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I think their point is that most McDonald's franchisees in the U.S. don't need to be concerned about sudden, drastic rent increases because they aren't beholden
by culturestate 6y ago
I think their point is that most McDonald's franchisees in the U.S. don't need to be concerned about sudden, drastic rent increases because they aren't beholden to a third-party commercial landlord - McDonald's is their landlord, and thus is unlikely to boot them out just to lease the space at a higher rate to e.g. Burger King.
- fh973 6y agoThat's interesting, and suggested by the movie. However I wonder how that works in Europe for inner city locations. Here in Germany both in large and small cities, I can't recall any that I can imagine being owned by McDonald's.
- culturestate 6y ago> I wonder how that works in Europe for inner city locations I don't have any specific insight into the EU, but in the other global markets I'm familiar with (mostly China, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Japan) locations are either owned by McDonald's directly or franchised by large corporations that have significant bargaining power with (and sometimes are) landlords. The China/HK franchise, for example, is operated by CITIC (a Chinese SOE) and Carlyle.