McDonald's Closes All Outlets In Sri Lanka, What's Up?

JAKARTA - The global fried chicken franchise from the United States, McDonald's has decided to terminate the agreement with its local partner in Sri Lanka. With the termination of this agreement, all McDonald's outlets or outlets in the country are officially closed.

McDonald's closed 12 outlets in Sri Lanka. That way, there will be no more fried chicken outlets from the United States in the country.

The business contract with local Sri Lankan partners was terminated as of Wednesday, March 20, 2024. However, according to the agreement, this fast food or fast food fried chicken outlet will still be operational for several days.

McDonald's Sanath Wijewardane's lawyer said the parent company decided to terminate the agreement with franchise partners or franchises due to standard issues.

"They don't do business in this country. They may decide to come back with new players," he said, quoted by Reuters, Monday, March 25.

Meanwhile, a spokesman for local partner Avans declined to comment to Reuters regarding the completion of his business contract with McDonald's.

On the other hand, local media reported that McDonald's went to court against Avans on bad hygiene charges. However, Wijewardane declined to elaborate on the matter.

Based on Avans' official website, they first partnered with McDonald's in 1998. But after so long passed, this deal had to end.

For your information, Sri Lanka, an island in the Indian Ocean of 22 million people, is now recovering from a massive financial crisis.