The Big yellow M - Is it really Macdonalds?

semtcm


Joined: 13/01/2009
Posts: 249

Message Posted:
26/03/2009 15:53

A journalist told us recently that he had been to a meeting with Macdonalds, they said they were prepared to open here, along with american banks.

Oh no I thought, gone will be days that we can say to our children ' sorry can't go to Macdonalds today our accountant has the passports!'. Any way - ı was prayıng thıs man was wrong, when to my horror last week in Lefoşia i saw 2 bıg yellow M's with BIG MAC underneath them! This was on the same road as the popular California restaurant, or the Toros. So now we must wait and see if ıt is the real thing or if it is a good copy!!!

But if it is MacDonalds ı truely believe things will never be same again - some changes are definately good - but i don't like this one!

AndyP



Joined: 18/04/2008
Posts: 517

Message Posted:
26/03/2009 16:00

Yipeeee!



If one thing I miss is the Double Sausage and egg McMuffin.



Nothing like a bit of muffin first thing in the morning.

deecyprus4


Joined: 27/07/2008
Posts: 3452

Message Posted:
26/03/2009 16:16

Andy you naughty boy...bring it on I say, I love a big Mac, the bigger the better.

jay76


Joined: 17/07/2008
Posts: 532

Message Posted:
26/03/2009 16:18

Was'nt it america that started this credit crunch, looks like there gona try a bit of credit munch now. im more than happy with the local cusine and all ways will be.

deecyprus4


Joined: 27/07/2008
Posts: 3452

Message Posted:
26/03/2009 16:21

I too am happy but why shouldnt we have a Macdonalds...I must say this but it is only ever the whinging brits that complain about progression this side...none of you stop to think the tc's may want this.

jay76


Joined: 17/07/2008
Posts: 532

Message Posted:
26/03/2009 16:26

Dont get me wrong, more jobs the better for the tc's. somethings i dont eat and somethings i do mac d's is something i dont. bring on the nando's.

DONTY


Joined: 07/06/2007
Posts: 534

Message Posted:
26/03/2009 17:03

The more choice we have the better. Personally I want the Colonel to bring some of his yummy chicken this way.

wattys


Joined: 07/10/2008
Posts: 278

Message Posted:
26/03/2009 17:09

This can only be a good thing, when you get a multi national company coming

to NC it will start to break down the walls of injustice NC has gone through, maybe Marks and sparks etc next.

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
26/03/2009 17:10

i hope your ight but we tried to get a franchie with a turkish friend and told the usual when you are recogonisd we can look at it. Also saw a sign fo Teskos same logo etc in Boyaz and wondred the same. It make sense to have MDs here save the locals going south side fo thier fix xx

deecyprus4


Joined: 27/07/2008
Posts: 3452

Message Posted:
26/03/2009 17:14

I am one of those irritating ppl who want all the south has to come north...I cannot wait for embargoes to be lifted and for all to benefit..esp the tc's.

Dusterbruce


Joined: 03/08/2007
Posts: 1125

Message Posted:
26/03/2009 17:24

Burger King has been at Lemar for a while!

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
26/03/2009 17:28

not quite the same as mcDs. I hope so for the tcs to get what they are othewise denined unless they travel south for it and have to pay in euros xx

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
26/03/2009 17:33

I'm a bit of a muffin man myself.

wattys


Joined: 07/10/2008
Posts: 278

Message Posted:
26/03/2009 17:38

I had a friend who thought muffin the mule was a sex offence

kavenkoy


Joined: 10/04/2008
Posts: 1787

Message Posted:
26/03/2009 18:51

theres allready a tesco at bogaz/iskelle



kav

wattys


Joined: 07/10/2008
Posts: 278

Message Posted:
26/03/2009 18:55

It is not the real Tesco, the store was bought by a friend of mine for his daughter, but it makes people look.

kavenkoy


Joined: 10/04/2008
Posts: 1787

Message Posted:
26/03/2009 19:03

i know that wattys ,just gauging reaction .



spelling it TESKO gave it away



kav

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
26/03/2009 20:02

it really does make you look Kav logo bags sign all the same as Tesco as we know it.Only wish they could bring M&S here.

juliet


Joined: 11/01/2009
Posts: 612

Message Posted:
26/03/2009 20:03

Everything will come to the north after reunification.......

canyavuz


Joined: 22/02/2009
Posts: 363

Message Posted:
26/03/2009 20:04

they have a TESKO in Magusa, they have a TESCO (spelt properly, but obviously not the real tesco) in Guzelyurt.



