McDonald's Corporation
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MarketWatch | 32 days 9 hours 9 minutes ago
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Critical Alerts for McDonald's, Oracle, Starbucks, TD Ameritrade, and Cemex Released by Seven Summits Research [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 111 days 5 hours 22 minutes ago
Critical Alerts for McDonald's, Oracle, Starbucks, TD Ameritrade...Alerts cover the following stocks: McDonald's Corp. , Oracle Corp. , Starbucks Corp. , TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation , and Cemex, S.A.B. de C...
AFP Hosts Symposium on Essentials for Doing Business in China [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 66 days 21 hours 22 minutes ago
...will be presented by: -- Marc Monyek, Senior Director, Funding, Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa, McDonald's Corporation -- Peter Sun, head, Transaction Banking, China, Standard Chartered Bank -- Stephen Green., Senior Economist...
Hess to Accept MasterCard(R) PayPass(TM) at More Than 870 Gas Station and Convenience Store Locations [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 49 days 6 hours 20 minutes ago
...Sales and Marketing, Hess Corporation. "Accepting MasterCard...form of payment. Hess Corporation , with headquarters in New...Buy, 7-Eleven, CVS, McDonald's, Petco and many others...com Lorrie Hecker, Hess Corporation, 732.750.6000, lhecker...
PSCA welcomes new members to the Board of Directors [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 46 days 23 hours 21 minutes ago
CHICAGO, Oct. 8 /PRNewswire/ - The Profit Sharing/401k Council of America (PSCA) welcomed the 2009-2010 members to the Board of Directors who were elected at the organization's Annual Meeting on September 23, 2009 in Scottsdale, Arizona.
World Renowned Game Makers Yasuhide Kobayashi and Eundo Chae Join D.I.C.E.(R) Summit Asia [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 89 days 3 hours 51 minutes ago
...Hot Shots Golf Kobayashi, who began his career at Sega Corporation where he worked in marketing and sales promotion for child...Nexon. Wizet developed a franchise system, similar to how McDonald's and Subway are run, in order to sell Maple Story to an international...
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PRNewswire | 106 days 7 hours 52 minutes ago
...FirstCall/ -- Meredith Corporation www.meredith.com...includes Coca-Cola, McDonald's, Walmart and Sprint. Meredith Corporation is the leading media and...prnewswire.com Meredith Corporation CONTACT: Art Slusark...
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PRNewswire | 50 days 2 hours 50 minutes ago
...and American Eagle Airlines, Inc. are subsidiaries of AMR Corporation. AmericanAirlines, American Eagle, AmericanConnection...The agency's client roster includes: American Airlines, McDonald's, Procter & Gamble, Toyota, General Mills, the Illinois...
Canadian Pacific announces 2009 Holiday Train campaign for food pantries [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 54 days 2 hours 49 minutes ago
MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Canadian Pacific's brightly decorated Holiday Train returns to the rails in late November, raising food, money and awareness for food banks across North America. Last year, the Holiday Train helped raise more than $500,000 and 250,000 lbs of food and there is greater need this year.
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Company Overview
| Company: | McDonald's Corporation |
|---|---|
| Industry: | Fast-Food & Quick-Service Restaurants |
| Website: | http://www.mcdonalds.com |
Serving billions of hamburgers has put a shine on these arches. McDonald's is the world's #1 fast-food company by sales, with about 32,000 restaurants serving burgers and fries in about 120 countries. (There are nearly 14,000 Golden Arches locations in the US.) The popular chain is well-known for its Big Macs, Quarter Pounders, and Chicken McNuggets. Most of its outlets are free-standing units, but McDonald's also has many units located in airports and retail areas. Each eatery gets its food and packaging from approved suppliers to ensure that a Big Mac purchased in Pittsburgh tastes the same as one bought in Beijing. Nearly 80% of the restaurants are run by franchisees or affiliates.
Key Numbers
| Sales in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 23,522.4 (2008) |
|---|---|
| One-year % Growth in Sales | 3.2 (2008) |
| Net Income in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 4,313.2 (2008) |
| One-year % Growth in Net Income | 80.1 (2008) |
| Number of Employees | 400,000 (2008) |
| One-year % Growth in Number of Employees | 2.6 (2008) |
| Fiscal Year-End | December |