19 truth About McDonald's That Will Blow Your Mind

McDonald's reported this morning its financial results for the first quarter. The global fast-food chain 6.54 billion during the period was created and sent to 1.23 earnings per share. comparative sales increased by 7.3%.

At the top and bottom lines in accordance with the expectations of analysts, there are a lot of facts about the company, you can find completely unexpected.

Restaurant giant developed the recession and recovery. This is logical, because it sells more than 75 hamburgers per second.

McDonald's' daily customer traffic (62 million) is more than the population of Great Britain

McDonald's sells more than 75 hamburgers every second

McDonald's feeds 68 million people per day, that's about 1 percent of the world's population

 

McDonald's' $27 billion in revenue makes it the 90th-largest economy in the world

 

The $8.7 billion in revenue from franchise stores alone, makes McDonald's richer than Mongolia

 

McDonald's hires around 1 million workers in the US every year

 

McDonald's has 761,000 employees worldwide, that's more than the population of Luxembourg

 

According to company estimates, one in every eight American workers has been employed by McDonald's

 

Sharon Stone worked at McDonald's before she was famous. So did Shania Twain, Jay Leno, Rachel McAdams and Pink

 

McDonald's is the world's largest distributor of toys, with one included in 20% of all sales

Back in 1968 McDonald airlifted hamburgers to homesick U.S. Olympic Athletes in France

 

McDonald's' iconic golden arches are recognized by more people than the cross

The Queen of England owns a retail park in Slough, which has a drive-thru McDonald's

 

The Egg McMuffin was modeled on eggs Benedict

 

For the next three years, McDonald's is going to open one restaurant every day in China

 

The only place in the lower 48 that is more than 100 miles from a McDonald's is a barren plain in South Dakota

 

Americans alone consume one billion pounds of beef at McDonald's in a year – five and a half million head of cattle

 

Sorry to gross you out but... McDonald's chicken nuggets used to be made of this pink goop*

McDonald's delivers – in 18 countries!

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