Faster food: PE and restaurant franchising
Franchising out restaurant chains - one of the major objectives for the new PE-backed McDonald's China partnership - is a popular ploy for investors across Asia as they pursue scale. But it is not without risk
Of the 14,000 restaurants McDonald's has in the US market, fewer than 1,500 are directly-owned by the company. The franchised percentage falls from 90% to 44% in the high-growth markets where McDonald's...
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