‘Misinformation’ about Israel and Gaza hits McDonald’s

McDonald’s is losing business because people in the Middle East and other places are not buying their food. They think McDonald’s supports Israel.

CEO Chris Kempczinski has admitted in a post on LinkedIn that there was an impact, and he said that the negative reaction was due to incorrect information.

He is the second boss of a big company in the US to talk about how the Israel-Gaza war is affecting businesses.

Starbucks has also had problems.

“Many markets in the Middle East and some other places are being affected by the war and false information, and it’s hurting businesses like McDonald’s,” Mr. Kempczinski wrote in the message.

“He said this is discouraging and not based on good reasons. ”

“In all the countries we work in, even those with a lot of Muslims, McDonald‘s is proudly run by local owners. ”

McDonald’s has lots of stores all over the world. Many of these stores are run by different people who own their own businesses. About 5 out of every 100 are in the Middle East.

Since Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October, the McDonald’s main office has tried to stay out of the public eye when it comes to the fighting.

But its company is still involved in the conflict.

After the attack, McDonald’s Israel gave free meals to many members of the Israeli military.

The decision to move sparked people in countries that have a lot of Muslims to want to not buy the products. They were angry about Israel’s military actions in Gaza. The owners of the brand in countries where most people are Muslim wanted to make it clear that they were not connected to what was happening.

Mr Kempczinski posted about the growing tension over the boycotts.

The pro-Palestinian group BDS has now asked people to stop buying from McDonald’s, even though they didn’t focus on McDonald’s before.

McDonald’s Malaysia, supported by a company from Saudi Arabia, sued the Malaysia BDS group for $1. 3 million They said the group made untrue and harmful statements that hurt their business.

BDS wants McDonald’s to end its partnership with the franchisee in Israel and Malaysia if it doesn’t give up the lawsuit.

The group said that instead of asking McDonald’s to end its franchise in Israel, McDonald’s Malaysia and its Saudi owner are trying to stop people from showing support for the Palestinian liberation in Malaysia.

“We can’t allow this to happen. ” “Let’s prove to McDonald’s the power of regular people boycotting their products. ”

McDonald’s chose not to say anything about the lawsuit and pointed back to the post.

Mr Kempczinski said that we hate violence and don’t like hate speech. We will always welcome everyone with pride.