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YAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – The first McDonald’s store in Indonesia, located in SarinahThamrin, will officially close today, Sunday (05/10/2020).
Cabin fast food which opened almost 30 years ago has many memories for its customers.
At exactly 10:05 pm tonight, McDonald’s Sarinah will close its doors to its customers.
“For 30 years in Sarinah, at the request of Sarinah’s management, we will reluctantly close our doors from Sunday, May 10, 2020 at 10.05pm,” McDonald’s wrote on his official Instagram account.
McDonald’s first opened in Sarinah Thamrin on February 14, 1991 and became the first McDonald’s restaurant in Indonesia. Having left Sarinah Thamrin in 2009, McDonald managed to return to Sarinah Thamrin in 2011 through a bidding process.
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Sarinah’s Renewal
Sarinah’s Chief Executive Officer, Gusti Ngurah Putu Sugiarta Yasa, said: PT Sarinah (Persero) or Sarinah’s shopping center, Thamrin Jakarta will carry out renovations and change its business strategy.
With respect to this matter, management is carrying out an emptying process at the Sarinah Thamrin building. One of those affected was the first McDonald’s store in Indonesia, which had to close since May 10, 2020.
It is currently in the process of renewing licenses and the owners of the kiosks are packing their products.
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According to him, the total cost of the renovation of the shopping center reached Rp 700 billion.
“More or less our estimate for the physical (renovation costs) of Rp 500 billion without interior. If the total interior is Rp 700 billion overall. God willing, in June, after Lebaran began the restoration. Yes (now) the emptying process and the licensing process, “Gusti told Kompas.com on Friday (05/08/2020).
Gusti said Sarinah’s transformation was carried out considering the condition of the building that it was old and needed a new touch to beautify the building’s appearance.
Gusti said Sarinah’s transformation was carried out considering the condition of the building that it was old and needed a new touch to beautify the building’s appearance.
The appearance of the building will be nuanced in Indonesia’s cultural diversity to support Indonesia’s SME ecosystem and creative industries.
“The Sarinah building is an old building, there are 32 to 34 stores that have started from many stores. God willing, join everyone and at this time no one has declared a total stop (contract). The appearance should also be updated with the concept of a new concept of Indonesian culture, “he said.
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The fate of McDonald’s Sarinah employees
McDonald’s Indonesia Director of Marketing, Digital and CBI Communications Michael Hartono made sure that all employees who had been working at McDonald’s Sarinah restaurant kept their jobs and were relocated to other McDonald’s branches.
“We express our deepest gratitude to all of our loyal consumers who co-raised McDonald’s Sarinah Thamrin and created millions of sweet memories with us there,” he said.
Michael explained that his group now started looking for the right place again to rebuild the place to eat.
As an alternative due to the closure of McD Sarinah, consumers can visit nearby restaurants such as McDonald’s Hayam Wuruk, McDonald’s Raden Saleh, McDonald’s Cideng and McDonald’s Central Plaza.
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