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With much fanfare the McDonald's Corp has decided to close down its three Reykyavik locations - and thus leaving Iceland all together (unless there is some other city with one, doubtful i would think since there are practically no other proper cities in Iceland i think)
A reason given on NPR was that the cost of a Big Mac was now $6.50 in Icelandic Kroner and with the economic crash that was out of reach of folks normally going to fast food for cheap food as well.
Q - When McDonalds closes up shop is that like vultures circling overhead?
And is there any alternative for cheaper coffee and fast food in town now that Rykyavik has been de-arched?
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All the ingredients, and packaging were imported from germany so it is small wonder they were so expensive. The Franchise holder intends to continue minus golden arches, and with locally sourced meat. Whale burger anyone?
It seems like a local chain called Metro was taking over the McD stores. RIP
I have not eaten a McD burger since 1976, but use their toilets frequently in the U.S. In Germany the price to use them has risen every time I have been there.
LOL... I'll have to say that I eat at McD's about once every 3 years (I live in the US) and can't fathom anybody going to a foreign country and ordering a Big Mac.
Was just in Norway and met a couple of groups of Americans who said that McD was the only food they could afford over there. My 2 cents... eating like a local is part of the travel experience and the cost needs to be factored into your planning. Eating BigMac's defeats the purpose... but that's just me.
Luckily, you can still get a good Icelandic hotdog in Reykyavik... or lobster soup and grilled whale at Sægreifinn.
I want to know what the new offerings will be. I hear there are some truly nasty fermented fishy Icelandic specialities and I would love to try them.
fish sandwiches have to top the menu - otherwise by using local ingredients what do you have - salads - do they grow potatoes or anything in this barren wasteland - beautiful but still barren.
I've taken buses in from Keflavik Airport and there was not a tree or even cultivated field in sight if i recall - just volcanic debris - but i suppose with the hot water oozing out there may just be some kind of farms tied in with that?
"It seems like a local chain called Metro was taking over the McD stores. RIP"
Not quite. The franchisee has simply taken the McD sign down from HIS (not McD's) stores and replaced it. He's now going to run it with more commercially sensible ingredients.
He claims that McD were forcing him to import onions from Germany that cost as much per kilo as a bottle of Scotch.
This has nothing to do with vultures circling. But a great deal to do with the inability of American-based worldwide brands to adjust their formula to real consumer needs, as
opposed to the fantasy world Home Office lives in.
Just as Wal-Mart and Gap's inability to hack it in Germany says more about their insensitivity to consumers than an imminent mass landing of vultures at Frankfurt airport.
Speaking of which, I read that Marks & Sparks is planning on crawling back to Spain with a totally modified concept.
Just as Wal-Mart and Gap's inability to hack it in Germany says more about their insensitivity to consumers than an imminent mass landing of vultures at Frankfurt airport.>
And what then does that say about Wal-Mart's ASDA success and Brits - they will swallow anything that comes down the pike - Starbucks (Seattle Coffee Co), GAP, McDonald's in huge huge numbers; Subway; Kentucky Fried; Etc?