McDonald's India to Shut Down 169 Outlets

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McDonald's India to Shut Down 169 Outlets, Here's Why
The shutdown has stirred a wave of anxiety and resentment among McDonald's lovers and loyalists.
Food | NDTV Food Desk | Updated: August 22, 2017


The global fast food joint will be shutting down 169 outlets spread across North and East India owing to the termination of the franchisee agreement between its India arm McDonald's India Private Ltd (MIPL) and Vikram Bakshi-headed Connaught Plaza Restaurants Ltd (CPRL). 43 of the 55 McDonald's outlets in Delhi shut shop on June 29th due to a tussle between the north Indian franchisee and the global food giant.

At present, McDonald's runs close to 430 outlets across the country out of which CPRL takes care of the northern and the eastern belt. Hardcastle Restaurants is the company franchise for McDonald's in the Southern and the Western region.

McDonald's India is currently looking for a new partner to continue its business in the concerned outlets spanned across North and East India. However, how long the process will take is unclear.

As for now, the shutdown has stirred a wave of anxiety and resentment among McDonald's lovers and loyalists. Having no clarity on the revival of their nearest fast-food joint is vexing many. "They are saying that within a fortnight these existing outlets will disappear. Will McDonald's be able to find a new partner in a span of 15 days? I don't think so. It's sad that they are closing down," a student from Indraprastha University told IANS.

When contacted, officials from McDonald's told NDTV Food that this is a ‘fluid situation’ and that currently they are unable to discuss specific plans and courses of action.

Inputs from IANS

http://www.ndtv.com/food/mcdonalds-india-to-shut-down-169-outlets-over-license-issue-1740413

 

[T-72M1]

Great news, McDonalds sucks, I hope they shut down all of them and go away forever.

a wave of anxiety and resentment among McDonald's lovers and loyalists.

eh, exist such creatures ?

 

[Sharky]

Great news, McDonalds sucks, I hope they shut down all of them and go away forever.


eh, exist such creatures ?

True McDonald's are crap.. better are burger king and Carl's junior.. those double cheese beef burgers are the best.

 

[DrasticMeasure]

True McDonald's are crap.. better are burger king and Carl's junior.. those double cheese beef burgers are the best.

Well Mcdonalds are the biggest food chain in the world and them deciding to shut down Operations in India is a very bad news.

 

[ashok321]

True McDonald's are crap.. better are burger king and Carl's junior.. those double cheese beef burgers are the best.

Your individual taste buds are no match to billion others, who prefer McDonald's, world's largest burger churning operator with 35 K outlets.

Just as I like a whopper, I like Big Mac too.

But still I lament, in that, they discontinued quarter pounder from its regular menu (my fav too)

Its time you supersize your taste buds.

 

[gulli]

Local stalls are big competition to McD and seems like they are winning

 

[SarthakGanguly]

Overpriced junk.
If it's junk, Burger King is better.

 

[T-72M1]

True McDonald's are crap.. better are burger king and Carl's junior.. those double cheese beef burgers are the best.

burger king and carl's jr here are crap too.

 

[I S I]

It should be taken as a Healthy news.

 

[Tshering22]

McD has outlived its days in India.

With greater access to tasty foods from across the country, people are switching to better deals.

 

[Gadkari]

Overpriced junk.
If it's junk, Burger King is better.

I disagree. They provide best value for money when you take their restaurant facility into account and their "Happy meal" plan.

The meal itself is indeed Junk Food.

 

[Skull and Bones]

KFC has to be shut too, their chicken wings are just bland and dry.

 

[Gadkari]

KFC has to be shut too, their chicken wings are just bland and dry.

They have something called "Hot and Spicy" in India. Also "smoky grilled" which is spicy.

They provide diversity in food choices. Why shut them down ? Though I recommend avoiding them due to their non existent safety and hygiene standards.

 

[xyxmt]

McDonald is crap, eat Wendy's Instead

 

[EndangeredSpecies]

Actually McDonalds sucks compared to variety of local food joints. All of Mc Donalds products are just fried shit wrapped in bread and sauce. Cannt hold a candle to variety of tastes available in Indian street food, from Chole Bhature to Kulfi to Chicken tikka to Rajma Masala to Chat. They are great for America, but in India the local food choices are simply too rich when compared to bland choices of McDonalds or KFC for that matter.