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New Zealand June 7, 1976 Porirua Central, Wellington [24] 170 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) [12] 30,428 Founded in New Zealand by Wally and Hugh Morris [25] First South Island restaurants opened at Linwood and Merivale, both Christchurch, on November 3, 1987. [26] See McDonald's New Zealand. 21 Switzerland October 20, 1976 Geneva
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]
In the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa, fish and chips are usually sold by independent restaurants and take-aways known as fish and chip shops. Outlets range from small affairs to chain restaurants. Locally owned seafood restaurants are also popular in many places, as are mobile "chip vans". [75]
In May 1961, French businessman Jacques Borel opened his first Wimpy restaurant in Paris after obtaining an exclusive franchise to operate Wimpy restaurants in France. [46] [47] His restaurant was the first hamburger restaurant in France and predated the opening of the first McDonald's restaurant by a decade.
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.
Jollibee opened its first UK outlet in Earl's Court, London on October 18, 2018. [88] It opened its first outlet outside of England in July 2021 in Cardiff, Wales, [90] while its first outlet in Scotland opened in February 2022 in Edinburgh. [91] 24 Spain September 23, 2021: Madrid, Community of Madrid: 1 (September 2021) [92]
1767: Soda Water was invented in Leeds, England. [81] 1770: Potato introduced in Australasia by Captain James Cook. [73] 1772: Antoine-Augustin Parmentier writes the treaty Examen chymique des pommes de terres, promoting the introduction of potato in France. [82] 1774-1779: First shops selling ice cream appear in North America. [83] 1778 ...
The first Ramsden theodolite as used by Roy. (Destroyed by bomb damage in 1941.) In the aftermath of the Jacobite rising of 1745 it was recognised that there was a need for an accurate map of the Scottish Highlands and the necessary survey was initiated in 1747 by Lieutenant-Colonel David Watson, a Deputy Quartermaster-General of the Board of Ordnance.