the bib problem isn't just with fat or calories it's the saturated fats in fried food that sends up red flags.... can't believe no one showed the #1 ordered killer fries....

I hope they pull out of North America too. .

news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8327185.stm

McDonald's is to close its business in Iceland because the country's financial crisis has made it too expensive to operate its franchise.

The fast food giant said its three outlets in the country would shut - and that it had no plans to return.

Besides the economy, McDonald's blamed the "unique operational complexity" of doing business in an isolated nation with a population of just 300,000.

Iceland's first McDonald's restaurant opened in 1993.

'No sense'


For a kilo of onion, imported from Germany, I'm paying the equivalent of a bottle of good whiskey
Jon Gardar Ogmundsson
McDonald's Icelandic franchisee

The franchises are run by a firm called Lyst, with owner Jon Gardar Ogmundsson saying the decision was "not taken lightly".

He said that the restaurants imported the goods from Germany, but that costs had almost doubled, with the falling krona making imports prohibitively expensive.

Mr Ogmundsson said the restaurants had "never been this busy before... but at the same time profits have never been lower".

"It just makes no sense. For a kilo of onion, imported from Germany, I'm paying the equivalent of a bottle of good whisky," he added.

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drink that whiskey dude! stop sellng burgers. .