There was also the talk about how Burger City is owned by the company who own the BURGER KING rights in Turkey, but just changed the name for legal reasons.



Then theres the KFC in Lefkosa. Expect the KFC logo isnt an old white american man, its an old white Turkish man!



But NO way is there a MCdonalds in North Lefkosa. GC's would go hysterical and explode......literally explode!

newlad



Joined: 02/03/2008
Posts: 7819

Message Posted:
26/03/2009 21:01

Maccy Dees eh whatever next maybe Kiss me Quick hats and candyfloss.You need to realise that if the direct flights come and embargoes are lifted and Disney world is built in Pyla then this will just be the tip of the iceberg.

daisy dukes


Joined: 06/09/2008
Posts: 3815

Message Posted:
26/03/2009 21:11

msg 22....if all this was to happen, wouldn't that mean, house vendors could put their prices back to normal and actually get sold...? Also wouldn't this bring in a lot more needed jobs!!

Whilst driving around Cyprus, it really hits me on how much space there is here, so if you find it all getting too full of people, you can always move to a quieter spot.

At the end of the day, you can't stop progression, and if building a Maccy D's is the start, then bring it on...although i much prefer Burger King

johntie


Joined: 14/01/2009
Posts: 65

Message Posted:
26/03/2009 21:16

Oh God !! Please please |NO Macs anywhere near.

newlad



Joined: 02/03/2008
Posts: 7819

Message Posted:
26/03/2009 21:23

Daisy,

Im with you on Burger King.

newlad



Joined: 02/03/2008
Posts: 7819

Message Posted:
26/03/2009 21:30

Daisy,

Its hard to strike a balance the north needs money to move forward.But with money comes more commercialism.This in turn brings jobs and more infrastructure.On the other hand the north could loose its natural beauty and charm and within 20 years be the same as the south.I suppose you have to ask yourself what you want.Ipesonally would like to see two states but embargoes lifted.

daisy dukes


Joined: 06/09/2008
Posts: 3815

Message Posted:
26/03/2009 21:32

i'd just like a decent burger!!



DD

Hector


Joined: 26/08/2008
Posts: 2352

Message Posted:
26/03/2009 21:33

I think the answer to the question posed is 'No'

authentichoccie


Joined: 09/01/2008
Posts: 481

Message Posted:
27/03/2009 11:09

I saw this restaurant in question the other night, and its just a copy! Defo not the real thing!

Aslan


Joined: 23/06/2008
Posts: 757

Message Posted:
27/03/2009 13:39

I think you will find that KFC and MacDonalds registered their trademarks and copyrights along with other commercial details i.e logos e.t.c in the TRNC in the mid 1980's. Recently a KFC that has been closed down through the courts in Lefkosa for breching international copyright and franchise rules, if the "Big Mac" is using the logos of an international company who registered its interests in the TRNC then they will also face criminal charges, as is the case and knowing the legalities of the former KFC which was well publicised in the Turkish language media I imagine that like Burger City (King) this will be the real deal.

semtcm


Joined: 13/01/2009
Posts: 249

Message Posted:
27/03/2009 14:59

only time will tell - of course the locals want it - i have a friend who goes to Istanbul for Macdonalds! I think alot of us brıts just don't like the idea of place becoming like the south, but we need progression.

I love the bowling alley at the bottom of Ozanköy - that does not go wıth charming sıde of the trnc , we all used to love, but ıt is a great idea, ıt wıll be full of locals, and ıt wıll be another attractıon for tourısts thıs sıde of the mountain.

ınterstıng tımes....

but please if it is the real macdonalds - don't tell my kıds!

SiLvAqUeEn


Joined: 22/01/2009
Posts: 138

Message Posted:
27/03/2009 15:07

hello, does any body know who was planning on running this Macdonalds in north Cyprus and where about they was planning to build it? thanks.

deecyprus4


Joined: 27/07/2008
Posts: 3452

Message Posted:
27/03/2009 15:17

Thank god what happens here isn't down to the law of the brits cos most of you would keep these poor tc's like mushrooms..your arrogance astounds me, what gives anyone other than the tc's the right to moan about anything that happens here, all you lot are frightened of is losing your high interest rates...why don't you all go and ask the tc's what they want and stop trying to keep this place in the dark ages.

ladylittle


Joined: 09/03/2008
Posts: 498

Message Posted:
27/03/2009 16:12

I drove past the building today, its in lefcosia, on the same road as Toros, it has the big yellow M and big mac written underneath... looks like its happening

kaiserphil


Joined: 14/12/2008
Posts: 1096

Message Posted:
27/03/2009 16:22

Deecyprus4 - Not clear what you are saying in message 34. Are you saying that TCs will not want McDonalds?

