McDonald’s is feeling the aftershocks of Japan’s catastrophic earthquake and tsunami earlier this month, and increased imports to the battered nation to help offset supply-chain disruptions.
Of McDonald’s 3,300 restaurants in Japan, hundreds closed down in the days immediately following the 9.0-magnitute earthquake and ensuing tsunami on March 11, which left nearly 30,000 people dead or missing. All but 88 are now reopened, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.
Several of McDonald’s processing plants and a distribution center in Japan were damaged by the tsunami, Simone Hoyle, Vice President of Supply Chain for McDonald’s Asia, Pacific, Middle East and Africa regions, told the newspaper.