Arcos Dorados, McDonald’s largest franchisee will stop selling its double stacked Big Mac burger due to the bread shortages in Venezuela-* oh no what will the people of Venezuela possibly do without a Big Mac?* It’s probably the least of their worries right now as the country’s deepening economic turmoil leaves them without even basic food supplies.
If you’re somehow unfamiliar with a Big Mac, basically, its two burger patties are unnecessarily separated with a extra slice of bread in the middle, in addition to the usual outside handle ones. The company had said on Thursday that the stopping of the burger's sales is temporary and that other menu options were available, like the Quarter Pounder and the cheesbruger, the McNífica. Daniel Schleiniger, a spokesman for Arcos Dorados told Bloomberg that: 'McDonald’s Venezuela is working to resolve this temporary situation,' and that, 'together with our supplier, we are evaluating the best options that will allow us to continue serving high quality food to our customers.'
Venezuela is in a deep humanitarian crisis due to gap of essential funds in its economy. The starving of money has been blamed on years of flawed mismanagement, high expenditure on poorly ran government programs, and lack of investment on its oil fields. This climate has left Venezuelans desperately searching for food, as hungry Venezuelans- including pregnant women, children and elderly- crossed into Colombia on Sunday after the border was temporarily opened to buy basic food and toiletries.
The International Monetary Fund predicts the economy will continue to contract 10% this year and that inflation in Venezuela will increase to 700% this year. According to its central bank, the country is left with just $11.9 billion in foreign reserve, down from $20 billion two years ago. Also, its in debt of about $5 billion in multiple bond payments between October and November.
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This article originally appeared on The Debrief.