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Globalization of McDonald's

By PierceTheBlackHorizon
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    McDonald's Globalization

  • Dick and Mac McDonald open their drive-thru burger stand.

    Dick and Mc McDonald open McDonald's Bar-B-Q in San Bernardino, California.

  • Des Plains location opens.

    Kroc opens his first McDonald's in Des Plains, Illinois.

  • 500th Restaurant!

    McDonald's 500th retaurant opens Toledo, Ohio.

  • McDonald's goes international!

    The first international McDonalds' open in Canada and Puerto Rico.

  • McDonald's franchise opens in British Columbia, and Costa Rica

  • McDonald's opens in Moscow

    The first McDonald's restaurant opened in Punkish Square, Moscow. The restaurant served over 30,000 customers opening day.

  • McDonald's opens in Casablanca, Morocco

  • "i'm lovin' it"

    The first global ad campaign for Mcdonald's, "i'm lovin' it", is launched in Munich, Germany.

  • McDonald's celebrates it's 50th anniversary