements and negotiations take time and effort to set up. With McD all but gone from Russian territory, new contracts would need to be drawn up and negotiated all over again. It's not impossible, but it would take some real organisin' and collective will to make it remotely work as it did before. Not that McD's business model or their food is something worth saving, but the level of know-how and resources needed to handle such a large supply chain without the legal/logistics team unfortunately is not something that you can just jumpstart without significant support, for example from the government. And I sure as hell don't think the Russian government thinks McD is a strategic priority rn.