These 7 Countries Have No McDonald's Locations

How is that even possible?
By Michael Harthorne,  Newser Staff
Posted Nov 12, 2016 11:53 AM CST
7 Countries Where You Can't Get a Big Mac
   (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

McDonald's is currently fighting for its right to serve Big Macs near two Italian landmarks, but the Telegraph reports that 10 countries have already won their burger battle against Mickey D's. A sampling:

  1. Bermuda: The island prohibits non-local fast-food restaurants, though there was a McDonald's on a US Naval Air Station there for 10 years.
  2. Iran: The only Iranian McDonald's shut down after the 1979 revolution. There is, however, a knock-off restaurant called Mash Donald's.
  3. Iceland: McDonald's left after the financial crash. The final McDonald's burger served in Iceland is preserved in a glass case for some reason.
  4. North Korea: Obviously. But North Korean rulers may be smuggling McDonald's in from South Korea.
  5. Jamaica: Every McDonald's location in the country closed on Oct. 14, 2005, due in part to a lack of investment.
  6. Barbados: The only McDonald's in the country closed after a year. Residents apparently aren't big beef fans.
  7. Ghana: The country inexplicably has no McDonald's despite having KFC.
Click for the complete list. (More McDonald's stories.)

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