Fast-food chain Burger King, with around 800 fully franchised outlets in Russia, has decided to pause all corporate support within the country, joining other companies taking similar retaliatory measures following Moscow’s incursion into Ukraine. In a statement March 10, Restaurants Brands International (RBI), the parent company of Burger King, said there are no corporate Burger King…
Burger King Latest Food Company Restricting Russian Operations
Billionaire Carl Icahn Escalates Fight Against McDonald’s On Pig Policy
Billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn has amped up his campaign against McDonald’s pig sourcing from suppliers who continue to keep pregnant sows in gestation crates, something that Icahn says is obscene. Icahn has nominated Maisie Ganzler, chief strategy and brand officer at Bon Appetit Management Company, and Leslie Samuelrich, president of Green Century Capital Management,…
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