Vkusno i Tochka owner buys assets of McDonald’s logistics partner

Businessman Alexander Govor, who owns the Vkusno i Tochka fast food chain, has acquired the Russian assets of Havi Logistics, a food logistics company.

“The perimeter of the transaction includes 14 distribution centers of the logistics company in Russia. The transaction will be completed after receiving the approval of the Federal Antimonopoly Service,” the statement reads. message press service “Vkusno i dot”.

The company emphasized that all employees of the company will retain their jobs, management will also not be changed. Upon completion of the transaction, all assets will belong to Logistics – and Tochka JSC.

Havi Logistics was founded by Ted Perlman and Bob Rock in 1976. Since that time, the corporation has been cooperating with McDonald’s. The company currently provides its services in 45 countries. In Russia, Havi Logistics was represented by OOO Rulog founded in 2003. In addition to McDonald’s, the company also cooperated with IKEA, which left Russia, and companies in the energy and oil and gas sectors – British Petroleum (BP), Equinor (formerly Statoil), OMV.

After the start of the special operation in Ukraine, a number of the world’s largest companies announced their withdrawal from the Russian market. In particular, McDonald’s closed restaurants in Russia on March 14, and on May 16 announced its final withdrawal from Russia. As a result, the Russian business “McDonald’s” was sold to the local licensee Alexander Govor and received the name “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.

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