Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy Wednesday announced a major partnership with global fast-food giant McDonald’s. The agreement, finalised in a meeting with McDonald’s Chairman and CEO Chris Kempczinski, will see the establishment of the company’s global office in India in Hyderabad, alongside commitments to local sourcing and community development.
The meeting, attended by top McDonald’s executives including president of Global Business Services (GBS) Skye Anderson, chief global impact officer Jon Banner, and GBS India head Deshant Kaila reached a final agreement on Wednesday. The global office is being planned with an initial headcount of 2,000 employees.
According to a press statement from the Chief Minister’s Office, Revanth Reddy expressed delight that the McDonald’s Global Office in India was going to be located in Hyderabad after he ensured the best offering to the multinational firm amid stiff competition from several other states. Kempczinski said Hyderabad was selected over other competing cities like Bengaluru because of its high-quality talent, better infrastructure and superior quality of living, the statement said.
Reddy further emphasised the state government’s significant investments in skilling initiatives over the past 15 months and urged McDonald’s to leverage the Young India Skills University to recruit trained personnel for both their Hyderabad office and their restaurant operations across India.
McDonalds, through their Indian business partner, currently has 38 outlets in Telangana and is planning to add three to four new ones every year, including in Tier-2 and Tier-3 towns.
The chief minister offered to source the entire agricultural produce required by McDonald’s from the local farming community, which would also give a big boost to Telangana’s agricultural economy and augment farmers’ incomes, the statement added.
Meanwhile, Kempczinski briefed him about the community development programmes run by McDonald’s worldwide and assured such programmes in Telangana in consultation with the government.
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