This Great Graphic was posted on the FT Beyond Brics blog and comes from Wikipedia. It shows the countries in which McDonald's operates. The occasion for the map is the company's announcement of plans to open a restaurant in Vietnam next year. This will be its 199th country.
By the end of this year, McDonald's projects it will have over 2,000 outlets in China, which would move the PRC into third place behind the US (18k+), and Japan (3.5k+). France, the UK, Canada and Brazil each have between 1,200 and 1,500 McDonald's restaurants.
The FT article notes that although it is rare, McDonald's has pulled out of a few countries, like Bolivia, Jamaica and Iceland. And some of the locations, like in Cuba and Iraq, really serve the US military rather than the general public. In those examples, the hamburger follows the flag, but there are a number of other hot spots where McDonald's is not tied to the military, such as Pakistan.
Great Graphic: The McDonald's Empire
Reviewed by Marc Chandler
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July 16, 2013
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Reviewed by Marc Chandler
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