McDonald's

McDonald's is a fast food chain headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.https://www.wsj.com/articles/mcdonalds-to-move-headquarters-to-downtown-chicago-1465830294
==History==
Brothers Richard and Maurice McDonald opened the first McDonald's in San Bernardino, California on May 15, 1940.https://www.mcdonalds.com/gb/en-gb/help/faq/why-is-mcdonald-s-called-mcdonald-s.html In 1948, both McDonald brothers realized that most of their profits came from selling hamburgers.https://www.cbc.ca/radio/undertheinfluence/how-the-mcdonald-s-founders-profited-more-by-promising-less-1.5074626 They closed down their successful carhop drive-in to establish a streamlined system with a simple menu which consisted of only hamburgers, cheeseburgers, potato chips, coffee, soft drinks, and apple pie.https://www.thestreet.com/markets/history-of-mcdonalds-15128096https://www.businessinsider.com/what-mcdonalds-was-like-1950s-2020-7
In April 1952, McDonald's decided that it needed an entirely new building in order to achieve newer goals. The company recruited architect Stanley Clark Meston, who was practicing in nearby Fontana.https://web.archive.org/web/20160730163950/https://www.businessinsider.com/mcdonalds-golden-arches-history-2016-7 Both sides worked together closely in the design of the new building. The impending design for the new building consisted of gleaming surfaces of red and white ceramic tile, stainless steel, brightly colored sheet metal, and glass; pulsing red, white, yellow, and green neon; and two 25-foot yellow sheet-metal arches trimmed in neon.https://www.businessinsider.com/then-and-now-mcdonalds-restaurants-through-the-years#now-mcdonalds-locations-are-more-modern-and-use-red-and-yellow-as-their-main-design-colors-8 
By 1953, McDonald's was starting to become a successful franchise. New locations were set at Central Avenue and Indian School Road in Phoenix, Arizona. On August 18, 1953, another location was opened at Downey, California, which currently serves as the oldest surviving location for McDonald's.https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12276823/Look-inside-worlds-OLDEST-active-McDonalds-looks-identical-day-1953.html
By 1954, Ray Kroc, a seller of Prince Castle brand Multimixer milkshake machines, learned that McDonald's was using eight of his machines at the San Bernardino location. Kroc decided to check the place out.https://mcdonalds.co.nz/about-maccas/maccas-story He was joined by Charles Lewis, who had suggested to Kroc several improvements to the McDonald's burger recipe.https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/mcdonalds-old-photos Around the same time, McDonald's had six locations running across the country.https://money.com/the-founder-mcdonalds-movie-accuracy/ Kroc felt inspired by his first visit at McDonald's and suggested to the founders that the franchise should expand much more across the country to gain further popularity. The founders would then allow Kroc to create more locations for the company.
In 1956, Harry J. Sonneborn, a former vice president of finance for Tastee-Freez, offered an idea to accelerate the growth and investment grade of Kroc's planned McDonald's operation.https://www.restfinance.com/restaurant-finance-across-america/ray-kroc-not-the-founder-but-a-financial-engineer/article_a3d94b01-60db-5a81-9ac9-6e1ec10d8d28.html Kroc and Sonneborn joined forces and founded an investment company called Franchise Realty Corp, which would help finance the project for expanding the McDonald's franchise and build newer locations.
By 1961, tensions were building between Kroc and the McDonald's founders.https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/theymadeamerica/whomade/kroc_hi.html Kroc bought the company for $3 million in 1961. In 1967, Kroc and Sonneborn had a falling out, which led to Sonneborn resigning from Franchise Realty Corp. Kroc took over the Reality Corp as the president and CEO.
In 1974, brothers Wally and Hugh Morris visited the corporations, discussing their intentions to expand McDonald's into New Zealand.https://franchise.co.nz/articles/1251-new-book-tells-br-mcdonald-s-new-zealand-story The first locations in New Zealand opened in 1976 at Porirua, and Wellington.https://mcdonalds.co.nz/about-maccas/maccas-story
In 1990, McDonald's opened its first location in China in in Dongmen, Shenzhen.https://www.flickr.com/photos/aboutmcdonalds/10965247463 In 1991, McDonald's began opening smaller-scale prototypes, usually constructed in prefabricated buildings or urban storefronts, dubbed McDonald's Express.https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-10-23-me-127-story.html
As of 2019, McDonald's has 38,695 locations worldwide.https://corporate.mcdonalds.com/content/dam/sites/corp/nfl/pdf/2019%20Annual%20Report.pdf
On March 8, 2022, it was announced that 850 McDonald's locations in Russia were temporarily closed to protest the country's invasion against Ukraine.https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/mcdonald-s-russia-still-open-1.6398018
On February 22, 2024, McDonald's announced that they would be premiering a new anime series called "WcDonald's" on February 26.https://corporate.mcdonalds.com/corpmcd/our-stories/article/welcome-to-wcdonalds-mcdonalds-bringsanime-fans-favorite-fictional-restaurant-tolife.html This included anime-styled bags, with WcDonald's comics on the bag. It was first announced with a video titled "m ➡️w 2.26".https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MHVlgckseI On February 26, the first episode was uploaded,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6APZr00v0s followed by the second episode on March 4,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tFWwN-C8u0 then the third episode on March 11,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbXexQbF8Dc and the fourth episode on March 18.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6lKTEoIKy8
==Channel==
McDonald's YouTube channel was created on May 5, 2008. They uploaded their first video on October 23, 2017, titled "McDonald’s: Essay Tips by CoolSpeak".https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ph5qzDdMB4c They upload commercials about their new products.https://www.youtube.com/@McDonalds/videos
==Gallery==
McDonald'sSpain.jpg|Old McDonald's España icon
==References==
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