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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 12:25:40 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>McDonald's to exit Russian market</title>
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	<description>McDonald's Corporation has announced it will exit the Russian market following the invasion of Ukraine. The fast food giant has become one of the biggest global brands to cut business ties with Russia, laying out plans to sell all its restaurants after operating in the country for more than 30 years.</description>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2022 08:24:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>Major food companies curb business activity in Russia</title>
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	<description>McDonald's, PepsiCo, Starbucks, The Coca-Cola Company and Yum Brands have all announced the suspension or limitation of business operations in Russia, following the recent invasion of Ukraine.</description>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2022 09:30:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>Nando's chicken shortage: How the pandemic has made supply and demand tougher to predict</title>
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	<description>Peri-peri chicken fans were disappointed and frustrated when Nando's announced the temporary closure of nearly 50 restaurants.</description>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2021 17:14:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>Nando's temporarily shuts over 40 UK outlets</title>
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	<description>South African fast-food chain Nando's, best known for its spicy chicken meals, has had to shut temporarily over 40 outlets, about 10% of its restaurants, in the UK as staff shortages have led to disruption in the supply chain.</description>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2021 10:42:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>Spar International rolls out integrated e-commerce platform globally</title>
	<link>https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/394/218880.html</link>
	<description>As part of its worldwide digital transformation strategy, grocery retail group Spar International is partnering with Naveo Commerce to offer a fully customisable e-commerce solution to Spar organisations and retailers.</description>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2021 10:37:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>Real Foods expands Kauai, launches Free Bird and acquires Uber Nutrition</title>
	<link>https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/785/205716.html</link>
	<description>The Covid-19 pandemic has put even the most successful businesses in the restaurant sector to the test, but Real Foods Group has used this time to diversify its business and position it for growth post-Covid.</description>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2020 11:14:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>The most valuable global retail brands for 2019</title>
	<link>https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/168/190776.html</link>
	<description>The results of the second annual BrandZ Top 75 Most Valuable Global Retail Brands report were revealed by WPP and Kantar today. The research - which looks at luxury, apparel, retail and fast-food outlets - shows that the world's most valuable retail brands are worth $339 billion more this year than last, a total of $1.4 trillion.</description>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2019 16:42:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>No dividend from Famous Brands as acquisitions send interest bill soaring</title>
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	<description>Famous Brands shareholders will receive no dividend for its 2017 financial year as it digests a string of acquisitions, it said in its results for the year to end-February 2017, released on Monday morning.</description>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 30 May 2017 08:45:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>Famous Brands acquires 100% of Gourmet Burger Kitchen, "the biggest deal the group has ever concluded"</title>
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	<description>Subject to approval from the South African Reserve Bank, in terms of Exchange Control Regulations, Famous Brands has acquired 100% of UK-based Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK) for £120m (approximately R2.1bn).</description>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2016 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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