Turkish chain Chitir Chicken will use Russian ingredients

Restaurants of the Turkish fast food chain Chitir Chicken will operate under a franchise scheme using Russian ingredients. This was reported to a TASS correspondent on Friday by a representative of a Turkish company.

“Restaurants will operate under a franchise scheme, which involves the purchase of ingredients from local, that is, Russian, suppliers. We will have the main raw materials from Moscow, we have a specific plant with which we cooperate in the production of chicken products, ”the agency’s interlocutor emphasized.

According to him, the company plans to enter the Russian market with the opening of the first restaurants in Moscow and further expansion to other major Russian cities. “At the moment, we cannot say when exactly the first restaurant of our brand in RUSSIA can be launched. We have several options where we could apply our concept. But in the near future we will already decide on them, ”said the agency’s interlocutor.

Currently, Chitir Chicken is present in 17 countries. As the HEAD of the Union of Shopping Centers Bulat Shakirov told TASS earlier, the leadership of the Chitir Chicken brand is coming to Moscow on March 22 to negotiate.

On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a special military operation in Ukraine in response to an appeal from the leaders of the Donbass republics for help. Western countries responded by imposing sanctions , both personal and sectoral, including those relating to the public debt and the banking sector of the Russian Federation, and many private companies decided to suspend work in Russia or completely withdraw from Russian projects and stop investing in them.

On March 8, the American corporation McDonald's announced that it would temporarily close all its restaurants in Russia and suspend all operations in the Russian market due to events around Ukraine. According to a letter from McDonald's CEO Chris Kempchinski, the company will continue to pay salaries to all its employees in Russia, and the Ronald McDonald House charity foundation will continue to operate both in Russia and Ukraine. At the same time, on March 10, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin announced that domestic catering chains could replace about 250 McDonald's restaurants closed in Moscow per year. According to him, 99% of food products in Moscow restaurants are supplied by Russian suppliers. The authorities of the capital decided to allocate 500 million rubles for preferential targeted lending to create an additional fast food chain.