The Ukrainian healthy fast-food restaurant chain Salateira has completely shut down all its operations after nearly 15 years in the market. Although the company still operated 12 locations in Kyiv and held plans for domestic and international expansion as recently as June 2026, it was forced to close all its outlets in the autumn.
The primary driver behind the closure was severe financial losses resulting from prolonged air raid alerts. Because a major portion of the chain’s restaurants were situated inside shopping centres in Kyiv, they were frequently required to suspend their operations whenever alerts were issued. This frequent disruption caused a dramatic drop in customer traffic and revenue, with turnover falling by 45 percent compared to pre-war figures, while overall business profitability degraded significantly.
During these enforced closures, fixed expenses such as rent, employee wages, and facility maintenance continued to accumulate, with a single hour of forced shutdown costing individual restaurants up to 30,000 hryvnias. These compounding economic pressures ultimately made it impossible for the business to sustain its operations.
