McDonald’s Franchise – Chicken, burgers, salads and beverages

A salesman of Milkshake mixer, Ray Kroc travelled in 1954 to California to visit stand of McDonald’s hamburger where he heard that they run eight milkshake mixers at once. He was impressed by their rapid customers service and waiting for an opportunity to sell more milkshake appliances and encouraged to open a chain of their restaurants to brothers McDonald and Dick. Kroc also became their partner in business and opened the first McDonald’s in 1955 at Des Plaines in Illinois. Since then, they have become a recognised international symbol of fast service for fries, hamburgers, chicken, salads, breakfast items and milkshakes. Steve Easterbrook is the CEO of McDonald’s.

McDonald’s Dollar menu: It is the right price to create any meal for an occasion. It sells $1, $2 and $3 Items. Each Dollar item has three different items with a soft drink.

McDonald’s Salads are famous for its mixed greens and elegant toppings. It provides different types of crispy and chicken salads.

McDonald’s Monopoly is a game for the promotion of sales which uses theme of Monopoly, latter board game.

McDonald’s Hours:

McDonald’s Breakfast Hours: McDonald’s breakfast is available from 8 am to 11 am.

McDonald’s breakfast menu consists of Hot Cakes, Hash Browns and different types of McMuffins, sausage and cheese biscuits with fruit and yogurt parfaits.

McDonald’s lunch hours: McDonald’s lunch starts at 10.30 am on Monday – Friday and 11 am on Saturdays and Sundays. Mcdonalds 2 for 5 is a classic feature. You get 10-piece Chicken McNuggets, Cheese Quarter Pounder and Filet-O-Fish.

Arch Cards, can also made into McDonald’s Gift Cards and send them to someone special for aby occasion or used by yourself. These cards have $5 to $50 denomination. McDonald’s Gift Card Balance can be reloaded using a credit card which starts from $10.

It provides a mobile app. Though this McDonald’s application you can know the restaurants near by and food around you. You can also get McDonald’s delivery of your meal to your home, office or a particular place. 

Website: https://www.mcdonalds.com

Established in: 1955

Franchising from: 63 Years from 1955

Company Address: 2915 Jorie Blvd. Oak Brook, IL 60523

Symbol of Ticker: MCD

Investment:

Their Minimum Investment was: $1,008,000

Their Maximum Investment was: $2,214,080

Units:

1^st Year: +507 Units (+1.4%)

After 3 Years: +1328 Units (+3.7%)

Locations of Units:

                         U.S. Franchises           Franchises Outside US            Company Owned

2016                     12,978                                    17,389                                      6,137

2017                     13,109                                    18,827                                      5,075

They are looking for new units of franchise all over the world.

Financing:

McDonald’s maintain 3rd party sources relationships which cover finance for equipment costs.

Financial Status:

Initial Investment: $1,008,000 – $2,214,080

Liquid Cash Requirement: $500,000

Support Options:

Grand Opening

Toll-Free Line

Meetings/Conventions

Field Operations

Site Selection

Franchise Intranet Platform

Security/Safety Procedures

Online Support

Newsletter

Proprietary Software

Marketing Support:

Social Media

National Media

Ad Templates

Co-op Advertising

Regional Advertising

Loyalty app/program

You can get all the details of McDonald’s jobs at McDonald’s careers: https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/careers.html

McDonald’s Facebook Page:  https://www.facebook.com/McDonaldsUS

McDonald’s Twitter Account: https://twitter.com/McDonalds

McDonald’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/McDonalds

McDonald’s Customer Service Number: 1 800 244 6227

McDonald’s Customer Help: https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/contact-us.html