Richard Maurice

McDonald Brothers

Ray Kroc

Founder

CEO Steve Easterbrook

Downey, California (1953)

First branch of McDonald

• McDonald's is the world's largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants, serving around 68 million customers daily in 119 countries across 35,000 outlets.

• The company filed a logo trademark on an overlapping, double-arched "M" symbol. By September 6, 1962.

• McDonald's operates over 35,000 restaurants worldwide, employing more than 1.7 million people. The company also operates other restaurant brands, such as Piles Café.

• McDonald's pays entry level employees between $7.25(478.46rs) an hour and $11(725.95rs) an hour with an average of no higher than $8.69(573.50rs) an hour. Shift managers get paid an average of $10.34(682.39rs) an hour. Assistant managers get paid an average of $11.57(763.56rs) an hour. No of employers 420,000.

•To date, McDonald's has used 23 different slogans in United States advertising, as well as a few other slogans for select countries and regions

McDonald's CEO, Steve Easterbrook

currently earns an annual salary of $1,100,000 (72,594,500rs)

• Mc Happy Day is an annual event at McDonald's, where a percentage of the day's sales go to charity. It is the signature fundraising event for Ronald Mc Donald House Charities.

•In 2007, it was celebrated in 17 countries: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, the United States, Finland, France, Guatemala, Hungary, England, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and Uruguay.

•According to the Australian Mc Happy Day website, Mc Happy Day raised $20.4 million in 2009. The goal for 2010 was $20.8 million.

AND MANY MORE AS WE GO ON...................................................................