Reuters: Oddly Enough: McDonald's sues Milan over eviction from Galleria

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McDonald's sues Milan over eviction from Galleria Oct 16th 2012, 18:59 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Fast food, tax lite Mon, Oct 15 2012 1 of 3. People queue for free meals outside a McDonald's fast food restaurant in downtown Milan October 16, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Stefano Rellandini MILAN | Tue Oct 16, 2012 2:59pm EDT MILAN (Reuters) - McDonald's has sued the city of Milan for 24 million euros in damages over being kicked out of a tourist-packed shopping arcade, the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, after the U.S. fastfood chain had rented the space for 20 years. A second Prada store will replace McDonald's in the 19th-century marble-floored shopping mall as a result of a public tender whose terms McDonald's called "unfair." To celebrate the last days of one of its busiest restaurants in Italy, McDonald's offered free burgers, fries and drinks to over 5,000 people from noon to 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. "We wanted to say goodbye to the Galleria with a smile," said Paolo Mereghetti, head of communication at McDonald's in Italy. Losing the spot in the Galleria, which links the city's historic Duomo cathedral to La Scala Opera house and is close to the chic Montenapoleone shopping street, would cause a 6 million euro loss in missed annual sales, said Mereghetti. "No jobs will be lost as a result," he said. In a show of affection, 1,500 people left messages on a Facebook page set up in early October to comment on the closure. "I will miss it because from now on I can no longer eat my favorite Miami fries admiring the spectacular Vittorio Emanuele arcade," Catia Fiorentino wrote on the website. ($1 = 0.7679 euros) (Reporting by Danilo Masoni; Editing by Gary Hill) Related Quotes and News Company Price Related News Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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