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The first McDonald's location was opened by Richard and Maurice McDonald in San Bernardino, California in 1940 and demolished in 1972, although part of the sign remains. The oldest McDonald's still in operation is the third one built, in Downey, California, which opened in 1953.
The site of the first franchised McDonald's restaurant in Phoenix, Arizona, opened in 1953 or 1954, [9] is now a Yoshi’s. [10] [11] An early McDonald's stood at 9100 SE Powell Boulevard in Portland, Oregon, on Southeast 91st Avenue and Powell Boulevard. It was not attached to the adjacent McDonald's but was available for party rentals.
1974: On November 13, the first McDonald's in the United Kingdom opened in Woolwich, south-east London. It is the 3000th McDonald's restaurant. [61] 1976: The first McDonald's in Switzerland, on Rue du Mont-Blanc in Geneva. [62] 1979: The first McDonald's in Singapore opens at Liat Towers in Orchard Road. It is also Southeast Asia's first ...
Menu Explodes. For years, McDonald’s was known as the place for burgers, fries and shakes. Today, the ever-expanding menu includes hundreds of options with featured favorites including the Big ...
1988: 10,000th McDonald's opens. 1990: The first McDonald's opens in Russia. 1996: 20,000th McDonald's opens. McDonald's shares grew nearly 400% between the time it opened its 5,000th restaurant ...
McDonald's golden arches have come a long way over the years. The now iconic logo had its start in 1952, when the McDonald's brothers were interviewing architects to design the first McDonald's ...
In the 2016 film The Founder, a biopic about Ray Kroc and his business relationship with the McDonald brothers, Richard (Dick) McDonald is played by Nick Offerman, [25] [26] and John Carroll Lynch portrays Maurice (Mac) McDonald. [26] The site of the first McDonald's was purchased in 1998 by Albert Okura, founder of restaurant chain Juan Pollo ...
To have more than 30,000 restaurants worldwide, McDonald's definitely is doing something right. The foundation was created in the late 1940s by the McDonald brothers of Southern California, with ...