McDonald's announced the closing of its nearly 850 restaurants in Russia earlier this week, following similar decisions by a number of major companies amid the country's invasion of Ukraine.
The decision has devastated Russian citizens, who have been forced to stock up on their favorite fast food chain's items.
A viral post on Reddit in the subreddit r/Damnthatsinteresting showed one Russian's massive stash of burgers and other sandwiches in their freezer.
"Mcdonalds is permanently closing in Russia here is my friend's stash," u/noahstemann said in the caption.
The post has more than 161,000 upvotes and 9,000 comments from people that are both amazed and disgusted at the amount of McDonald's food in the freezer.
One commenter pointed out that, "if its not for personal consumption, it sure is a good business opportunity to sell stale burgers at a jacked price." And another called that "the next big pyramid scheme" in the replies.
Someone commented a more heartwarming story of how they would freeze McDonald's as a child so there would be food around when their parents were working.
"This reminds me of my childhood. On Wednesday’s, the price of hamburgers dropped to 39 cents. So my mom would give my brother and I 20$ to get forty (the max amount one person could buy). She would also get her 40 too. We would go home and eat a couple and freeze the rest. That was dinner for my brother and I when my parents weren’t around to cook. They worked multiple jobs and were never home. I eventually learned to cook around 9-10 and started eating a little better. But we definitely made that s**t work and ketchup is key."
Of course, there were also some other clever remarks at the stash of frozen burgers. "Behold…the hoarder pounder," u/cast-n-blast said.
McDonald's said that they will continue to pay their 62,000 employees in Russia, but aren't sure if operations will ever resume in the country.
"Our values mean we cannot ignore the needless human suffering unfolding in Ukraine," McDonald's CEO Chris Kempczinski said in a statement on Tuesday, per CNN. "We are experiencing disruptions to our supply chain along with other operational impacts."
"At this juncture, it's impossible to predict when we might be able to reopen our restaurants in Russia," Kempczinski said.
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