There lots of "paper" rules the franchisees are expected to follow. Which, right now, I doubt the Russian government would in any way help McD's USA based corporate offices to execute.
While the workers and owners of the physical locations could still go to work, they'd need to figure out how to get replacements for their entire store's supplies. Straws, soda cups, lids, napkins, forks, spoons, knives, paper bags of various sizes, containers for the meal components, all of the ingredients and cooking supplies that aren't sourced from Russia or a Russia friendly nation.
I do wonder how much backlash the non-McD's locations would face when the prices, menu selection, quality, and expected taste of the food all changed...
McDonalds, or more accurately the franchise owner, pulled out of Iceland a few years back, citing high costs of maintaining the franchise. They rebranded as Metro . It is possible, especially if their most important supplies can be sourced.
ohh yeah, that place is nice, the guys who founded it were TV personalities. They had a tv series about the founding and first year of business. One of them is ok, but the other one is a 40 year old boomer who keeps whining in the press about stuff, I hate him, he sold his stake so it's safe to visit now.
While the workers and owners of the physical locations could still go to work, they’d need to figure out how to get replacements for their entire store’s supplies. Straws, soda cups, lids, napkins, forks, spoons, knives, paper bags of various sizes, containers for the meal components, all of the ingredients and cooking supplies that aren’t sourced from Russia or a Russia friendly nation.
Let's be real, all of those things are from China. Perhaps even the foodstuff too.
I'm not sure but it wouldn't surprise me if McD's corporate was smart enough to keep branded packaging, that is 100% required to be used by the franchisee "or else", production stateside just to keep that from happening.
But the absolutely no reason why a Russian friendly China wouldn't ramp up something to quickly fill the gap.
There lots of "paper" rules the franchisees are expected to follow. Which, right now, I doubt the Russian government would in any way help McD's USA based corporate offices to execute.
While the workers and owners of the physical locations could still go to work, they'd need to figure out how to get replacements for their entire store's supplies. Straws, soda cups, lids, napkins, forks, spoons, knives, paper bags of various sizes, containers for the meal components, all of the ingredients and cooking supplies that aren't sourced from Russia or a Russia friendly nation.
I do wonder how much backlash the non-McD's locations would face when the prices, menu selection, quality, and expected taste of the food all changed...
McDonalds, or more accurately the franchise owner, pulled out of Iceland a few years back, citing high costs of maintaining the franchise. They rebranded as Metro . It is possible, especially if their most important supplies can be sourced.
if I had access to Hamborgarafabrikkan I would never settle for any form of mcburger
ohh yeah, that place is nice, the guys who founded it were TV personalities. They had a tv series about the founding and first year of business. One of them is ok, but the other one is a 40 year old boomer who keeps whining in the press about stuff, I hate him, he sold his stake so it's safe to visit now.
Oh yeah, those cheeseburgers 100% McDonalds burgers.
Let's be real, all of those things are from China. Perhaps even the foodstuff too.
I'm not sure but it wouldn't surprise me if McD's corporate was smart enough to keep branded packaging, that is 100% required to be used by the franchisee "or else", production stateside just to keep that from happening.
But the absolutely no reason why a Russian friendly China wouldn't ramp up something to quickly fill the gap.