Not interested in taking up McD's franchises in other countries: Amit Jatia

'We have delivered positive same-store sales growth for the past eight quarters', he added

Westlife Development, which runs McDonald’s restaurants in west and south India, reported on Tuesday same-store sales growth rate of 8.7 per cent for the June quarter of 2017-18. This is Westlife’s highest comparable sales growth in over four years. It also comes at a time when McDonald’s restaurants in the north and east territories, run by Connaught Plaza Restaurants, led by Vikram Bakshi, have languished on account of a dispute between the two partners. Amit Jatia, vice-chairman, Westlife Development, tells Viveat Susan Pinto how he has managed to handle the multinational over the past two decades. Edited excerpts:

The dispute between