First employees now McDonald’s franchise owners are going public with their frustrations

The franchisees, who operate 90 percent of McDonald’s restaurants, say the company is charging too much for rent, remodeling, and fees for training, reports Leslie Patton at Bloomberg News. 

A franchise owner told Patton that running a McDonald’s “is not as profitable business as it used to be.” Franchisees have reportedly been holding rogue meetings to discuss ways to get the company to bring costs down. 

The higher costs mean that franchisees are “less likely to open new restaurants and refurbish them, potentially constraining sales,” Patton writes.
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