Mcdonald's: American fast food restaurant chain

McDonald's Corporation

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Company type	Public (NYSE: MCD)
Industry	Restaurants
Founded	May 15, 1940 in San Bernardino, California
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 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.

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, McDonald's Popular Picks

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.

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.

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

McDonald's has restaurants in the following countries: