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"When a McDonald’s representative appeared before a local council in Melbourne
on Monday night to defend its plan for a new 24-hour store in the area, he
tried to reassure locals the proposal was “modest and efficient”.
Despite that, Darebin city council listened to impassioned submissions –
including a petition of more than 11,000 signatures – and voted 6-3 to reject
the plan to open an outlet on trendy High Street in the inner-north suburb of
Northcote.
What comes next? As some Darebin councillors noted before voting, the rejection
of the McDonald’s sets the council up for a potential costly legal
confrontation should the company appeal against the decision in the Victorian
civil and administrative tribunal (Vcat). McDonald’s has confirmed it intends
“to pursue all available avenues to progress this site”.
McDonald’s – which has more Australian restaurants than any other fast-food
company apart from Subway – has been foiled before, tried again and, in many
cases, succeeded.
Experts say the company has a range of strategies that it can deploy when
opening a new store in the face of community opposition. How does it do it?"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
