13 amazing facts that reveal McDonald's growth

McDonald's caters to about 68 million customers everyday in 119 countries. The company, which was launched in 1940, reported annual revenues of $27.5 billion and profits of $5.5 billion in 2012.

Let's have a look at some amazing facts that reveal its reach and strength.

Source: Business Insider

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McDonald's has more restaurants, 34,000 around the world, than Burger King (12,700), Wendy's (6,650), Taco Bell (6,400), and Arby's (3,400) put together.

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McDonald's opened 1,400 restaurants across the globe in 2012 alone.

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The restaurant chain serves about 13 billion servings of fries each year.

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It employs 1.8 million people at its 34,000 restaurants around the world.

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McDonald's spent $788 million on advertising in 2012, which works out to be about 2 per cent of the $488 billion worldwide advertising market.

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The restaurant chain serves about 63 million customers everyday across its 34,000 global locations.

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The largest chain of hamburger fast-food restaurants in the world sells about 75 hamburgers every second.

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McDonald's, which employs 1,800,000 people worldwide, hires about one million workers in the United States every year.

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The company, which began operations in 1940, says one in every eight American worker has worked at McDonald's.

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McDonald's, which reported net income of $5.46 billion in 2012, employs more workers than any other private company in the United Kingdom.

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It's the largest distributor of toys in the world, with one included in 20 per cent of all sales.

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One billion pounds of beef is consumed at McDonald's restaurants in the United States alone.

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More people recognise McDonald's golden arches than the cross itself.