Originally posted by rwingettI think the problem is the mission statement McDonald's has:
Due to rising costs in the wake of Iceland's financial crisis, and the country's sparse population, McDonald's has announced it will close its three locations in Iceland, never to return. Should Icelanders weep or rejoice over this decision?
All beef has to come from the same country as where the restaurant is situated.
Originally posted by shavixmirIceland must have closed the loophole that allowed MacDees to help support a company known as the 100% Australian Beef Co to flourish here in Australia. No prizes for guessing that they were anything but..
I think the problem is the mission statement McDonald's has:
All beef has to come from the same country as where the restaurant is situated.
Originally posted by rwingettI'd say be happy McD's has left. The population will be thinner and more healthy. McD's won't lose much pulling out of Iceland
Due to rising costs in the wake of Iceland's financial crisis, and the country's sparse population, McDonald's has announced it will close its three locations in Iceland, never to return. Should Icelanders weep or rejoice over this decision?
Originally posted by bill718You could hardly call 3 resturants pervasive market penetration though. Their business model requires volume, and 3 locations were probably never going to get them over the startup costs
I'd say be happy McD's has left. The population will be thinner and more healthy. McD's won't lose much pulling out of Iceland
Originally posted by bill718You could hardly call 3 resturants pervasive market penetration though. Their business model requires volume, and 3 locations were probably never going to get them over the startup costs
I'd say be happy McD's has left. The population will be thinner and more healthy. McD's won't lose much pulling out of Iceland
Originally posted by shavixmirSome people who read Jarred Diamond's "Collapse" said it was a slight anti-climax after reading the marvellous "Guns Germs And Steel". However I think it's a great book to dip into and read chunks of: it's basically a series of more or less stand alone case studies which have not been arranged to unfold in the same way as the analysis did in "Guns". "Collapse" is like a giant appendix for the earlier book.
Iceland doesn't have cattle.
They can't graze on frozen water.
Anyway. The section on Iceland and Greenland is very interesting.
Originally posted by FMFSurely they don't have cows!
Some people who read Jarred Diamond's "Collapse" said it was a slight anti-climax after reading the marvellous "Guns Germs And Steel". However I think it's a great book to dip into and read chunks of: it's basically a series of more or less stand alone case studies which have not been arranged to unfold in the same way as the analysis did in "Guns". "Collapse" i ...[text shortened]... he earlier book.
Anyway. The section on Iceland and Greenland is very interesting.
Originally posted by rwingettWell, considering the following statement:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_cattle
Think again, shav. The Ice Cow cometh!
Gudni Ágústsson, Iceland's minister of agriculture, once kissed an Icelandic cow
It's not too strange I've never heard of these weird and wonderfully coloured creatures (well... that's what WIKI calls them).