Chris Kempczinski says burger chain will keep its headquarters in the city, but says government and business leaders need to do more to address safety
After years of operating in Illinois, three major companies—Boeing, Caterpillar and Citadel—are moving their headquarters out of the state. WSJ looks at the economic and political implications. Photo Illustration: Laura KammermannMcDonald ’s Corp. Chief Executive Officer Chris Kempczinski said the burger giant is grappling within its Chicago restaurants, and called on city and business leaders to find ways to address the problems.
Crime is having a corrosive effect on Chicago, where McDonald’s is working to bring corporate employees back to its headquarters after the Covid-19 pandemic, Mr. Kempczinski said during a keynote speech Wednesday at the Economic Club of Chicago. The company is trying to convince employees that it is safe to return downtown and ride public transportation again, he said.
Classic. Blame and run. Chase the dollar.
Maybe try taking out the trash rather than electing it
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I'd be interested in knowing what plans does he had to reduce the crime other crying for a tough on crime dogwhistle.
LMAO, the city loves being a cesspool of crime & drugs, why would they do anything to fix it?
But it’s one the foremost liberal democrat utopian cities. Hmmm.
It was a franchise catered to children.
This country has become a “3rd World Country”. It’s an extremely dangerous place now.
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chicagosmayor, the only reason your government exists at all is to protect people and businesses from aggression. Do your job!
LoriLightfoot chicagosmayor
Pay livable wages.
Mr Kempczinski McDonalds can thank LoriLightfoot , one of America’s worst mayors for her lack of leadership and Biden for his open borders that allow drugs to pour in for the dismal demographics and crime stats.
I'm not surprised 💔
“Faces homelessness in its restaurants”. What’s that supposed to mean?
Our diversity is our greatest strength this guy is a racist and a Nazi.
If you you want change, then change. VoteRepublican VoteOutWoke 💪🇺🇸💪
In dc too
Maybe they need to introduce the McCrack. That should sell well there.
Sounds like they just need to close up shop and leave Shitcago.
hey GovAbbott GovRonDeSantis Send some of the 10,000+ illegals that enter EVERY DAY to Chicago to mix up types of crimes & types of poverty. They need variety!
20 years late. Welcome to reality. 🤣
Leftards to the rescue
Talk to LoriLightfoot. She did this.
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Move your HQ to Texas.
I worked in Data Processing when McDonalds office was in Oakbrook. The most beautiful and futuristic office I ever worked in. That was in the 70's. Pat
BiotechNewbie Good luck with that 😃 isn’t it the Lori shitown!
Some said Russia is safer than Chicago now. McDonalds POTUS SecBlinken DeputySecState SpeakerPelosi SecRaimondo SecDef jakejsullivan PressSec SecYellen
Even McDonald’s has had enough 😳
You can be good poor or good rich you can be evil rich or poor. People blame everything but them self for the crime they do.
Maybe if they paid their people a living wage they could be part of the solution and not the problem.
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BAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! Good luck in Lightfoot’s Land of Looney Tunes! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
He's better off asking the criminals for help................
Ask them to close the border. That’ll help.
They should've known better and not moved to Chicago in first place. These business leaders are as oblivious as fruitflies.
We must come together as a nation to help save McDonalds.
No kidding!
JanJekielek Leave Chicago and let it implode on itself.
JanJekielek good luck ... they want it this way
That’s great
You wanted unfettered capitalism, you got it...
he wants a bailout because there are too many homeless near mcdonalds? The audacity of this çracker
Funny, McD's got on the woke bandwagon after decades of remembering that the FAMILY DOLLAR is what make that fucking business run, and now they're complaining about that bullet in their own foot
Yeah. Well, it will fall on deaf ears. Lightfoot and Pritzker don't care.
Meanwhile, in cities like Los Angeles, they’re thinking about forcing wage hikes onto them. Gonna be hilarious when you can’t get a fast food burger anymore in a major blue city.
JoshKraushaar DemocratAmerica is an angry, hateful, and violent place.
There no way city will help, BLM too much and letting all the crimes happen due to BLM!!!!!!
Its tough when you have a drive bye window instead of a drive up window.
Restaurants in downtowns - will all be closing in the next 2-3 years - too many homeless, drug use, crime, assaults, and theft
Vote blue, you get poo in your cities
Wait until January 1, 2023.
Just leave
Here’s the help…
Move out of Chicago.
OH, well now that McDonald’s complains about the rampant violent crime, homelessness & drug overdoses, I’m sure that ghoul of a mayor in chicago will get right on the case and fix everything.
Another democrat utopia… Democrats reward evil for good, they support shedding innocent blood, they attack genders that God created, they reward criminals and blame victims, they promote racial hate and they want your kids to be wicked by corrupting them while they are young.
Life's a challenge in Chicago, stop complaining about your clients...
JoshKraushaar The mayor: is already completely overwhelmed.
You don’t say
That’s a sanctuary city right? Chicago is a Democrat city, there you have the results. Businesses like McDonalds are screaming for help. The high crime is on stoppable. Vote Republican for November and 2024. Democrats are cynic, they only take care of their pockets like Biden
Good on him for speaking out. More civic and business leaders need to start pressuring city officials to take both crime and the city’s economic challenges more seriously.
Mc Help
Do you have any idea of how they treat employees? They used to employ high school students. Now they employ vulnerable, desperate, adults who they exploit to the nth degree. My message to corporations? You deserve everything you get AND WORSE.🤬🖕🐓💩
JoshKraushaar I think the city should agree to help if McDonalds can guarantee the milkshake machine is always working in all stores and to stop mocking their customers. Otherwise, no deal.
Beginning of the end
If I were ya, will shut down stores temporarily.
One downtown Portland McDonalds is long gone. A couple more close to the city center can’t be far behind.
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