More pish posh. Most food isnt grown where the branch is so it is shipped by air, rail and truck. If Walmart can have stores in Mexico and McDonalds can have stores in Panama then the logistics have been covered. In fact there is a British chain called Chicken Cottage that has stores in the Middle East and parts of Asia. So it can be done functionally.Like I said, supply chain managament: food comes in a box. Those boxes can't come by truck so JIT is not possible.
Subway in the DR, for example, invested in a large dry and cold/frozen storage facility to maintain consistent quality and quantity. That costs money.
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