Chicago Mercantile: Certain market data is the property of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. US market indices are shown in real time, except for the S&P 500 which is refreshed every two minutes. Your CNN account Log in to your CNN account It was 15.ĬNN’s Danielle Wiener-Bronner, Chris Liakos and Anna Chernova contributed to this report. “I think we should take a look how it would be, how it will work, will people like it or not, I think it is not a good idea because Mcdonald’s is a history, it’s a brand,” she said.Īn earlier version of this story incorrectly stated how many McDonald’s restaurants reopened on Sunday. However, she said she’s skeptical of whether or not the new restaurant will live up to the expectations of its customers. “It is nice to have it, just to go and eat sometimes,” Yekatarina told CNN.
Kirienko’s wife, Yekatarina, said that even though she’s not a fan of McDonald’s, she was keen to try a hamburger from Vkusno & Tochka because of the novelty surrounding the rebranded chain. When asked if he thinks the rebranded chain will satisfy Russian customers, he said: “It’s ok … for these challenging times.” “That’s not what I was expecting,” he said, adding that he plans on coming to the restaurant at least once a week. CNNĪrtem Kirienko, another customer, told CNN that his double cheeseburger from Vkusno & Tochka was “almost the same” as the ones served in McDonald’s. Sergey Vlasov tucks into a double cheeseburger and fries at the Russian replacement for McDonald's in Moscow. “But also by law we protected a nation who is fighting for their own sovereignty, so there is a lot of issues right now…I am just here to enjoy some good old McDonald’s, man.” “I see it as clear as day and I know what has to be done and I don’t mind it, I know it is just how this has to be because the rest of the world sees us as aggressors which we are, we invaded a sovereign state by law,” he added. Vlasov said he believes McDonald’s withdrawal from Russia is “an economic measure holding us back.” “Food and politics have nothing in common,” he said. Vlasov told CNN he didn’t think it was a contradiction to be showing his support for Russian forces in Ukraine, while eating American-style fast food. Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty ImagesĬNN’s Fred Pleitgen was at the opening and spoke to Sergey Vlasov, a 19-year-old patron who was donning a “Z” hat – a reference to a symbol used by Russian troops amid the war in Ukraine. I think the craze will be just as big with this new chain of restaurants, with a new owner, a real entrepreneur,” Alexei Alexeevich, the Head of the Department of Commerce of Moscow, said during a press conference on Sunday.Īn employee gives a customer his food order at a Vkusno & Tochka restaurant in Moscow, after the opening ceremony. “Approximately 32 years ago…there were a lot of people on Pushkinskaya Square, when the first McDonald’s franchise opened here in Russia. The location even had to stay open for hours later than planned because of the crowds.Ībout 630 employees were chosen out of 27,000 applicants, according to a 1990 Washington Post article. On the first day, 30,000 people were served – a McDonald’s record for an opening day, the CBC reported at the time. The death of the McDonald's peace theory, a dark day for capitalism
(Photo by Peter Turnley/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images) Peter Turnley/Corbis Historical/Getty Images On the wall behind them is the McDonald's logo incorporated with the Soviet flag. “I won’t hide the fact that I am an ambitious man, and so I am not just going to simply open up all 850 restaurants but I am going to develop new ones as well,” he said.Īccording to a press release, 62,000 former McDonald’s employees were also retained.Ī queue of Soviets wait to enter a newly opened McDonald's on Gorky Street in Moscow in 1990. That means the company views me as someone who fully shares all the principles of business and values of McDonald’s,” Govor said at a press conference. I am very proud that they chose me to continue developing this business. “If you recall, in May, McDonald’s announced they were removing their businesses from Russia. The company, which has Oleg Paroev serving as director general, plans to open 200 branches by the end of June and all branches by the end of the summer, according to a press release. The American fast-food giant has been renamed “Vkusno & Tochka,” which translates to “Tasty and that’s it.”
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The golden arches and Big Mac may have gone, but Russians saw 15 McDonald’s restaurants reopen on Sunday under new branding and ownership, according to its owner Alexander Nikolaevich Govor.
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