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Iceland
Until 2009 Iceland had three McDonald’s branches, then the financial crisis and collapse of the currency that year caused the company to pull out of the land of fire and ice. Big bosses also cited the difficulty of working in an isolated nation with a small population and no plans to return.
Bermuda
This North Atlantic paradise has a ban on fast food joints but that hasn’t stopped McDonald’s from trying to open over here a few times. It found a loophole in the form of the US Naval Air Station for military people and their families, but when that closed in 1995 it, too, had to go. After that, the chain tried again in 1999 but was outlawed once and for all to preserve the country’s old-world image.
Countries That Boycotted McDonald’s
Iceland
Until 2009 Iceland had three McDonald’s branches, then the financial crisis and collapse of the currency that year caused the company to pull out of the land of fire and ice. Big bosses also cited the difficulty of working in an isolated nation with a small population and no plans to return.
Bermuda
This North Atlantic paradise has a ban on fast food joints but that hasn’t stopped McDonald’s from trying to open over here a few times. It found a loophole in the form of the US Naval Air Station for military people and their families, but when that closed in 1995 it, too, had to go. After that, the chain tried again in 1999 but was outlawed once and for all to preserve the country’s old-world image.