How Mcdonalds Changed The World

If someone was asked to think of a fast food restaurant that is more popular and stands out more than any other restaurant, what would they most likely pick? Most people probably said McDonald's. McDonald’s has been around since 1940 and has taken off all over the world since then. McDonald’s is around almost everywhere people go and has changed the world in many different ways. Some ways are good, and some are of course bad. The main ways McDonald’s has made an impact on the world is the food causing obesity, Ronald Mcdonald Charity, and the convenience of the restaurant. Because of the McDonald brothers opening this restaurant, it has definitely changed America and the world we live in forever.

A lot of people wonder about how McDonald’s

got started and the history of the popular restaurant. McDonald's was originally started by Mac and Dick McDonald in 1940. They opened the restaurant in San Bernardino, California. They actually opened Mcdonald’s as a cafe and had a variety of food to offer. It was only after a few years when they stopped with coming in and eating and slimmed the menu down to a select few items. A salesman named Ray Kroc noticed the brother’s restaurant and liked what he saw so he franchised it. That is when things took off and McDonald's started spreading all over the world. By 1963 they had sold over 1 billion hamburgers and their net worth reached 1 million dollars. It was not until 1975 when they opened the first drive in McDonald’s restaurant in Sierra Vista, Arizona. While this all sounds like flowers and sunshine, things did not always go so smoothly. In France there was a bombing in a McDonald’s that killed an employee. In 1982 McDonald’s was responsible for a food poisoning outbreak that affected almost 50 people. Then just two years later there was a shooting in a San Diego McDonald’s and over 20 people were shot and killed. In that same year the man that franchised McDonald’s died. Even all of this does not stop people from the delicious Mcdoubles. By the 1990s there was a new McDonald’s opening somewhere in the world every three hours. There are now over 36,000 McDonald’s with over 2,000,000 workers. About half of the 36,000 believe it or not is located in the United States. McDonald’s averages about 58 million customers every day from all over the world. Some McDonald’s in different countries don’t serve your average Mcdouble. Different countries serve different food. Some countries serve shrimp, veggie burgers, rice, beans, and even Mac rolls. Some McDonald’s aren’t even called McDonald’s. Some are called Golden Arches in different countries.