Mixed emotions as McDonald's leaves カザフ共和国
ALMATY, Jan 6 (Reuters) - 労働者s 除去するd the branding from McDonald's 出口s in カザフ共和国's biggest city, Almaty on Friday after the 急速な／放蕩な food 巨大（な）'s 地元の 商売／仕事 appeared to 落ちる 犠牲者 to collateral 損失 from the Russia-ウクライナ共和国 war.
The brand's 出口 from the Central Asian nation of 20 million divided opinion on social マスコミ and の中で onlookers 近づく one of the Almaty restaurants where 労働者s were taking 負かす／撃墜する the large white letters from the 最高の，を越す of the building.
"It was one of the nicest places where I used to spend time with my friends," said 地元の 居住（者） Karina, who only gave her first 指名する.
"I 疑問 any other company will be able to compete with McDonald's in カザフ共和国 at the moment as no other 急速な／放蕩な food chain can replicate the menu that McDonald's had for the same price."
Others 述べるd the brand's 出発 as a minor inconvenience or said they would check out other 急速な／放蕩な food 共同のs.
Chains such KFC, Burger King, and Hardee's have restaurants in カザフ共和国 and Popeyes said last month it would open dozens of restaurants in the former Soviet 共和国 in 共同 with 地元の 会社／堅い Centras Group.
Many Kazakhs, proud of their meat-焦点（を合わせる）d cuisine, 表明するd incredulity that McDonald's Kazakh licensee, Food 解答s KZ, could not source its beef patties 地元で and 輸入するd them from Russia until the war 軍隊d it to stop and 最終的に shut 負かす／撃墜する.
産業 insiders, however, say 証明書s and audits 要求するd by the U.S. brand were expensive and 非常に長い, and 地元の meat 生産者s did not want to bother with them.
Mcdonald's and Food 解答s did not すぐに 答える／応じる to emails requesting comment.
The Kazakh compan y said on Thursday it would soon 再開する its restaurants under a new brand 予定 to "供給（する） 問題／発行するs".
Many Kazakh 商売／仕事s have 直面するd 供給（する） problems in the wake of Russia's 侵略 of ウクライナ共和国 and the Western 許可／制裁s against Moscow that followed. 隣人ing Russia is カザフ共和国's main 貿易（する）ing partner. (報告（する）／憶測ing by Pavel Mikheyev; 令状ing by Olzhas Auyezov; editing by Philippa Fletcher)
