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The company usually refers to this as The Original McDonald’s , although it is not the first McDonald’s restaurant but the ninth; the first was opened by Richard and Maurice McDonald in San Bernardino, California in 1940, while the oldest McDonald’s still in operation is the third one built, in Downey, California, which
Сан-Бернардино, Калифорния
1967
Arguably, the first fast food restaurants originated in the United States with White Castle in 1921. Today, American-founded fast food chains such as McDonald’s (est. 1940) and KFC (est.
“I eat it five days a week, twice a day,” says Kempczinski in the interview with TIME. “I have it every breakfast and lunch five days a week. I eat a fair bit of McDonald’s .
When Kroc died in 1984 at the age of 82 his personal fortune was estimated at $500 million. When Richard McDonald died in 1998 having outlived his brother he left a will of just $1.8 million – and spent his final days in a humble three-bedroom suburban home.
Since McDonald’s was cash-poor in 1961, Ray asked the brothers if he could pay their requested $2.7 million over time. The brothers said no, that if Ray couldn’t come up with the cash, they’d continue to collect their . 5% royalty.
Chris Kempczinski is President and CEO of McDonald’s, the world’s largest restaurant company. He previously served as President of McDonald’s USA, where he was responsible for the business operations of approximately 14,000 McDonald’s restaurants in the United States.
But there seems to be this agreement — the original McDonald’s brothers want to get a percentage of future profits. The brothers did get a percentage of the profits. The original deal was 1.9 percent of a franchisee’s profits. It went to the McDonald’s Corporation and 0.5 percent of that went to Dick and Mac McDonald.
Only 7 original McDonald’s golden arches still exist, and one is in N.J. If you’re driving on Route 30 in Camden County just south of the New Jersey Turnpike, and you see a McDonald’s Hamburgers sign mounted on a golden arch, you might want to pull over, even if you’re not hungry.
Chris Kempczinski (Nov 4, 2019–)
Madagascar
No. McDonald’s definitely does not have an outlet in Antarctica . There are no commercial restaurants at all in Antarctica , because there is no market for them.
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