McDonald's

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.

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, 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.http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/mcdonald-s-gentechnik-in-chickenburger-und-chickennuggets-a-966345.html McDonald's: Gentechnik im Burger, der Spiegel, 2014-04-27.

 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

Notes

References

Other websites


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


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Category:1940 establishments in Illinois