Monday, October 20, 2014

BLOWBACK: Russia Widens Crackdown on McDonald’s

In August, Russia’s consumer protection agency ordered four of the company’s largest restaurants to suspend operations over a host of alleged hygiene violations and shortly afterwards added another five to the list.

At the time, the move was seen as a political message aimed at mollifying anti-western sentiment and demonstrating that Moscow was responding to sanctions imposed by the US and the EU, reports FT.

Now,, regulatory moves against the chain’s outlets have mushroomed. “Right now, more than 200 probes have been initiated,” McDonald’s Russia said in a statement released on its website. It said a court had extended the consumer watchdog’s temporary closure of the initial nine restaurants and added that it would appeal against the decision.

McDonald’s has 450 restaurants in Russia, more than 100 of which are in Moscow and the surrounding region. More than 60 are in St Petersburg .

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