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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
The prominent hill above Queenstown known as Bob's Peak (itself part of Ben Lomond) was a popular vantage point, but difficult to access due to the steep terrain.Ian Hamilton, a bus company owner, had a road cut in 1961 with a gradient of 1 in 4.5 in places so that he could drive tourists to the view point.
Today the restaurant chain has more than 36,000 outlets in 119 countries and is one of the most recognisable brands on the planet. In June 1976 the first McDonald’s restaurant opened in New Zealand, in Porirua near Wellington.
Supermac's is an Irish fast food restaurant chain that first opened in 1978. The first restaurant was located in Ballinasloe, County Galway, in Ireland. [3] As of 2019, the chain consists of a total of 118 restaurants spread throughout the island of Ireland. [1] It operates a number of franchise outlets with many also privately owned.
In 1990 the Auckland Gay Mardi Gras Party was held in the Ballroom – the first such event in New Zealand. In 2001 the first Interpride Conference held in the Southern Hemisphere was opened by Prime Minister Helen Clark. The hotel's former restaurant, Partington's, is named after the windmill founder and has won various awards, including ...
Georgie Pie was the brainchild of Tom Ah Chee, who opened New Zealand's first supermarket (Foodtown Ōtāhuhu, 1958). Ah Chee had made an unsuccessful bid for the New Zealand rights to McDonald's before deciding to establish his own fast food restaurant chain. [7] The first restaurant was opened in Kelston, Auckland in 1977. In 1994, plans were ...
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Zizzi Restaurants Limited, [3] [4] trading as Zizzi, is a chain of Italian-inspired restaurants in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It is the sister restaurant of ASK Italian, both having been founded by Adam and Sam Kaye. [1] In February 2015, Bridgepoint Capital completed a £250 million acquisition of the two brands. [5]