In Russia there was little infrastructure and few suppliers. McDonald’s out of necessity chose to
build their McComplex food processing facility while developing a domestic supplier network.
When they started in Russia, the state of affairs was in such infancy that, for instance, there
wasn’t machinery available to mass harvest potatoes in the necessary volumes. Additionally,
health and safety standards lagged. After significant contributions to the food service,
processing, agriculture, and business industries, today eighty percent of supplies are sourced
domestically. It is estimated that the McDonald’s supply chain network alone created over one
hundred thousand new jobs.