# McDonald's

McDonald's Corporation| Logo since 2018 |
| Headquarters in Chicago, Illinois |
| Company type | Public (NYSE: MCD) |
| Industry | Restaurants |
| Founded | May 15, 1940 at 250 Ash Ave, Carpinteria, California 93013 |
| Founder | McDonald's Richard and Maurice McDonald, Ray Kroc |
| Headquarters | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Number of locations | 35,000+ worldwide |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Key people | James A. Skinner (chairman) & (CEO) |
| Products | Fast food (hamburgers • chicken • french fries • soft drinks • milkshakes • salads • desserts • breakfast) |
| Revenue |  US$ 22.69 billion (2007) |
| Operating income |  US$ 3.879 billion (2007) |
| Net income |  US$ 2.359 billion (2007) |
| Total assets |  US$ 29.391 billion (2007) |
| Total equity |  US$ 15.279 billion (2007) |
| Number of employees | 390,000 (2008) |
| Website | McDonalds.com |

McDonald's Plaza, the main office of McDonald's
McDonald's Kosher in Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Golden Arches logo since 2006, concurrently used with the 2018 logo
**McDonald's** is an American corporation that operates one of the largest chains of fast food restaurants in the world.

McDonald's has over 36,000,00 stores in 118 countries and territories, the second-most stores out of all fast food chains worldwide behind only the submarine sandwich chain Subway. They serve almost 54 million people each day.

A McDonald's restaurant in Austin, Minnesota, United States (2006)
The first McDonald's restaurant was opened by Richard and Maurice (Mac) McDonald in 1940. It was located at 1398 N E St, San Bernardino, CA 92405. The McDonald brothers later sold their company to Ray Kroc in Des Plaines, Illinois.

## Food

McDonald's restaurants mainly serve hamburgers, cheeseburgers, chicken nuggets, burgers, french fries, breakfast items, soft drinks, milk shakes and desserts. They also have options such as salads, apples, cookies, chocolate brownies, milk and McDonald's Popular Picks. The most popular item in McDonald's menu is the Big Mac.

In Australia, they sell the Frozen Coke, which is very popular.

More McDonald's food is sold in the United States than in any other area, which means that it is McDonald's largest market. Europe is McDonald's second largest market. The restaurants are either operated directly by McDonalds or more often by a franchise, where the business is owned and operated by someone else to the standards set by McDonald's and with support from the McDonald's company. The company provides a central source of supply for food items and standardized menu.

## Criticism

McDonald's used to make their fries in beef tallow. People liked the flavor the tallow gave to the fries. Criticisms about its high saturated fat content was a big concern to customers in the 1980's so in 1990, McDonald's switched to using vegetable oil instead.

In 2014, McDonald's in Europe used chicken meat which was produced by using genetically modified animal feed, which it had not done since 2001. Greenpeace states that McDonald's saves less than one Eurocent for each Chickenburger and goes down a path not desired by its customers.

## Mascot

McDonald's mascot is a clown named Ronald McDonald. He was made in 1963, and Willard Scott was the first to play as him.

## Locations

McDonald's has restaurants in the following countries:

* Afghanistan
* Andorra
* Argentina
* Australia
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Bahamas
* Bahrain
* Barbados (no longer operates)
* Belarus
* Belize
* Belgium
* Botswana
* Brazil
* Bulgaria
* Cambodia
* Canada
* Central African Republic
* Chad
* Chile
* China
	+ Hong Kong
	+ Macau
* Cook Islands
* Colombia
* Costa Rica
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Dominica
* Dominican Republic
* Ecuador
* Egypt
* El Salvador
* Estonia
* Federated States of Micronesia
* Fiji
* Finland
* France
* Georgia
* Germany
* Greece
* Greenland
* Guatemala
* Haiti
* Honduras
* Hungary
* Iceland (no longer operates)
* India
* Indonesia
* Iran (no longer operates)
* Iraq
* Ireland
* Israel
* Italy
* Jamaica
* Japan
* Jersey
* Jordan
* Kazakhstan
* Kuwait
* Kyrgyzstan
* Laos
* Latvia
* Lebanon
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* North Korea
* North Macedonia (no longer operates)
* Malaysia
* Marshall Islands
* Mali
* Malta
* Mauritius
* Mexico
* Moldova
* Mongolia
* Morocco
* Netherlands
	+ Aruba
	+ Curaçao
* Nauru
* New Zealand
* Nicaragua
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Norway
* Oman
* Pakistan
* Palau
* Panama
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Philippines
* Poland
* Portugal
* Qatar
* Romania
* Russia (no longer operates)
* Rwanda
* Saint Kitts and Nevis
* Samoa
* Sao Tome and Principe
* Saudi Arabia
* Senegal
* Serbia
* Singapore
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* South Africa
* South Korea
* Spain
* Sri Lanka
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Taiwan
* Thailand
* Togo
* Tonga
* Turkey
* Tuvalu
* Ukraine
* United Arab Emirates
* United Kingdom
* United States
	+ American Samoa
	+ Guantanamo Bay Naval Base (Cuba)
	+ Guam
	+ Puerto Rico
	+ U.S. Virgin Islands
* Uruguay
* Vanuatu
* Venezuela
* Vietnam
* West Korea
* Yemen
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

## Other websites

* Official website
* How McDonald's makes a burger in 60 seconds and McDonald's burger price Archived 2021-11-07 at the Wayback Machine