ZAGREB, Jan 31 (Hina) - The most famous chain of fast-food restaurants McDonald's celebrated its first anniversary in Zagreb on Friday and held a news conference. McDonald's announced a permanent 16 percent decrease in prices in all
restaurants in Croatia.
ZAGREB, Jan 31 (Hina) - The most famous chain of fast-food
restaurants McDonald's celebrated its first anniversary in
Zagreb on Friday and held a news conference.
McDonald's announced a permanent 16 percent decrease in
prices in all restaurants in Croatia. #L#
The international fast-food chain would open about 40
restaurants in Croatia by the end of the year 2000, for which
it would offer a franchise, director of McDonald's for
Croatia, Paul Connan, said.
Besides Zagreb, where 5 restaurants will be opened,
restaurants will be opened in Rijeka, Split, Pula, Varazdin,
Zadar, Sibenik and Osijek by the end of the year.
McDonald's intended to invest over US$ 50 million into
new restaurants in Croatia in the next five years, and to open
about 3,500 new jobs, Cannon said.
Average investment per restaurant will amount to US$ 1.2
million.
McDonald's equips its restaurants with products of the
host country.
Croatian producers provided the new restaurants with 100
tons of beef steaks and 1.2 million buns last year.
Croatian Economy Minister Davor Stern said that the
anniversary of successful work of McDonald's was an example of
successful enterprise of a foreign company in Croatia.
He expressed hope that a restaurant would soon be opened
in Vukovar.
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