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British investor to open 20 new McDonald’s restaurants in Denmark

McDonald’s Denmark, owned by British investor Guy Hands, will open 20 new restaurants in the Scandinavian country over the next five years, the company has confirmed.

Published: 10 April 2018 13:17 CEST
British investor to open 20 new McDonald’s restaurants in Denmark
McDonald's at Kongens Nytorv in Copenhagen. Photo: Liselotte Sabroe/Ritzau Scanpix

There are currently 88 McDonald’s outlets in Denmark, with approximately 170,000 customers daily.

“We receive positive feedback from our guests, so it is a great pleasure to be able to open 20 new restaurants.

“We are seeing general growth in Denmark, and are proud to play our part in creating 1,000 new jobs in both cities and provincial towns,” McDonald’s Denmark CEO Joachim Knudsen wrote in a press statement.

The expansion comes a year after venture capitalist Hands bought the rights to operate McDonald’s in Scandinavia, where the fast food chain has over 400 restaurants in total.

Holding companies owned by the 58-year-old Brit’s Food Folk company own the rights to operate the Danish McDonald’s branches.

New franchises will form part of the model for the new restaurants, McDonald’s confirmed.

One of the world’s most recognisable brands, McDonald’s has in recent years seen changes in the structure of its parent company in the United States, with focus increasingly switched to the franchise model.

READ ALSO: How to eat on the cheap in Copenhagen

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McPassport: American citizens in Austria told to seek consular help at McDonald’s

Lost and hungry for help? American citizens who find themselves in distress in Austria can now seek support at an unusual address - McDonald's.

Published: 15 May 2019 09:53 CEST
McPassport: American citizens in Austria told to seek consular help at McDonald's

Under a new partnership, outlets of the US fast food chain throughout Austria will help American citizens from Wednesday to get in touch with their embassy, it said on Facebook.

“Staff (at any McDonald's in Austria) will assist them in making contact with the US Embassy for consular services,” the embassy wrote.

Consular services include reporting a lost or stolen passport or seeking travel assistance, the post said.

The US embassy did not immediately return a request for comment if Austria was the only country offering such services at McDonald's.

Facebook users commenting on the post wasted no time in coining terms such as “McVisa” and “McPassport”.

While some hailed the move as “awesome”, others seemed less impressed.

“Because apparently we are too incompetent to look up the us embassy online??” one user wrote.

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