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I believe they closed the stores, but kept paying their employees. That would make things easier, would they have decided to re-open.

• throwaway290 5y ago
  No, this was the case until now but the point of the article is that they're selling all assets and letting everyone go. They promised to help them get employed by another company, but themselves they are pretty much quitting the country. It's a big move for McD, they are probably the only foreign chain that actually owns most of its restaurants rather than just franchising them out.
  • ineedasername 5y ago
    I know there was a Russian restaurant franchise that had started buying, or least committed to buy, a bunch of locations of different Western chains.
    • throwaway290 5y ago
      Never heard of it. Edit: I did hear some McD locations got 're-branded'. I'm not sure whether those were the franchised restaurants that turned or someone actually expropriated McDonalds' assets.