Q1.What is McDonald’s?
answer: It is an American hamburger and fast-food restaurant chain.
Q2.When was McDonald’s founded?
answer: In 1940.
Q3.What type of restaurant was it at the time?
answer: It was a barbecue restaurant.
Q4.Who was it operated by?
answer: Richard and Maurice McDonald.
Q5.In 1948, they reorganized their business as a what?
answer: Hamburger stand.
Q6.The first McDonald’s franchise opened in Phoenix in what year?
answer: 1953.
Q7.When did Ray Kroc join the company as a franchise agent?
answer: In 1955.
Q8.Today, McDonald’s is one of the world’s largest restaurant chains, serving approximately how many customers daily?
answer: 68 million.
Q9.Where was the original business located?
answer: At 1398 North E Street at West 14th Street in San Bernardino, California.
Q10.Where did the first McDonald’s with the arches open?
answer: In Phoenix, Arizona.
Q11.On what date did it open?
answer: In March 1953.
Q12.When did McDonald’s first file for a U.S. trademark on the name “McDonald’s”?
answer: On May 4, 1961.
Q13.The “Golden Arches” logo appeared in various forms, the present version as a letter “M” did not appear until when?
answer: November 18, 1968, when the company applied for a U.S. trademark.
Q14.McDonald’s restaurants are found in how many countries?
answer: 118 countries and territories.
Q15.How many customers does McDonald’s serve each day?
answer: 68 million.
Q16.How many restaurants does McDonald’s operate worldwide?
answer: 36,615.
Q17.How many people do they employ?
answer: More than 420,000 people.
Q18.How many company-owned locations are there?
answer: 6,056.
Q19.How many franchised locations are there?
answer: 30,559.
Q20.McDonald’s has increased shareholder dividends for how many consecutive years?
answer: 25.
Q21.In October 2012, its monthly sales fell for the first time in how long?
answer: Nine years.
Q22.In 2014, its quarterly sales fell for the first time in how long?
answer: Seventeen years.