Dominos went away from Italy in 2022 after they couldn't compete with the prices of the many (many many many) local restaurant who offered better quality products for lower prices
We recently went to Italy. Went to a local restaurant, three kids and us two adults. The kids wanted some specific pizza each, but they also offered a family Margherita for 14 bucks, so we ordered this together with the kids' pizza, assuming us two parents could eat that and maybe some leftovers.
That fucker was huge. I think 50 cm diameter? The family pizza alone probably would have fed all of us, the regular ones weren't small either. With prices being what they are, I'm sometimes happy if I can eat properly for 14 bucks in a restaurant. A meal for two for that price would be a good deal. Taking three kids to a restaurant for that price was a damn steal.
The next day the leftovers alone were enough for lunch and supper. The day after that we went back to the same place.
Lmao yeah the "family" size usually is for 4/6 people and is often referred as "pizza al metro" which means "pizza by meter" (as in a literal meter or 2 of pizza) and is usually bought for parties
Wendy's can't open shops in The Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg because there is a guy with a snackbar with a similar name in Goes that has the right to the name since 1995 in the Benelux.
The best part is that if they asked the guy nicely he’d be all too happy to struck a deal for an early retirement, but in typical American fashion they immediately showed up with lawyers and sued.
He made provisions since to ensure the US Wendy’s will never get that name, including opening more locations so that they’re now a “fast food chain” as well.
Doesn’t stop them opening up as “Hungry Janet” or something.
Burger King opened as Hungry Jacks in (Queensland?) Australia as “Burger King” already existed. But is also now trading under the “Burger King” brand in some places.
Another unsourced map with probably heaps of inaccuracies. Everyone will becalling out errors in this map. I know at least one: Netherlands has Dunkin' Donuts.
Can we have a rule against unsourced informational maps? They're always wrong
You're right, we probably need to be more vigilant against map misinfo in the future. This one seems harmless but of course there are more serious maps posted here too.
Fwiw, this map has a (very vague) source information:
And from what I could see, it seemed at least partly accurate—e.g. Spain has Taco Bell, but Germany does not. The major issue is that there is no year indicated here, so all information is probably pre-2022.
Not really many mexican immigrants here so mexican food isn't that big either. mexican food here is something you do at home for weekdays and it is often wheat tortillas with ground beef spiced with a ready made spice packet, salsa from a jar, perhaps also fake quacamole from a jar, cheese, french cream or often a local similar lower fat diary product i don't know the name of in english, onion tomato and lettuce, sometimes also ketchup. Living in finland in my city there are taco bells(never tried and never will) and like 1 decent mexican restaurant(not authentic mexican but still actually good)
I doubt the accuracy of this map. I have never seen a dominos in Sweden and I've seen a few dunkin donuts so the map is, at least not fully accurate. Also didn't McDonald's shut down in Russia?
McDonalds in Russia, like most other companies, “shut down” in name only. All the same locations operate and sell the same burgers and fries, only the branding changed.
Now called "Вкусно и точка", which roughly translates as "Tasty. Period". Already known in folklore, by striking out the middle 4 letters, as "Вкус очка" - "Taste of asshole". Also gave birth to some of the funniest street art I've ever seen: Warning, as NSFW as it gets
It's all franchise, so McDonald's doesn't really own anything, and the ingredients are not flown in from america, so when they shut down officially in Russia all the franchisees just continued operating under a different brand, it's not hard to see how that happened.
Very true, those can be found occasionally; on the contrary you'd be hard pressed to find a Pizza Hut anywhere. As far as I can tell, there's just two branches left in two major cities.
As far as I can tell every european country has it's own type of fast food, sometimes even with variations within the country to the point that it might as well be different things. Just because it's not a gigantic company selling it to you doesn't mean it's not fast food.
Used to have Taco Bell in the UK in the late eighties and early nineties. Used to eat at it (Coventry Street) every time I used to hang out in the West End and when I got my first job out of Uni in Soho used to eat there nearly every day. Think a bean burrito cost £0.49.
Sweden here. We have Starbucks but it is far far from popular, I think the main demographic is young women, Swedes don't typically go for sweet/weak coffee like what they serve.
Dunkin' has existed but I think it absolutely failed.
Pizza hut exists, but not in many locations, however they have been around a long time and I think they are moderately successful.
Burger King snd McDonalds thrive and have many locations. McDonalds struggle in the northern region where people swear by Max burgers instead.
