MADE ITS NAME IN INDIA
Submitted to: Mrs. Megha Agarwal
By: Arvind Tomar 5110
Sachin Rathi 5017
Shivam Gambhir 5010
Rahul Nagar 5109
Samarth Dhawan 5015
ABOUT McDonald's
The McDonald's Corporation is the world's largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants, serving around 68 million customers daily in 119 countries. Headquartered in the United States, the company began in 1940 as a barbecue restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice McDonald; in 1948 they reorganized their business as a hamburger stand. Businessman Ray Kroc joined the company as a franchise agent in 1955. He subsequently purchased the chain from the McDonald brothers and oversaw its worldwide growth. McDonald's primarily sells hamburgers, cheeseburgers, chicken, French fries, breakfast items, soft drinks, milkshakes, and desserts. In response to changing consumer tastes, the company has expanded its menu to include salads, fish, wraps, smoothies, and fruit.
History
The business began in 1940, with a restaurant opened by brothers Richard and Maurice McDonald in San Bernardino, California The restaurant was named "McDonald's Bar-B-Q" and had twenty-five menu items, mostly barbeque. In October 1948, after the McDonald brothers realized that most of their profits came from selling hamburgers, they closed down their successful carhop drive-in to establish a streamlined system with a simple menu of just hamburgers, cheeseburgers, French fries, shakes, soft drinks, and apple pie. The carhops were eliminated to make McDonald's a self-service operation. The brothers took great care in setting up their kitchen like an assembly line to ensure maximum efficiency. The restaurant's name was changed , to simply "McDonald's," and reopened on December 12, 1948. In 1952 the brothers decided they needed an entirely new building in order to achieve two goals: further efficiency improvements, and a more eye-catching appearance. They collected recommendations for