McDonald's is shutting down its Russian restaurants

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[–]IkeConn 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (4 children)

This will shut down an entire supply chain end to end with thousands of jobs lost.

[–]Jackalope[S] 7 insightful - 4 fun7 insightful - 3 fun8 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

Yes, I agree, in the short term, this will hurt the Russian economy, probably badly. In the long term, its hard to think they aren't better off without McDonalds

[–]Canbot 6 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

This will create opportunity for McNockoffs, spawning dozens of supply chains.

[–]restlessincanada 5 insightful - 4 fun5 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

Maybe putin will just seize any assets and property held by macdonalds in russia.

[–]RedEyedWarrior 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The buildings will still be there in Russia. Local or national brands will move into these premises. Or small restaurants will take over. Not all fast food comes from western corporations.

Also, the food sold in these McDonald’s outlets come from Russian agriculture, or agriculture from countries that did not sanction Russia back in 2014/2015. Russia's restaurant industry can recover from that.