Contents tagged with McDonald's

  • Rebranded McDonald’s to reopen in Russia under new name and ownership

    Former McDonald’s fast food restaurants will reopen in Russia on Sunday under new branding and ownership, after the American company pulled out of Russia last month in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine.

    The new restaurant chain is yet to be named, but its logo will have an orange circle and two diagonal yellow lines, according to Sistema PBO, the Russian firm that purchased the former McDonald’s restaurants.

    The relaunch will begin on Russia Day, a patriotic day celebrating the country’s …

  • 97% of Russians earn less than minimum-wage McDonald's employee in U.S.

    McDonald's Corp. will raise the wages of workers at its U.S. locations, CNBC reported.

    Non-administrative staff at about 660 McDonald's restaurants in the U.S. will receive $11-17 an hour, and supervisors will receive $15-20 per hour.

    About 36,000 people will get the 10% pay raise.

    As a result, even the lowest-paid full-time McDonald's employee will receive $1,760 a month.

    At the current exchange rate, it is about 130,000 rubles, which is more than the monthly income of 97.3% of the Russian …

  • Russia wants to impose sanctions against McDonald's

    In response to the US sanctions, the Russian State Duma proposed the introduction of sanitary sanctions against the McDonald's fast food chain. This proposal was put forward by State Duma Deputy, Alexei Pushkov.

    A Member of the Committee on Health Protection, Nikolai Gerasimenko, believes that inspections of the fast food chain’s restaurants should be more frequent, and in order to allow for this, the powers of Rospotrebnadzor (Russian Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights …