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Espersen faces massive pollock price inflation for Russian McDonald’s plant

'When we are buying for B season, in the second half of the year or even before that, there would be a huge price increase if the ruble is where it is today,' says Klaus Nielsen, CEO

By Tom Seaman | March 7, 2022 10:13 GMT
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Denmark-based A. Espersen plans to carry on operating its McDonald's-focused plant in Russia but faces dramatic cost inflation for pollock raw material, the company's CEO told Undercurrent News. [...]

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