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McDonald's Plaza in Oak Brook, Illinois, home to company headquarters from 1971 to 2018 New Zealand's first McDonald's restaurant, in Porirua in September 1976. In 1970, the first restaurant outside of Northern America opened in San José, Costa Rica. [20] In 1971, [21] McDonald's opened its first European restaurant in Zaandam, Netherlands. [22]
First outlet in a landlocked country. See McDonald's Switzerland: 22 Ireland May 9, 1977 Grafton Street, Dublin: 95 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) [12] 54,701 First drive-thru in Europe opened in Nutgrove, Dublin and first McCafé in Europe Grafton Street, Dublin. See McDonald's Ireland: 23 Austria July 21, 1977 ...
The first Jollibee outlet in Italy and in whole of Europe opened at the Piazza Diaz 7 [81] [82] in Milan, Italy, on March 18, 2018. [83] Jollibee Foods Corporation's entrance in the European market was a result of a joint venture with Singapore Blackbird Holdings. [82] JFC announced the joint venture in April 2017. [84]
The McDonald's menu in Fiji is similar to that of McDonald's in Australia and New Zealand. Residents of all three countries also colloquially refer to the restaurant "Macca's". The Brekkie Burger and the McFeast, for example, are both on the McDonald's menu in Fiji, [157] as well as in Australia and New Zealand.
[a] The term was first coined by the science fiction writer Neal Stephenson in his book The Diamond Age, published in 1995. John Lloyd adopted the term in 2000 and defined it as including English-speaking countries like the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, and the British West Indies. [4]
A prominent meal in British culture, fish and chips became popular in wider circles in London and South East England in the middle of the 19th century: Charles Dickens mentions a "fried fish warehouse" in Oliver Twist, first published in 1838, while in the north of England a trade in deep-fried chipped potatoes developed. [30]
He has owned or operated multiple restaurants across Europe, North America and Asia. This is a list of the notable such restaurants, including many which have since closed. As of late-2024, the organisation lists 90 restaurants currently open worldwide. Ramsay founded his first restaurant group, Gordon Ramsay Restaurants, in 1997.
England had the first overseas branch of KFC which opened in Preston, Lancashire in May 1965 and was the first American fast food restaurant chain in the country, pre-dating the arrival of McDonald's, Burger King and Pizza Hut by almost a decade. [103] Ray Allen, an experienced Lancashire caterer, was the first franchisee. [104]