Sparkle Minds

McDonald's in India is a locally owned and managed company run by Indians, employing local staff, procures from local suppliers to serve its customers. McDonald's India opened its first family restaurant at Basant Lok in Oct, 1996; today it has 132 Restaurants across India. This vibrant decade has seen McDonald's evolve Indian menus, Indian sensitivities and yet remain as globally innovative as ever. This journey has seen McDonald's develop a rich brand identity amongst its customers and employees as well as partners alike. At McDonald’s India we have had a single mantra: providing 100% total customer satisfaction and the formula for achieving this goal in our restaurant operation is the long-standing commitment to the McDonald’s Promise.

The first McDonald's restaurant opened on Oct. 13, at Basant Lok, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi. It was also the first McDonald's restaurant in the world not serving beef on its menu. 1997 The first Drive - Thru restaurant at Noida (UP) The first disabled friendly store at Noida (UP) McDonald’s has over 30,000 local restaurants in more than 120 countries 70 percent of our restaurants worldwide are owned and operated by independent, local businessmen and businesswomen McDonald’s serves nearly 50 million customers each day McDonald’s first franchised restaurant opened at Des Plaines, Illinois in 1955 by the founder Ray Kroc McDonald’s has its own Hamburger University in Illinois, and the first batch graduated in 1961 12 classes offered at Hamburger University are college accredited In 1963, McDonald’s sold its one billionth hamburger McDonald’s is listed on the New York, Frankfurt, Munich, Paris and Tokyo stock exchanges McDonald’s aired its first network TV advertisement “McDonald’s - Where Quality Starts Fresh Everyday”, in 1965 The first McDonald’s Drive-Thru opened in Sierra Vista, Arizona in 1975 Happy Meals were added to McDonald’s menu in 1979 McDonald’s launched the new worldwide Balanced Active Lifestyles public awareness campaign in 2005 McDonald’s celebrated its 50th Anniversary on April 15, 2005 1999 The first Mall location restaurant at Ansal Plaza (New Delhi) 2000 The first highway restaurant at Mathura (UP) 2001 The first thematic restaurant at Connaught Place (New Delhi) 2002 The first restaurant in a food court at 3C's, Lajpat Nagar (New Delhi) The first restaurant at the Delhi Metro Station at Inter State Bus Terminus The first annual fundraiser in association with ORBIS and Dr. Shroff's Charity Eye Hospital.(Delhi) 2003 The first Dessert Kiosk - Faridabad (Haryana) 2003-04 Indigenous products like McAloo Tikki, McVeggie and Pizza McPuff exported to Middle East countries 2004 McDonald's Delivery Service (McDeliveryTM ) introduced in New Delhi 2006 McDelivery on Bicycles flagged off at Chandni Chowk (Delhi)- another first initiative by McDonald's India 100th McDonald's Restaurant in India 10 Year Anniversary 2007 The first Restaurant opened in the Eastern Region at Park Street, Kolkata (West Bengal) The first Restaurant opened at Airport.(Domestic Airport, New Delhi)