McDonald’s is one of the largest fast food chains in the world. However, fast food restaurants are not available in all countries: some do not share fast food policies or prohibit the presence of foreign companies, so they strictly prohibit the “deployment” of activities, while others do not want to “enter” the company for economic or political reasons. And among the countries that have banned Mack, there are European “advanced” states.
There are currently more than 34,000 burgers in 118 countries – although fans of fast food may be surprised to find that almost 100 countries do not yet have McDonald’s. And in many countries there has never been a McDonald’s or they have been forced to close their points due to economic difficulties – due to the financial inaccessibility of buying a burger or french fries for the majority of the population.
From 1995 to 2005, there were eight McDonald’s restaurants in Jamaica, but they all closed, while only one opened in Barbados in 1996, but closed again within a year of struggling to make a profit. Another case. McDonald’s in Bermuda managed to circumvent a local law banning foreign food chains and opened for ten years from 1985 to 1995 at a U.S. Navy air base, although it closed after a while. By the way, North Korea has also extended the ban on foreign food chains, so there is no McDonald’s in the most closed country. Although the American network is present even in four African countries: Morocco, Egypt, South Africa and Mauritius. However, not all countries in Europe will be able to eat Big Mac.
Iceland
Iceland once had three McDonald’s restaurants, built in 1993. However, the high cost of imports after the financial crash of 2008 led to his death, and he became the most expensive Big Mac in the world after rising by 20%, where a kilo of onions was said to cost as much as a “good bottle of whiskey”. Since then, McDonald’s restaurants have been transformed into the Icelandic burgers chain Metro, and the last store closed in 2009, although more than 10,000 McBurgers were sold the day after the announcement.
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Montenegro
McDonald’s opened in Montenegro in 2003, although it was a mobile store, not a building. He was popular, but could not settle down there and lasted only a few months because the government and local businesses did not allow him to stay.
Macedonia
Macedonia was once home to several McDonald’s chains, mostly in the capital, Skopje. However, the licensing problem meant that all networks were to close in 2013. It is specified that the fast food chain may return soon, and there are rumors that McDonald’s will open in the country this year.
Vatican
Perhaps not surprisingly, the Vatican has never had a McDonald’s. It is the only country in Europe where it has never been, although it is only 100 meters from a restaurant in Italy.
Full list of countries without McDonald’s restaurants:
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Angola
- Armenia
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belize
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Botswana
- Brunei
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Congo
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- East Timor
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Grenada
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Iceland
- Iran
- Ivory Coast
- Jamaica
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Macedonia
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Maldives
- Mali
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Micronesia
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Korea
- Palau
- Papua New Guinea
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- St. Lucia
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Swaziland
- Syria
- Tajikistan
- Togo
- Tonga
- Tunisia
- Turkmenistan
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Yemen
- Zimbabwe
Earlier, the DIP wrote that “In Russia, instead of McDonald’s can with Turkish fried chickens appear“.