McDonald's

**McDonald's** is an American international fast food restaurant chain that primarily sells junk food products such as hamburgers, French fries, chicken nuggets, chicken sandwiches, fish sandwiches, sodas, and ice cream. It was founded in 1940 in San Bernadino, California by Richard McDonald and Maurice McDonald. Their core product is the Big Mac, a hamburger with two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions, on a sesame seed bun. Their other products are the Fillet o Fish, a fish sandwich, Chicken McNuggets, French Fries, the McChicken Sandwich, the McFlurry ice cream, Coca-Cola soda, and the Happy Meal for kids with small fries, 4 chicken McNuggets, and a free kids' toy. **McDonald's** also has a breakfast menu from 5:00 AM-10:30 AM which includes hotcakes, hotcakes with sausage or bacon, eggs, hash browns, biscuit, oatmeal, French toast, orange juice, and coffee. The mascot of McDonald's is Ronald McDonald, a creepy clown that comforts children around the world with McDonald's food. Ronald McDonald has recently received controversy after the 2016 film It with the scary clowns which caused an increase in child kidnapping from clown impersonators involving children. However, Ronald McDonald made a comeback in the 2019 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and is currently still occasionally involved with the McDonald's franchise today.

**McDonald's** is often criticized for being unhealthy and causing diabetes or weight gain. According to many doctors, dieticians, and articles on the Internet, McDonald's is proven to be more unhealthy than other fast-food restaurants such as Burger King, Wendy's, Taco Bell, and Subway (restaurant) because it has more calories, sugar, cholesterol, carbohydrates, and fat than other restaurants. Some Americans either stopped eating McDonald's or prefer healthier restaurants such as Panera Bread, Chick-fil-A, Jersey Mike's Subs, vegetable restaurants, and Japanese or Chinese restaurants.

## Description

**McDonald's** is an American fast food junk food restaurant chain.

## History

### Founding and growth (1940-1955)

**McDonald's** was originally founded in 1940 in St. Louis, Missouri as a hamburger stand by the McDonald brothers. It was founded again in 1955 as a franchise restaurant chain by businessman Ray Kroc and the first McDonald's restaurant opened in San Bernardino, California in 1955.

### Pioneering and early success (1955-1960s)

In 1955, McDonald's began franchising when pioneer Ray Kroc opened the first franchised McDonald's location in California. The restaurant grew in the 1960s and eventually gained early success.

## Products

*Main article:* List of McDonald's products

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## Criticism

**McDonald's** has often received criticism for the health effects of its products.

## See also

* Burger King
* Wendy's
* Taco Bell
* Pizza Hut
* Subway (restaurant)
* Dunkin' Donuts
* KFC
* Chick-fil-A
* Jersey Mike's Subs
* White Castle

## References

1. McDonald's

## External links

1. McDonald's - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald%27s).

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