Clearly these two beauties haven't been told yet but McDonald's will close its business in the land of natural wonders: waterfalls, glaciers, lava fields, iceberg-laden lakes, windswept tundras and Geysir (the original hot-water spout after which all other geysers around the world are named): Iceland.The omnipresent fast food giant apparently has no plans to return after it closes the three outlets in Iceland, franchises run by Lyst (owned by Jon Gardar Ogmundsson) and closed because "the country's financial crisis has made it too expensive to operate its franchise". Like many businesses, the restaurants had never been busier but "at the same time profits have never been lower" said Mr Ogmundsson, adding:
[BBC Link]"It just makes no sense. For a kilo of onion, imported from Germany, I'm paying the equivalent of a bottle of good whisky"
Photo credit: Holger Leue/Lonely Planet
Spoke to my cousin's wife last weekend, she has to go to Iceland four times a year on business, and she said it's got more expensive recently not less.
YanıtlaSilWatched a programme on Greenland last week and the snow is going and won't be back and the locals love it. They can grow vegetables again for their own consumption which is what they did hundreds of years ago before the current 'ice age.'
...ask her how much Heinz Baked Beans are now...it's how I measure the currency/inflation etc, bit like Big Mac elsewhere :-)
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