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 stores in 119 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.

The first McDonald's restaurant was opened by Richard and Maurice (Mac) McDonald in 1940. It was located on Route 66 in San Bernardino, California. 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, milk, and Snack Wraps on the menu. And kids meals are available too.

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 franchisee, 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 have came up in late 80s. In 1990, McDonald's switched to using vegetable oil.

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 
The McDonald's mascot is Ronald McDonald.

Locations 
McDonald's has restaurants in the following countries:

Andorra
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Barbados (No longer operates)
Belarus
Belgium¨
Brazil
Bulgaria
Canada
Chile
China
Hong Kong
Macau
Colombia
Costa Rica
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Estonia
Fiji
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Guatemala
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland (No longer operates)
Italy
India
Indonesia
Iran (No longer operates)
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Japan
Jordan
Kuwait
Latvia
Lebanon
Lithuania
Luxembourg
North Macedonia (No longer operates)
Malaysia
Malta
Mauritius
Mexico
Moldova
Morocco
Netherlands
Aruba
Curaçao
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Panama
Peru
Paraguay
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Russia
Samoa
Saudi Arabia
Serbia
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
Thailand
Turkey
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
American Samoa
Guantanamo Bay Naval Base (Cuba)
Guam
Puerto Rico
U.S. Virgin Islands
Uruguay
Venezuela
Vietnam

References

Other websites 

 
 How McDonald's makes a burger in 60 seconds and Mcdonald's burger price

Companies based in Illinois
 
1940 establishments in Illinois