Get real lady, if it comes to pass that McDonalds is opened in the North, it will be full of TCs!

Hilltop



Joined: 28/04/2008
Posts: 636

Message Posted:
27/03/2009 16:50

I think Dee is picking up on a few posts by Brit's and then making a massive generalisation that we all (except her of course) want to keep the TCs down.



I think she may be a little annoyed (mad)

canyavuz


Joined: 22/02/2009
Posts: 363

Message Posted:
27/03/2009 19:49

yes, we all know how unhealthy mcdonalds is, but that one branch of mcdonals in the TRNC could change everything. This nation has been under 34 years of almost ultimate international isolation.........if mcdonalds opens up, it would most definately be followed by many other co-operations, which the TRNC economy could desperately do with.

Woodspeckie


Joined: 25/01/2009
Posts: 2263

Message Posted:
27/03/2009 21:10

The TC kids are better off without the junk food. You don't see many obese kids there.

rowlo



Joined: 12/10/2008
Posts: 4796

Message Posted:
27/03/2009 21:52

let them enjoy , its only a burger

deecyprus4


Joined: 27/07/2008
Posts: 3452

Message Posted:
28/03/2009 08:23

Kaiser no of course not...quite the opposite and I do not need to be told to get real...



Hilltop..most of you do...that way you all get your high interest rates..not many who post on here care about anything else.

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
28/03/2009 08:45

Well I hope it does come here for the TCs economy mainly look what it did for Russia. I beleive they have some in Iraq.

juliet


Joined: 11/01/2009
Posts: 612

Message Posted:
28/03/2009 10:36

msg 37



you do realise the franchaise for mcdonalds in cyprus is gc owned!!! when the island is reunified the north will get there mig macs,& there will be plenty of jobs for the tcs, the gc owner of the franchaise is a refugee from the north & his wish is to get his homeland back again & get it on to an equal par as the rest of the island. this also goes for M&S, Ikea etc.....

deecyprus4


Joined: 27/07/2008
Posts: 3452

Message Posted:
28/03/2009 11:00

Juliet once and for all the island will not unify again...you are going to look an even bigger idiot than you do now by keeping on spouting your gc propoganda rubbish..













**** PN , Please remember Rule 3 Dee -------- Simbas

juliet


Joined: 11/01/2009
Posts: 612

Message Posted:
28/03/2009 11:29

so Dee you don`t want the tcs to have equal rights? but you enjoy getting your fix of a big mac & an M&S shopping spree on the south of the island, not fair for the tcs is it dee, i`m all right jack comes to mind....

deecyprus4


Joined: 27/07/2008
Posts: 3452

Message Posted:
28/03/2009 11:41

Juliet you really do talk rubbish, the North will prosper very soon as she will be recognised in her own right and all the benefits the south get will come here and it will have nothing to do with the greedy greeks..then you will be crying bucket loads

juliet


Joined: 11/01/2009
Posts: 612

Message Posted:
28/03/2009 12:07

and you get your info from?????? wake up dee.. cyprus will be one weather you like it or not get your bucket ready.. and why would the greeks be crying???? we are cypriot or have you forgotten that you live in cyprus..next you will will be saying there is only one macdonalds on the island just like you dispute the the mosques here

jay76


Joined: 17/07/2008
Posts: 532

Message Posted:
28/03/2009 13:08

juliet



The north is always going to be TRNC nothing will change that its to late, got to accept it

Hilltop



Joined: 28/04/2008
Posts: 636

Message Posted:
28/03/2009 13:55

The lunatic fringe(s) at their very worst. Can't we have a special bit of Cyprus just for the mad zealots? The rest of us could then get on with enjoying whats left of this island.

mmmmmm



Joined: 19/12/2008
Posts: 8398

Message Posted:
28/03/2009 14:05

Dear Juliet, re msg 42



"mig Macs"



As you say - I though the McD's in the "rump" RoC were indeed owned by a GC family.. I guess the Russians bought 'em out ))



Dee, re msg 45



if you are going to tell someone they talk "rubbish" - be sure to check the colour of your pots and kettles.. "there's no mosques in the south? " ringing any bells...



Jay76, re 47



"The north is always going to be TRNC nothing will change that its to late, got to accept it"



If you are so sure. may be you would like to back up that "assertion"



I say that "TRNC" will NEVER be recognised and you can set a time limit on the bet.. funnily enough only two people have ever taken me up and both will be paying up at the end of this year.. my money is "safe"..