CHICAGO (AP) — McDonald’s will begin reopening some of its restaurants in Ukraine in the coming months, a symbol of the war-torn country’s return to a sense of normalcy and a sign of after the U. S. fast-food chain pulled out of Russia.
The burger giant closed its Ukrainian restaurants after the Russian invasion about six months ago, but has continued to pay more than 10,000 McDonald’s workers in the country.
McDonald’s said Thursday it would begin reopening some restaurants in the capital Kyiv and western Ukraine, where other corporations do business away from the clashes. Western corporations such as Nike and KFC are open in Kyiv.
“We spoke at length with our painters who expressed a strong preference for repainting and seeing our restaurants reopen in Ukraine,” Paul Pomroy, senior vice president of foreign markets, said in a message to the painters. “In recent months, I am confident that this would be a small but vital sense of normalcy that has been strengthened. “
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