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Originally Posted by CDSmith
How many McDonalds outlets are there in Russia? I heard over 400, and that may be in Moscow alone, I forget. (Saw this in the news over a week ago when it was still only 4 locations closed)
So, twelve locations out of over 400? To me that doesn't indicate that the entire country of russia is populated by filthy pigs or anything. Nor does it indicate that there's a problem with the McD's corporation itself.
What it does lead me to suspect is that there are about a dozen individual franchise owners over in Russia who aren't smart enough to follow the carefully laid out time-proven plan McDonald's corporation has for quality and cleanliness standards. It's the very reason why McDeath's is such a successful franchising operation --- even standards and proven business plan, and if each location follows it to the letter they invariably turn huge profits.
It's been a no-brainer for what, five decades now? But apparently there are at least twelve Russians (and their management and staff) who aren't smart enough to stick to the gameplan.
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I believe one company owns all the franchises. Its a monster company that owns a few franchises and a huge number of restaurants. At least that's how it was for the first decade at least, I see no reason to surmise it's not the same now. It's not a case where random franchisee's own a restaurant or two. Russia doesn't work like that ;) If there's money to be made, there's a dickhead with connections and a private army to monopolize it. The free market only applies to the smallest of businesses there.
The ones they shut down such as the first McDonalds to open in Russia on Tverskaya and the most profitable EVER, were to make a political statement. Russia DOES work exactly like that. It's a fucking nation of restaurants with cats and dogs in the kitchen - and whatever McDonald's standards are, they are a million miles ahead of the average restaurant in Russia