McDonald's Facts File....

• McDonald's golden arches are the most recognized symbol in the world.

A survey by Sponsorship Research International found that 88 percent could identify the arches and only 54 percent could name the Christian cross.  

• McDonalds is the largest toy distributor in the world!

McDonalds distributes 1.5 billion toys annually around the world. Each happy meal comes with a toy. In the U.S. nine out of ten kids between the ages of 3 and 9 eat at McDonalds once a month. 

• McDonald's' daily customer traffic (62M) is greater than the population of Great Britain.

• McDonald's sells more than 75 hamburgers every second.

• Counting $32 billion in revenue from franchise stores, McDonald's claims the 68th biggest economy, bigger than Ecuador.

• Paris has what is thought to be the only McDonald's with white arches in place of their traditional golden ones.

• McDonald's hires around 1 million workers in the US every year.

According to company estimates, one in every eight American workers has been employed by McDonald's. 

• Sharon Stone worked at McDonald's before she was famous. So did Shania Twain, Jay Leno, Rachel McAdams and Pink.

 

• The Queen of England owns a Mcdonald's near Buckingham Palace as part of her vast real estate portfolio.

• Americans alone consume one billion pounds of beef at McDonald's in a year -- five and a half million head of cattle.

• If you asked the founder of McDonald's what business he was in, the answer would surprise you!

Quick… what business is McDonald's in? If you said in selling fast food, you'd be wrong. At least if you asked the man who founded it. In 1974, Ray Kroc, the man who started the golden arch empire.said he was in the real estate business.Here's the way he explained it: his primary business focus was to sell franchises of the restaurant. He knew, however that real estate and location were the most important factors of success for each franchise.

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