In Romania, the McDonald’s chain is operated as a franchise by Maltese company Premier Capital, which also operates the McDonald’s restaurant chains in Estonia, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania and Malta.
The group’s sales dropped 6.5% overall compared with 2019, with declines across all markets due to the pandemic. Sales in the group’s six markets amounted to nearly EUR320 million, and Romania accounted for more than half of the total.
The biggest decline was in Malta, 15.7%, while Romania and Greece recorded 8% declines in sales. In the Baltics, the decline was 1.3%.