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  • Labor Shortage Hits French Hospitality: Moroccan Workers Face Visa Hurdles
    12 April, by Sylvanus

    As in previous years, hotels, restaurants, cafes, nightclubs or caterers in Lozère (South of France), half of which operate seasonally, are still struggling to recruit foreign workers, particularly from Morocco.
    "There are still 120 to 150 seasonal workers missing in the department...", Denis Carminati, former owner of the Moulin inn in Sainte-Énimie and Lozère president of the Union of Hotel Industry Trades and Industries (UMIH), told La Dépêche. This labor shortage has intensified (…)

  • Muslim Couple Faces Racist Backlash Over New Montpellier Restaurant Opening
    11 April, by Sylvanus

    Barely had he announced the opening of his restaurant in the Plan Cabanes neighborhood of Montpellier when a Muslim couple became the target of racist and Islamophobic insults.
    The announcement of the opening of the restaurant "L’Océan fish", a seafood restaurant, sparked racist and Islamophobic comments on social media due to the image posted on Monday, April 7 on the Facebook page of the local media La Gazette de Montpellier. Taken inside the seafood restaurant, this image shows the (…)

  • McDonald’s Faces Backlash in Arab Countries Over Support for Israeli Soldiers
    25 October 2023, by Sylvanus

    By expressing its solidarity with the members of the IDF who are continuing the Israeli retaliation against the Palestinian Hamas movement, a McDonald’s franchise in Israel has incurred the wrath of many Arab countries.
    In Israel, a McDonald’s franchise managed by the company Alonyal Limited is said to have distributed 12,000 meals to Israeli soldiers, as well as to hospitals hard hit by the surprise and spectacular attack by Hamas on October 7, reports the RTS.ch website. This has (…)

  • McDonald’s CEO: Middle East Boycotts Significantly Impact Global Sales
    5 January 2024, by Sylvanus

    Chris Kempczinski, CEO of McDonald’s, confirms that the boycott campaigns the fast food giant is facing in the Middle East and elsewhere, including in Morocco, have had a "significant impact" on the multinational’s activities.
    "Several markets in the Middle East and some outside the region are experiencing significant commercial impact due to the war and disinformation affecting brands like McDonald’s," writes Chris Kempczinski in a message posted on LinkedIn, deploring a negative (…)

  • Turkish Planes to Become Unique Restaurants in Moroccan Tourist Hotspot Agadir
    30 December 2022, by Sylvanus

    Two passenger planes sent by sea to Agadir, a seaside resort that welcomes many tourists each year, will be transformed into restaurants. This is a vacation center project initiated by a construction company located in Konya, in central Turkey.
    "We have bought two planes that can no longer carry passengers from two different airlines. As part of the vacation center project in Morocco, we plan to transform one of these planes into a restaurant and the other into a café," explains Ali (…)

  • McDonald’s Morocco Faces Protest as Delivery Drivers Suspended
    12 January 2024, by Said

    A union plans to demonstrate in front of all Moroccan McDonald’s. This decision follows the suspension of about twenty employees of a transport company under contract with the fast food chain.
    According to the union, at least 20 employees of the company "Maro Trans" have been suspended by this company responsible for transporting the meat consumed in Moroccan McDonald’s.
    The company, which works with McDonald’s, imports this meat from Brazil. The president of the union criticized the (…)

  • Coastal Bars Defy Eviction Orders in Dar Bouazza, Morocco
    6 April, by Prince

    Seven bars and restaurants continue to illegally occupy the maritime domain in the coastal area of Dar Bouazza and Tamaris, despite the formal notice addressed to them by the former governor of the Nouaceur province in February 2024.
    The companies Baya Beach, Sunny Beach, Malibu Beach, Beach Balboa 1, Taloche, Atlantic Boulevard and Seven are slow to vacate the maritime domain in Dar Bouaaza and Tamaris, even though they were ordered in mid-February 2024 to vacate the premises within 15 (…)

  • Korean TV Show Sparks Controversy Over Cultural Clash in Morocco
    12 April 2023, by Sylvanus

    The filming of an episode of the cooking TV series "CEO Baek" by famous South Korean chef Baek Jong Won took place in Morocco. But it soon sparked a debate on racism and mockery between Moroccans and Koreans.
    In Morocco, the production team set up a stand in a night market. The show attracted a huge crowd. On the menu: bulgogi, bulgogi hamburgers and galbitang, beef meat. No pork of course. While the show was going well and the service was going normally, the light suddenly went out, (…)

  • Coffee Prices Surge 25% in Morocco, Sparking Industry Outrage
    11 April, by Sylvanus

    Since April 1st, the price of coffee has risen sharply, sparking outrage from the National Federation of Café and Restaurant Owners in Morocco.
    The price of a kilo of coffee has gone from 120 dirhams to 150 dirhams, the one sold at 160 dirhams has gone up to 200 dirhams, and the most expensive, initially sold at 200 dirhams, now costs 250 dirhams, an abrupt increase of 25%. "The companies have met and agreed on a 25% increase on their products," denounces Ahmed Boufekrane, national (…)

  • Casablanca Restaurants Face Crackdown for COVID-19 Rule Violations
    30 August 2020, by Sylvanus

    On the orders of Abdellatif Hammouchi, director of the DGST-DGSN hub, a "clean hands" operation is underway to enforce the law on all Casablanca restaurants that trample on measures to prevent Covid-19.
    This operation was launched following a number of findings made in several restaurants in Casablanca. These include non-compliance with the closing time set at 11 p.m., physical distancing measures, wearing masks, and music played at full volume like in a nightclub... The Tahiti Beach (…)