Facts About McDonald's That Will Blow Your Mind In 1992 when Rutgers professor Benjamin Barber coined the term "McWorld," there were 12,700 McDonald'sworldwide. Today there are over 33,000. The relentless spread of McDonald's over the past 61 years is an incredible business success story. In some markets the burger chain is just getting started, with plans to open 200 stores in China this year.
McDonald's serves 1% of the world's population every day Source: Société Générale McDonald's Sells More Than 75 Hamburgers Every Second Source: McDonald's Operations and Training Manual via Side Dish McDonald's' $24 billion in revenue makes it the 90th-largest economy in the world Counting $32 billion in revenue from franchise stores, McDonald's claims the 68th biggest economy, bigger than Ecuador McDonald's hires around 1 million workers in the US every year This estimate from Fast Food Nation assumes a 700,000 domestic workforce with 150% turnover rate. According to company estimates, one in every eight American workers has been employed by McDonald's Source: McDonald's own estimate in 1996 via Fast Food Nation
McDonald's is the world's largest distributor of toys, with one included in 20% of all sales Source: QSR via Motley Fool
McDonald's' iconic golden arches are recognized by more people than the cross McDonald's product placement inside FarmVille A survey by Sponsorship Research International found that 88 percent could identify the arches and only 54 percent could name the Christian cross, The Queen of England owns a McDonald's nearBuckingham Palace as part of her vast real estate portfolio A McDonald's restaurant owned by the Queen, seriously Image: Google Maps For the next three years, McDonald's is going to open one restaurant every day in China Source: Reuters via Paul Kedrosky McDonald's delivers -- in 18 countries! The only place in the lower 48 that is more than 100 miles from a McDonald's is a barren plain in South Dakota Source: AggData via Side Dish Americans alone consume one billion pounds of beef at McDonald's in a year -- five and a half million head of cattle Source: John Hayes, McDonald's senior director of U.S. food and packaging, via Side Dish Sorry to gross you out but... McDonald's chicken nuggets used to be made of this pink goop* UPDATE: According to Snopes, McDonald's stopped using mechanical separation for McNuggets in 2003.
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