McDonald’s announced the suspension of work in Kazakhstan

McDonald’s in Kazakhstan suspends the work of all restaurants of the chain from tomorrow due to restrictions in local supplies, reported on the company’s website.

“McDonald’s in Kazakhstan (Food Solutions KZ LLP) is temporarily suspending all of its restaurants from November 18 due to restrictions in local supplies. The company is making every effort to resume work as soon as possible.

The company promised to inform later on the timing of the opening of network establishments. In Kazakhstan, McDonald’s has 24 restaurants in cities such as Almaty, Astana, Atyrau, Aktobe, Kostanay, Karaganda.

Earlier in November, it became known about the transition of McDonald’s restaurants in Belarus to the Russian brand Vkusno – i dot. How wrote Vedomosti, this decision may indicate the desire of McDonald’s to return to the country in the future.

McDonald’s closed its restaurants in Russia in March, and two months later the company announced its final withdrawal from the Russian market. At the same time, the company announced the sale of the network in Russia to the local licensee Alexander Govor, which was called “Tasty – and that’s it.” The company reserved the opportunity to buy back the business within 15 years, Govor said in an interview with Vedomosti. Yesterday, November 16, “Tasty – and that’s it” announced buying Speaking of the Russian assets of Havi Logistics, a logistics partner of McDonald’s.

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