Another reason to hunt South Africa and not Zimbabwe

[Eric Anderson]

There's plenty of chickens but KFC doesn't have United States dollar bills to buy them. The Zim "notes" are basically worthless.

Why do the Zim farmers only accept us currency?

 

[Brent in Az]

I don’t understand why they are not sourcing local chicken. They are stupid easy to raise, and take less than 4 months from hatch to down the hatch.

My thoughts exactly. Sounds like a good opportunity for some entrepreneurial locals to start some Chicken farms. Chicken & eggs. 2 food sources, for the price of one!

 

[Hogpatrol]

Why do the Zim farmers only accept us currency?

Because anything else besides SA rand and U.S. dollars, is Monopoly money.

 

[IdaRam]

I thought that maybe Zimbabwe would be better with the new president
This situation is very unfortunate and I can only image the suffering there for those poor people

You and me and whole bunch of Zimbabwean’s were hoping Dr Ray. Sadly it seems like the only thing that may have changed is Zim’s national slogan.
“Same Bus, Different Driver”.

 

[Hogpatrol]

They've reopened

https://howafrica.com/kfc-reopens-zimbabwes-stores/

 

[Nyati]

Here's one thing all these NGO's and PeaceCorps can do. Help build restaurants that use local African ingredients and all the profits go to the owner instead of some faceless franchise. Help with the starting costs and make sure the place can run on its own. Like you have so many mom and pop places in America, why not in Zimbabwe or other countries?

Because that will not give them any headlines