WITH A 184 PER CENT import tariff it considers “crippling and monstrous” in the way, the local arm of another world class restaurant chain is facing an uncertain future.
Just days after similar concerns were outlined by the local branch of Subway sandwich chain, Burger King says the high import duty could impact on its capacity to establish four more outlets.
Everick Eastmond, one of the directors of the local Burger King franchise which has an outlet at Sky Mall in Haggatt Hall that employs 40 people, told the DAILY?NATION that some of the needed produce was just not available locally at the standard required.
“No one tries to expand a business that isn’t making money. You would be printing money to put in someone else’s pocket.
