In article <60cf5388-5ff6-422f-b975-abeb60885...@d21g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>, Robert Carnegie: Fnord: cc talk-orig...@moderators.isc.org
<rja.carne...@excite.com> wrote: > > But hey, whatever doesn't work for them. Apparently here in Finland > > McDonald's is operating at a loss, subsidised by home office, and has > > been doing that for years. Losses here are small fries compared to > > their budget, I suppose.
> Still, it seems unlikely that keeping a loss-making business open in > one country would make sense even to an international megacorp.
Take the long view: pay a pittance to keep the thing operating, on the off chance that it will finally take off and sprout up on every corner like it has in so many other countries.
I mean, if you can carpet the capital city of Communist Fricken China with the things, surely there's some hope for Finland.
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Mike Ash wrote: > In article > <60cf5388-5ff6-422f-b975-abeb60885...@d21g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>, > Robert Carnegie: Fnord: cc talk-orig...@moderators.isc.org > <rja.carne...@excite.com> wrote:
>>> But hey, whatever doesn't work for them. Apparently here in Finland >>> McDonald's is operating at a loss, subsidised by home office, and has >>> been doing that for years. Losses here are small fries compared to >>> their budget, I suppose. >> Still, it seems unlikely that keeping a loss-making business open in >> one country would make sense even to an international megacorp.
> Take the long view: pay a pittance to keep the thing operating, on the > off chance that it will finally take off and sprout up on every corner > like it has in so many other countries.
> I mean, if you can carpet the capital city of Communist Fricken China > with the things, surely there's some hope for Finland.
Ah, but you see the Great Leaders of Communist Fricken China are buying off their people with Big Macs and other imported American consumer goods. :D
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>In article ><60cf5388-5ff6-422f-b975-abeb60885...@d21g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>, > Robert Carnegie: Fnord: cc talk-orig...@moderators.isc.org > <rja.carne...@excite.com> wrote:
>> > But hey, whatever doesn't work for them. Apparently here in Finland >> > McDonald's is operating at a loss, subsidised by home office, and has >> > been doing that for years. Losses here are small fries compared to >> > their budget, I suppose.
>> Still, it seems unlikely that keeping a loss-making business open in >> one country would make sense even to an international megacorp.
>Take the long view: pay a pittance to keep the thing operating, on the >off chance that it will finally take off and sprout up on every corner >like it has in so many other countries.
>I mean, if you can carpet the capital city of Communist Fricken China >with the things, surely there's some hope for Finland.
Maybe the Finns jushave better taste than the Chinese.
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