McDonald’s Begins to Reopen Restaurants in Ukraine This Week

Three McDonald’s restaurants will reopen in Kyiv this week, a company spokeswoman said on Monday, fulfilling a pledge the chain made last month to bring employees back to work even as the war persists.

On Tuesday, the restaurants in Kyiv will open exclusively for delivery, Alesya Mudzhyri, McDonald’s head of communications in Ukraine, wrote in a Facebook post, with expanded safety protocols to keep employees safe. All 109 McDonald’s restaurants in Ukraine closed after Russia invaded in February.

McDonald’s is carrying through with its commitment to restore “a small but important sense of normalcy,” which it first expressed in August when the fast-food franchise shared plans to open the restaurants. At the time, Paul Pomroy, a vice president for international operations, said employees had expressed a “strong desire” to return to work after many fled the country and others joined the military. The company did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/19/business/mcdonalds-reopen-ukraine.html