The last Taco Bell in Iceland closed a couple of months ago.
I was in Nederlands a week ago and saw a Dunkin' there. So this is wrong :O
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.
There's no Taco Bell in Sweden? What is the point of living there then?
is this a joke? we have Taco Bell in Finland and it's by far the worst fast food there is.
don’t you test us now… that’s how you get an Arby’s in your town.
Germany:
- 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 🤡
As a Brit, I can't say I'm surprised that Spain and ourselves are the only ones who every single one of these chains in our countries.
A little big wrong. Finland has had KFC for 2-3 years now.
There are Dunkin' donuts in Switzerland. Don't know when this map was made
Also in Austria and they have been here for at least two years.
Also in Denmark.
Are you from Switzerland? Here in America, the slogan for Dunkin is "American runs off Dunkin'". I'm wondering what it is there?
Now I want a chart with "Most popular fast food chain by country" just to see Iceland being one of the few domino's countries.
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
Domino's in Italy?
The fucking audacity lmao
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
IM SHOCKED
Italian here, just to add my two cents, it also depends on the city. I live in a non-major city, all i have seen is:
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McDonalds
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maybe two Burger Kings
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and, very recently, exactly one KFC. In a far-ass place i can't reach by bus(i don't have a license yet).
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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?
Could you please post a source for this map?
I don't speak Swedish, but there seem to be plenty of Dominos in Sweden.
https://www.dominos.se/butiker
Edit: and no Dunkins since 2018
EditEdit: late to the party, gixx@lemmy.world wrote the same a few hours ago.
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.
source and/or age? It may be out of date.
There is only a couple of Dominos in Sweden, on the west coast. Visited one in Gothenburg a couple of years ago. Dunkin went bankrupt and left.
On the flip side, it shown no Domino's pizza in Latvia, but we have it now
It says Wikipedia in the bottom right corner.
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.
I feel like a map of actual locations would be more informative than coloring the entire country because they may have 1 franchise location...
The only burger king in Slovenia closed years ago.
Not a lot of fake Mexican food fans in Europe I guess lol
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)
Sweden does fake mexican well enough by itself. In fact, it’d be hard to be any faker.
That's why they had to re-film the taco Bell scene in demolition man for the European release
there's Dunkin in Switzerland now
Dunkin has been in the Netherlands as well for a few years now.
Denmark as well. It seems they're taking over Europe.
Is it worth trying?
They're not really all that good. But their presence might convince Krispy Kreme to try, which are significantly better doughnuts.
They're decent donuts. coffee sucks though.
Starbucks map is a joke for Sweden in any case. We only have two, both in central Stockholm.
Electoral college maps, now coming to Europe!
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.
Except for Taco Bell that is practically non-existing in Europe, they all still have presence in Russia?
I see many Mcdonalds openning in greece the recent years, especially drive-throughs and I dont really like where this is going..
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 :(
Come to Spain, we have everything
Crazy that so many of them are still operating in Russia...
It's not up to date.
All of those exist here in colombia except the one i miss the most, Taco Bell.
7 years without a crunchwrap supreme can drive a man to craziness.
Source?
Now the same map but for ALDI in the US.
We got an Aldi a couple of years back in my hick town. I cannot imagine why that place isn't packed.
Haven't yet spent $200 in a single trip, and we're not buying cheap food. One trip was $130, and that covered 2-weeks for 2 kids and 2 adults.
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.
What do you mean? They are everywhere.
They are in every city
There‘s at least three Subways and two Burger Kings in my city alone, and this town is far from the size like Cologne or similar places.
Seems like I should move to the Balkans to avoid this stuff