Subway exist with moderate amounts of locations, have been for a long time. Probably doing okay.
Kfc is rare, but exists in the larger cities.
Dominos exists but I don't know who is buying, in my opinion its sub par pizza at a high price point with poor service and long delivery times.
I hate this so much. Even if I have the time and money to escape this dump it's spread so far I'd have to go live in North Korea to actually escape it, entirely defeating the purpose.
This image needs some correction for Norway. Only SubWay, MCD and BK are prevalent. Dominos have mainly places on Oslo, and a the rest are mainly in the larger cities. Starbucks 10. Most in downtown Oslo.
Think Pizza Hut pulled out of Norway years ago
It should have been a color gradient per capita. Starbucks has a very poor holding in Portugal because Portuguese people like good espressos, not dirty water.
Not completely, as they had some locations in airports, both Gardermoen and Værnes at least. Not sure when they closed, but I ate at both somewhere around 2018.
They disappeared before Covid hit and I swapped to a non-traveling job though.
Recently went to burger king and McDonald's in Hungary. The food was a whole different level better than in Germany, it was nearly insane how good it was.
I remember one time, back in the early 00s, when an American tourist asked me where to find a Burger King or a McDonalds, and I told him we didn't have those. He gave me an incredulous look.
Nowadays we have those, domino's pizza... At least we don't have taco bell, dunkin donuts or starbucks (afaik), but yeah, we're getting americanized :(
Taco Bell? Apparently they want to open 100-150 locations in Germany in the next five years starting with Berlin this year. Besides that their only locations I'm aware of are not publicly accessible as they're all on american military bases.
The one that surprised me is Hooters. They were in Vienna, Budapest, and Prague just to name a couple places.
There is a KFC in Venice. There are several Taco Bell in Barcelona including one across the street from La Sagrada Familia. You can see a Burger King and a Subway "sandwich" shop from the Eiffel tower.
My travels in Europe surprised the hell out of me. Virtually every metro area is full of American trash food chains. The one cool thing is they sometimes have local variations on food. I ate at a KFC in Prague out of morbid curiosity and they had an interesting take on the spicy chicken sandwich.
McDonalds since forever. I remember once having a birthday party there as a kid. That was when they still had all these mascots like Ronald and the purple guy and it was all big fun. Somehow they are seen as „not healthy but good quality“ and have been a staple in popular culture and occasionally they unleash the famous „Big Rösti“ which is like a fifth season for some people
Burger King also exists since forever. It was always the second choice to McD. It doesn’t have a great reputation when it comes to cleanliness.
KFC was actually the very first American fast food chain to invade Germany but they never expanded as much as they could have
Subway started in the early 2000s and really took off. Also not the best reputation on food safety but still a goto place for many
Starbucks also took off in the early 2000s. Used to be really cool because it had comfy chairs, a chill flair and wasn’t so crowded. Not anymore and now we have many small independent places to get much better coffee from
Dominoes tried in the 80s, failed and came back in the 2010s and continues failing
Pizza Hut also started in the 80s. It was rare and I fucking loved it. Now it’s even rarer.
Taco Bell only exists in US military bases but they plan to open some restaurants to the public soon. I’m not convinced it will be a hit.
Dunkin‘ Donuts also started early 2000 but took a while to really expand. It used to be that when someone went to one of the few cities with a Dunkin they had to bring a pack of donuts.
Not on the map: Five Guys. They started in the late 2010s. I was excited because I remember going to one in the US and getting the bag filled up with tasty French fries but here in Germany they are very picky with the amount and it is too expensive. I don’t think it will go very far here.
Most of the US chains started either in Berlin or Frankfurt, I guess because that’s were most of the US military was stationed and now it’s just tradition.
I personally don’t go to most of them anymore but they remain successful even if Americas reputation in Germany has been on the floor for a long time now.
filled up with tasty French fries but here in Germany they are very picky with the amount and it is too expensive. I don’t think it will go very far here.
Since covid portions in us on fries also got gutted.
Its like 20 bucks for Burger and fries there now 🤡
There’s a well known fight video from Taco Bell, Swansea, Wales. That’s how I knew they’d reached the UK. (I believe the staff member involved - rightly - kept their job.)
There's a Subway and Burger king in Germany. They're just on a US military base.
Edit: I have been dutifully informed that these chains are more prolific than I experienced many years ago. The comment was more establishing a difference in reality and the map.