McDonald's
Runs fast-food restaurants with burgers and fries all over the world.
📖 Its story
In 1940, brothers Richard and Maurice McDonald opened a restaurant in San Bernardino, California. They invented a super-fast kitchen, like an assembly line. Later, a milkshake-machine salesman named Ray Kroc got excited about the idea and took it all over the world.
💵 How it makes money
It earns money from the food it sells and, most of all, from the rent and fees its franchise owners pay it.
🤯 Fun fact
The Big Mac was invented in 1967 by Jim Delligatti, a McDonald's franchise owner in the Pittsburgh area.
👍 The good part
Its brand is one of the best known on the planet, and it has restaurants in more than 100 countries.
⚠️ The risk
It competes with many chains, and if food costs or wages go up, it earns less.
🧠 Did you get it?
Who took McDonald's all over the world?
🗂️ Quick facts
- Founded in: 1940
- Founded by: Richard and Maurice McDonald; Ray Kroc turned it into a chain
- Home: Chicago, Illinois
🔎 How to find it on the stock market
- Search the internet for MCD stock.
- You can also find it in your parents' investing app with the letters MCD.
- Check how much one share costs and whether today it's green (went up) or red (went down).
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