McDonald's Abandons Iceland

American Voices

October 30, 2009 | ISSUE 45•44

Iceland's three McDonald's locations are closing because of the collapse of the island nation's currency. What do you think?

I guess we’ll never find out if that crafty Pinchy Puffin ever got his hands on a McRutabaga Shake."

Jennifer Winston
Systems Analyst
Let this serve as a warning to us all. Iceland has universal health care and now they have no more McDonald’s."

Larry Rubin
Unemployed
Someone's going to have to get Björk out of the ball pit.

Andrew Sanchez
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