McDonald's

McDonald's is a chain of fast food restaurants. Its main products include burgers, sandwiches, fries, menus for breakfast, soft drinks, smoothies, desserts and, recently, salads and fruit. In most restaurants have included several children's play areas. Serves approximately 47 millioIn 1940, the brothers Dick and Mac McDonald decided to create the company, introducing fast food after 8 years. But his leap was in 1955 with the first franchise, assumed by the executive Ray Kroc.
Over the years it has been extended to be one of the restaurants with greater presence in the world, becoming a symbol of America, fast food, capitalism and globalization. McDonald's is the fast food chain world's largest and provides a variety of sandwiches, snacks and other products.
This global presence prompted the British publication The Economist develop the Big Mac index, which is to compare the price of a burger (the Big Mac, the most famous of the chain) in all countries where they sell it and establish a common parameter cost of living in each country and whether the currencies are overvalued relative to the U.S. dollar.n customers a day.

On May 15, 1940, Dick and Mac McDonald opened the first McDonald's restaurant in San Bernardino (California), on Route 66. The menu consisted of 20 items, especially the barbecue.

Ray Kroc, an entrepreneur and milkshake machine salesman, decided to visit this restaurant in 1955 he placed an order for eight machines shakes, when the average was 1. On arrival he was fascinated by the cleanliness and speed of service. He decided to join the company.

In 1975, McDonald's decided to incorporate the service AutoMc. People can ask for the order from your car through a window on one side. Thus, in addition to the room is full service is still faster. This concept had been applied and Pig Wendy's sandwich.

In 2010, McDonald's has a presence in 119 countries and territories around the world. It is estimated that serve 58 million customers a day in a total of 31,000 restaurants employing more than 1.5 million people.

Dismissing Israel, since 1997 the only Kosher McDonald's in the world is located in the call Market of abasto Buenos Aires.