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rnewman@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (rnewman@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Sat Oct 23 07:08:05 1993
[from The Jewish Advocate, October 22-28, 1993]
"Big Mac" arrived in Israel last Thursday, when the first of what is
planned to be a major chain of McDonald's fast-food outlets opened its
doors under the famous golden arches....in the Canion Ayalon shopping
mall in Ramat Gan. The $2 million restaurant, which seats 450, is the
first of five Padan [McDonald's Israeli concessionaire] plans to open.
The restaurant does not have a kosher certification, as it serves
cheeseburgers and is not open on the Sabbath...Other branches will
not serve cheeseburgers and will have kashrut certificates.
...
McDonald's executive Jim Skinner, who is in charge of the Middle East
region..said the Ramat Gan outlet is the first in the Middle East, but
not for lolng. A branch is to open in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, within
the month, with others to follow in the Saudi city of Jidda, as well
as Bahrain and Egypt...
[That was the Jewish Advocate. This is me again.]
Bleah. One of the things I really liked about Israel (and about
northern and central Italy) was that we had NOT exported this dreg
of American "culture" to those places yet.
