About Us

McDonald's is one of the world's largest retail stores, serving more than 69 million customers daily in more than 100 countries in all 37,855 stores since 2018. Although McDonald's is best known for its hamburgers, cheeseburgers, and French fries, which include chicken products, breakfast, cold drinks, milkshakes, wraps, and desserts. Back in 1954, a man named Ray Kroc discovered a small burger restaurant in California and wrote the first page of our history. From humble beginnings as a small restaurant, we're proud to have become one of the world's leading food service brands with more than 36,000 restaurants in more than 100 countries.