By Kanat Shaku in Almaty The Kazakh franchisee of US fast food giant McDonald’s, Food Solutions KZ, has suspended the operation of all its restaurants ‘due to restricted local supplies’. Kazakhstan’s 24 McDonald’s restaurants were shuttered on November 18. Food Solutions KZ has provided no details on the scope of the supply restrictions and has not indicated when the outlets might reopen. Local news agency NG.kz reported that staff at a McDonalds restaurant in the city of Kostanay claimed the suspension would only last two weeks. Local supply issues could be related to disruption faced by regi…