McDonalds

Yes, we all have heard of it, so here are some interesting facts about McDonalds. But first a little bit of its history.

The McDonalds was originally founded by Dick and Mac. It started out as a barbeque restaurant in 1940. The first one was set up in California. Later Ray Kroc was hired as an employee but Ray realized its future fortune and bought it from the McDonald brothers. After 1948 the big boom occurred and McDonalds started to rise.

The first mascot of the famous restaurant wasn’t Ronald McDonald it was actually a man with a chef’s hat on top of a burger shaped head known as Speedee.

McDonalds then opened “The Hamburger University” in the basement of the first restaurant. The graduates were given Bachelor of Hamburgerology degrees.

The first Happy Meal boxes were in a circus wagon shape and they gave McDoodler stencils and McWrist wallets.

McDonalds is the worlds largest Hamburger chain it daily serves 68 million people in 119 countries. Antarctica is the only continent in the world that doesn’t have McDonalds restaurant –yet. The big  M  is one of the most recognizable logo in the world.

Lastly many famous personalities have worked in McDonalds such as P!nk, Sharon Stone and Shani Twain.