Ray
Kroc was the founder of McDonald's and was born on this date in 1902. He opened
his first restaurant in Des Plaines, Illinois, in 1955. It is now the
site of a McDonald's museum. So here are 10 things you didn't know
about McDonald’s.
- The Queen owns a McDonald's restaurant as part of her property portfolio.
- 68 million people a day eat at a McDonald's somewhere in the world. That's more than the population of the UK. Yet McDonald’s isn't the world's largest fast-food chain. Subway is.
- McDonald's has 761,000 employees worldwide. That's more than the population of Luxembourg.
- Surveys have shown that 88% of people could identify the golden arches logo (designed by Jim Schindler in 1962) while only 54% could recognise the Christian cross.
- Their salads are more fattening than their burgers. A McDonald’s crispy chicken and bacon salad offers 380 calories, while a hamburger is a mere 250.
- In Japan, where 'r' is rarely pronounced, Ronald McDonald is Donald McDonald.
- McDonald's is the world's largest distributor of toys, with one included in 20% of all sales.
- In 2005 a man called Ronald McDonald robbed... a Wendy's.
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