McDonald's
Are you ready to learn some cool facts? Learning is good for
you. It keeps your brain in shape, which is like a computer; it
holds a lot of information.
Today, we are going to learn facts about McDonald’s. Did you
know that McDonald’s was started in 1940 in San Bernardino, California, by two
brothers named Richard and Maurice McDonald? Yep, that is how McDonald's got
started. The brothers opened their first drive-thru McDonald's restaurant in
1940. In 1961, Ray Croc bought McDonald's from the brothers.
What is your favorite meal from McDonald's?
Facts about McDonald’s:
1. The first McDonald’s menu only had nine (9) items on
it. Here is a list of those nine (9) items:
- Pure Beef Hamburger 15¢
- Tempting Cheeseburger 19¢
- Triple-Thick Shakes 20¢
- Golden French Fries 10¢
- Thirst Quenching Coke 10¢
- Delightful Root beer 10¢
- Steaming Hot Coffee 10¢
- Full-Flavor Orange Drink 10¢
- Refreshing Cold Milk 12¢
2. Stanley Clark Meston was an architect who designed the
Golden Arches for the McDonald’s brothers.
3. The Big Mac was first sold in 1967 at a McDonald’s in Uniontown, Pennsylvania. It cost forty-five (45) cents. Michael James Delligatti created the Big Mac. About 550 million Big Macs are sold each year.
4. The Happy Meal was first sold in 1979. It sold for one
dollar and ten cents (1.10). It came with a burger, fries, a drink, cookies,
and a toy. Bob Bernstein came up with the idea of the Happy Meal. McDonald’s
sells around 1 billion Happy Meals each year.
5. McDonald’s is very popular! There are over 36,500
McDonald’s all over the world. Nine countries have banned
McDonald’s. Here is a list of the nine countries:
- Bermuda
- Bolivia
- Iceland
- Iran
- Macedonia
- Yemen
- Zimbabwe
6. A McDonald's in Sedona, Arizona, has the world's only turquoise arches. The reason is that the golden arches didn’t want to clash with the surrounding environment; they wanted the arches to blend in with the
area.
7. McDonald’s made over 23 billion dollars in 2021. French
fries are McDonald’s number one (1) selling item. The second best (2) seller is the Big Mac.
8. 1962 Louis M. Groen invented the Filet-O-Fish
sandwich in his McDonald's in Cincinnati, Ohio. The rest of America was
introduced to the Filet-O-Fish in 1965, and it sold for twenty-nine (29) cents. Around
300 million Filet-O-Fish sandwiches are sold each year. The original price of
the Filet-O-Fish was twenty-nine (29) cents.
9. In 2020, McDonald’s donated about 145 million dollars to
the Ronald McDonald House Charities.
10. The second/first adult Happy Meal was introduced on October 1, 2022. It was a limited edition release collaboration with the Cactus Plant Flea Market. There was also a healthy version of an adult Happy Meal that was released in 2004.
Share a fantastic fact or memory about McDonald's with us?
Books about McDonald’s:
1. Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's by Ray Kroc
2. McDonald's Happy Meal Toys from the Eighties by Joyce
Losonsky
3. Ronald McDonald and the tale of the talking plant by John
Albano
4. A Visit to the Doctor with Ronald McDonald by Ronald
McDonald House
Parents/caretakers, be sure books are child-friendly before
reading them to your child/children.
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