According to the Economist’s Big Mac Index, the world’s most expensive Big Macs are currently located in Switzerland and Norway - where they cost about $5.75. ![]() In order to remain open, the restaurants would have had to start charging the equivalent of $6.36 for a Big Mac. We sort of assumed that McDonald’s could be profitable almost anywhere - perhaps even the surface of the moon - but apparently Iceland’s economic problems are too much for the world’s largest fast food chain to handle.īloomberg is reporting that all of Iceland’s McDonald’s will close at the end of the month due to the collapse of the country’s currency. ![]() 10.26.09 4:31 PM EDT By Meg Marco big mac index economic collapse kroner international monetary fund global economic meltdown
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