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2022-03-10 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
McDonald's, Starbucks, Coke, Pepsi Join Exodus out of Russia
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Posted by Fred 2022-03-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ]  Top

#1 
Some Deeper thoughts.


Yes, "Officially" they have done it and it's a good Media PR for these companies.

Since 90+% of the items are not being shipped overseas from the USA to Moscow.
eg. Mickey D's has a Russian Processing plant that supplies its 850+/- Russian locations. So how many of these items are actually made in RUSSIA and with the stroke of PUTIN's pen can "forced" to restart and resupply Russian businesses?
Note: Mikey D's has been in there since the 1990's when it was the USSR and invading other countries then.

Legal Question: Since the war is a STATE matter and NOT A commercial / operations related issue? Doesn't this place each of these companies in violation of their franchise agreements, open to Lawsuits, or at the least financial reparations once this PR stunt is over?
Posted by NN2N1 2022-03-10 05:47||   2022-03-10 05:47|| Front Page Top

#2 Since none of these woke companies will be cutting their D-I-E budgets over this, you can bet they will be trying to extract it from your a$$.

Keep voting with your wallets.
Posted by M. Murcek 2022-03-10 07:31||   2022-03-10 07:31|| Front Page Top

#3 Doesn't this place each of these companies in violation of their franchise agreements?

I'm sure they all have force majeure clauses in those franchise agreements.
Posted by M. Murcek 2022-03-10 07:33||   2022-03-10 07:33|| Front Page Top

#4 It's in the 'boiler plate' of most contracts. Check your life insurance policy for war clause or something weaseled worded to cover that.
Posted by Procopius2k 2022-03-10 07:48||   2022-03-10 07:48|| Front Page Top

#5 I saw something yesterday about MrDonalds in Moscow still open and serving customers.
Posted by trailing wife 2022-03-10 08:42||   2022-03-10 08:42|| Front Page Top

#6 ...Under New Management
Posted by Procopius2k 2022-03-10 08:51||   2022-03-10 08:51|| Front Page Top

#7 The average Russian just got healthier.
Posted by BrerRabbit 2022-03-10 09:14||   2022-03-10 09:14|| Front Page Top

#8 ^ You got there before me. 🙂
Posted by Cthulhu of Ryleh 2022-03-10 10:08||   2022-03-10 10:08|| Front Page Top

#9 Isn't cutting the internet/tv/media and eating healthier like every Get Well Program begins with, as step 1 and step 2?
Posted by swksvolFF 2022-03-10 10:13||   2022-03-10 10:13|| Front Page Top

#10 Pretty ironic if the rest of the world got the notion that better health comes from kicking the US junk food / US shit culture habit. sheesh... talk about unintended consequences
Posted by Hunter Bidens Laptop 2022-03-10 10:44||   2022-03-10 10:44|| Front Page Top

#11  MrDonalds in Moscow

Desperate Russian fills his entire fridge with McDONALD'S after the restaurant suspends trading over Ukraine… as others cash in by selling Big Mac meals for £250!
Posted by Skidmark 2022-03-10 10:47||   2022-03-10 10:47|| Front Page Top

#12 Why waste the fridge. I pulled a half order of McNuggets and some fries out from under one of the kid's seats in the car. Kids haven't eaten that in years.
Posted by swksvolFF 2022-03-10 11:01||   2022-03-10 11:01|| Front Page Top

#13 I know Trump liked McDonald's and Diet Coke but I seriously doubt Putin and the oligarchs do. So this just hurts the little guy-ruskie and does nothing to convince anyone to end the war.
Posted by ruprecht 2022-03-10 11:43||   2022-03-10 11:43|| Front Page Top

#14 Wake me up when they shut down in China.
Posted by Airandee 2022-03-10 11:58||   2022-03-10 11:58|| Front Page Top

#15 So this just hurts the little guy-ruskie and does nothing to convince anyone to end the war.

Isn't that the point? Hurt the little guys everywhere around the world and prolong the war. That way lies total control
Posted by Hunter Bidens Laptop 2022-03-10 12:07||   2022-03-10 12:07|| Front Page Top

#16 #1 Well, there's all of that. But lets not forget the whole entire violation of fiduciary responsibility to it's shareholders.
Posted by Cesare 2022-03-10 12:13||   2022-03-10 12:13|| Front Page Top

#17 The average Russian just got healthier.

Don't count on it with all the smoking and rampant alcoholism use.
Posted by DarthVader 2022-03-10 12:31||   2022-03-10 12:31|| Front Page Top

#18 Could be its the shareholders pushing the issue.
Posted by swksvolFF 2022-03-10 12:37||   2022-03-10 12:37|| Front Page Top

#19 Rampant alcoholism was a Soviet thing: a consequence of proud men being forced to live with a totalitarian regime's crushing lies and stupidity.

Now we're going to suffer the same under our own repressive regime here at home. It's already started with the opiod crisis and it's going to get a lot worse

Posted by No Fortunate Son 2022-03-10 12:38||   2022-03-10 12:38|| Front Page Top

#20 ^
Ukraine should bombard the Russian troops with Vodka. That would stop them
Posted by NN2N1 2022-03-10 13:10||   2022-03-10 13:10|| Front Page Top

#21 Actually, considering the looting article... If vodka delivery truck was found in the line of the Russian march it might do a lot to slow their progress.
Posted by ruprecht 2022-03-10 13:29||   2022-03-10 13:29|| Front Page Top

#22 Been mostly offline; on vacation. Is Brandon still sending $50 M a day to Russia for oil?
Posted by Bobby 2022-03-10 16:12||   2022-03-10 16:12|| Front Page Top

#23 You missed the breaking story about the severe lithium shortage. Our bipolar leaders to be taken off their meds.

SHANGHAI, Mar 10 (SMM) - The SMM spot prices of ge price up by 100,000 yuan/mt. Since the beginning of the year, the average spot price of lithium metal has risen by 1.59 million yuan/mt or 113.91%.
Posted by Hunter Bidens Laptop  2022-03-10 16:19||   2022-03-10 16:19|| Front Page Top

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