• AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space
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    17 days ago

    How did this work legally? Did the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia contract with McDonald’s Corp. (based in the US) to build and/or operate the restaurant, license their trademarks and recipes for a one-off operation, or buy enough of a stake in them to allow them to use their IP?

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      15 days ago

      Yes, the royal families in countries like them and the UAE are absurdly rich and like showing off. They flex on the richest billionaires, because not only do they have a net value that is thought to be higher then Musk, it’s not just on paper - they can spend insane amounts without worrying about hurting stock prices

      They probably have food trucks like this for all kinds of restaurants, just sitting on standby. There’s no way they’re not legit - the whole point is to flaunt. This is probably normally used for like their kids pool parties or something

      Or maybe they really did get this set up for Trump, in which case it’s still definitely legit. It even has the new decor they’ve been bringing to their restaurants

      Remember, with the super rich the inefficiency is the point. They’d probably flog everyone for shaming them or something if it came out this wasn’t “real” McDonald’s

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      17 days ago

      Are you actually that fucking dumb? McDonald KFC and a bunch other fast food franchises are all over the world even in a lot of Africans country and in all gulf countries. I thought this was common knowledge

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        17 days ago

        There is nothing dumb about not knowing something, and asking honestly. It would be dumb not to ask or to shame someone else for asking.

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        17 days ago

        Even knowing this allows for the questions being asked, Humperdinck. It is one thing to have franchisees operating in your country. That doesn’t answer the legal and technical mechanics of the actual Saudi Government arranging for this. It’s also well known but not common knowledge that the royal family owns a lot of the businesses in the country anyway so the lines are extra blurry but the point is that none of this is like…in the zeitgeist or something. Certainly not straightforward enough to rate such a shirty response.