(Reuters) – McDonald’s has filed possible brand names for the company taking over its restaurants in Russia, including “Fun and Tasty” (“Fun and Tasty”) and “The Same One” (“The Same”), according to filings of names made on Friday.
The world’s largest burger chain is selling its 850 stores in Russia to one of its local licensees, Alexander Govor, following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine and the wave of outrage and Western sanctions who followed.
Trademarks filed with Russian agency Rospatent, from which McDonald’s plans to choose a name, also included “Just Like That” and “Open Checkout”, the chain said. fast food friday.
McDonald’s, which owns 84% of its restaurants in Russia, is one of the biggest international brands to leave the country since February.
(Reuters report, written by Kevin Liffey; French version Alizée Degorce, edited by Kate Entringer)
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