McDonald's Changes Its China Company Name to 'Golden Arches' Chinese media reported on Wednesday evening that McDonald's Chinese business changed its company's name from Maidanglao, a loose transliteration of the English name, to Jingongmen, or Golden Arches, on Oct. 12.
According to McDonald's USA, Richard McDonald decided to add gold arches to the building based on the “feeling that the roof line was a bit too flat.” At the time, actual arches curved over the building as part of the building.
The McDonald's menu in China is similar to the US for some of the core products (burgers, fries, chicken sandwiches, etc..) but there is less emphasis on beef products. Here, chicken is king.
"In 1990, the Big Mac came to the Chinese mainland together with the first McDonald's restaurant. Nowadays, it has become McDonald's most popular beef burger in China," said Phyllis Cheung, CEO of McDonald's China.
McDonald's and KFC are by far the two most popular fast-food brands in China, boasting over 4,905 and 8,675 restaurants, respectively, as of 2022 Q3.
McDonald's got its start in China in the early '90s. Today, the chain has more than 4,500 restaurants in mainland China and Hong Kong with considerable room for growth. But it has faced headwinds along the way including lockdowns due to Covid-19 and competition from rivals like Yum Brands -owned KFC.
Australia is one of the largest beef exporters in the world and it's gained a reputation for being delicious, tasty and full of flavour. So with access to premo ingredients like that, it's natural for our Big Macs and Cheeseburgers to taste superior.
KFC opened its first restaurant in Beijing in 1987. As of the end of March 2023, we have grown to over 9,000 KFC restaurants in over 1,800 cities across China.
At the beginning of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, McDonald's had over 800 restaurants across Russia with a total of 62,000 employees, "hundreds" of suppliers, and millions of daily customers.
McDonald's France, colloquially called McDo, is the French subsidiary of the international fast food restaurant chain McDonald's. Its first location opened in 1972 by franchisee Raymond Dayan in Creteil, France, although the company itself still recognizes the first outlet as opening in Strasbourg in 1979.
The Fast Food Factory. The logo for McDonald's is the golden arches of the letter M on a red background. The M stands for McDonald's, but the rounded m represents mummy's mammaries, acccording the design consultant and psychologist Louis Cheskin.
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Here are fancy McDonald's locations that have adapted the logo's traditional colors and style.
Here in Australia, however, McDonald's most prevalent nickname is “Macca's”.
For example, in the US, we sometimes call it "Mickey D's." In the UK it's Maccy D's.
Pizza Hut opened its first store in China in 1990, and several pizza restaurant chains exist in China today.
The 'Kentucky for Christmas' slogan was part of a marketing campaign in 1974 for the chicken franchise, and now every year around 3.6 million Japanese people sit down to eat KFC fried chicken for Christmas.
KFC's U.S. parent company Yum! Brands Inc (YUM. N) last week finalised its exit from Russia, transferring master franchise rights to Smart Service, a local franchisee led by Konstantin Kotov and Andrey Oskolkov.
We use only 100% Aussie grown beef to serve you the best beef burgers, sourced from farmers across the country.
Typically, restaurants get their soda syrups in plastic bags, but Coca-Cola does something different for McDonald's. The fast-food chain gets its Coke syrup delivered in stainless steel tanks. According to the New York Times, the material keeps the soda fresher, and your tongue can taste the difference.
Social Links for Jeanette Settembre. They're McLovin' it. A McDonald's in Welshpool, Wales, just over the border from England, has been dubbed “the best in the world” by a Michelin-starred chef.
Introduction. While McDonald's is a global icon, the fast-food giant does not have a presence in many countries worldwide. There are 123 countries where McDonald's has not set up a restaurant yet, including Afghanistan, Bhutan, Iran, Iraq, Libya, and North Korea, among many others.
For example, a Big Mac costs ¥24.40 in China and $5.81 in the United States.
The price of KFC and McDonald's in China is similar to the rest of the world. You can find them easily in popular cities, if you want a break from Chinese food. The cost of a hamburger is around 12 yuan, 7 yuan for fries, and a drink costs 7–10 yuan.