French fry producers are not accepting orders from Russia, Reuters reported, after a poor local harvest led to a shortage for the rebranded Russian McDonalds, forcing it t0 remove fries from its menu. | BISouthAfrica
Five or six major producers of fries are not willing to supply Russia"due to well known events", the former vice president of transformation at McDonald's Russia, Oleg Paroev, told RBC TV Thursday.
Russia is experiencing difficulties with ramping up local production and Russia's potato harvest is short of what is needed, Paroev told Russian media outlet RBC TV, per the report. Pareov, now the CEO of Russia's rebranded McDonald's chains, Vkusno & tochka, said headquarters of major French fry producers are in"unfriendly" countries, and won't trade with Russia.
, which translates to"Tasty and that's it," has maintained that it would keep high standards and that customers wouldn't notice a difference, the report says.
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