Kazakhstan Loses McDonald’s as Russia’s War Limits Supplies
A closed McDonald's in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on Jan. 5.
Photographer: Rostislav Netiso/Anadolu/Getty Images
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McDonald’s Corp. is exiting Kazakhstan after disruptions triggered by the invasion of Ukraine left the central Asian nation without a substitute for Russian meat supplies.
“Fast-food restaurants managed by TOO Food Solutions KZ will cease to work under the McDonald’s brand in Kazakhstan because of supply limitations,” its local franchisee said in a statement on Thursday. A date for reopening sites under a new name will be announced shortly, it said.