mcdonald 's israel ( hebrew : מקדונלד ' ס ישראל , translit . maqdonald 's yisra'el ) is the israeli master franchise of the fast food restaurant chain mcdonald 's .

operated and licensed by alonyal limited ( hebrew : אלוניאל בע " מ , alonyal ba'am ) , mcdonald 's israel is the largest of israel 's burger chains with a 60 % market share .

the company sells hamburgers , chicken nuggets , french fries and soft drinks in branches across the country .

since its opening in israel in 1993 , mcdonald 's israel has been in competition with burger ranch , israel 's second largest burger chain .

the world 's first kosher mcdonald 's opened in mevaseret zion in october 1995 .

mcdonald 's israel is owned and run by israeli businessman omri padan .

padan is president of alonyal limited which is local licensee for mcdonald 's .

currently mcdonald 's has 180 restaurants in israel , with 50 of them under kosher supervision , meaning they are closed on shabbat and jewish holidays , have no dairy products ( such as cheeseburgers ) , and for passover serve the meat on passover buns .

in israel , most branches are non-kosher since they serve cheeseburgers ( which are non-kosher , i.e. do not conform to traditional jewish dietary law ) by special request ( they are not on the menu ) and they serve milk-based desserts ( ice cream , milkshakes ) .

some of the kosher branches serve milk products in a separate section of the restaurant .

mcdonald 's israel does not operate restaurants in the west bank and golan heights .

mcdonald 's israel sources over 80 % of its ingredients locally .

this includes kosher beef patties , potatoes , lettuce , buns , and milkshake mix .

all mcdonald 's israel restaurants are equipped with free wifi internet access .

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mcdonald ' s israel <EOT> ^ mcdonald fries up israel . ( mcdonald ' s to build domestic french fries factory in israel ) , israel business today , july 2 , 1993

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shopping mall ) , as well mcdonald ' s israel and mcdonald ' s argentina are also the only two places which barbecue on charcoal .

omri padan , mcdonald ' s israel franchisee , first announced that he was bringing mcdonald ' s to israel in november , 1992 . today , padan operates 94 restaurant branches throughout the country .

mcdonald’s israel was also the first in the chain to mark every product with its nutritional value .

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mcdonald ' s israel ( מקדונלד ' ס ישראל ) alonyal ltd . ( אלוניאל בע " מ )

mcdonald’s is israel’s biggest fast - food chain , with over 180 branches , and the country’s largest employer of those under 25 . about half of its workers are , like ammar , palestinian citizens of israel , who make up about 20 percent of israel’s 8 million citizens . the mcdonald’s israel franchise is owned by businessman omri padan , one of the founders of the venerable liberal group peace now . padan has refused to open mcdonald’s

it also began publishing the nutritional value of all of its foods , the first fast food chain in israel to do so , mcdonald ' s in israel says .

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in 2000 , mcdonald ' s israel participated in the global children ' s recognition program , mcdonald ' s / disney millennium dreamers , which celebrated 2000 children from around the world for their achievements . six children represented israel at a global youth summit in

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mcdonald’s position can be understood by every person except most israelis . following mcdonald’s refusal to open a branch in the west bank , israel declared war on its favorite junk food chain .

israel ' s health minister to mcdonald ' s : ' not in our country ' : the salt mcdonald ' s is super popular in israel — the chain even offers potato - starch buns for passover . but now mcd ' s is fighting back against government accusations that it ' s " junk food . "

mcdonald ' s israel turned down an offer to open a restaurant in ariel because it is located in the west bank .

since its inception , mcdonald ' s israel is owned and run by israeli businessman omri padan . dr . padan is president of alonyal limited which is local licensee for mcdonald ' s .

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don ' t think there ' s much of a market for bacon in israel .

mcdonald’s israel functions as a private company owned by omri padan . he was also among the founders of “peace now , ” which probably was one of the reasons why mcdonald’s chose him for its zionist business . years later , this trivial fact led to a declaration of war of the state of israel against mcdonald’s .

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at least , that ' s what the fast - food chain hopes to convince israel ' s health minster .

fadan is the owner of 153 mcdonald’s restaurants in israel . the most recent restaurant to open was in ovdat , on sunday .

less than a week after the war was declared , israel has deployed all its weapons of burger destruction . mcdonald’s , beware !

israel’s health minister yaakov litzman didn’t intend to launch a big mac attack , but that’s what he’s did this week after he called on the public to refrain from eating junk food and cited mcdonald’s by name .

three leading hamburger chains in israel , mcdonald ' s , burger king and burger ranch , have announced they are dropping their prices .

, israel . as the company entered new markets , it showed increasing flexibility with respect to local food preferences and customs . in israel , for example , the first kosher mcdonald

the histadrut’s success in prioritising jewish work over arab work is easily measured by examining the employment patterns of israel’s two biggest state employers ; the telecom company bezeq and the israel electricity corporation .

the idea that starbucks could become bigger than mcdonald’s is hard to wrap one’s head around : for decades , mcdonald’s was the default symbol of international expansion of american culture . hell , naomi klein used mcdonald’s as a key example of how us culture expands internationally by way of fast - food chains in her seminal book , no logo . mcdonald’s became the symbol of western prosperity in the 1990s ; russia’s first mcdonald’s franchise had lines around the block when it opened on january 31 , 1990 , in moscow , and there’s even a mcdonald’s in the negev desert in israel .

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" when unhealthy food is defined scientifically and not according to slogans , " mcdonald ' s ad reads , " you will be able to prove that mcdonald ' s israel is the exact opposite of junk food . "

a photograph of abeer zinaty shows the 20 - year - old student from the mixed arab and jewish city of ramle in central israel wearing a t - shirt branded with the logo “excellent worker 2003 — mcdonald’s israel” .

s success . in 1961 , kroc bought out the mcdonald brothers for $ 2 . 7 million and dreamed of making mcdonald

the message at the bottom of the israeli newspaper ad by mcdonald ' s is directed at israel ' s health minister : " when unhealthy food is defined scientifically and not according to slogans , you will be able to prove that mcdonald ' s israel is the exact opposite of junk food . " daniel estrin for npr hide caption

mcdonald’s israel announced on tuesday that it was launching a new , leaner hamburger as part of efforts to improve the nutrition and flavor of its flagship products .

giant burgers , mcfalafel , premium coffee , donations to idf foundations and children hospitals ; mcdonald’s israel did everything to be accepted by israelis . almost everything .

she’s no longer focused on improving working conditions at mcdonald’s , though noal’s legal cases and advocacy are still ongoing . but she’s still keen on the far - reaching implications .

considering that ariel is an illegal settlement , + mcdonald’s position can be understood .

mcdonald ' s sells donatos in order to refocus on its core hamburger business .

s continues to own most of the real estate for its restaurants . early mcdonald

13 . today you can find a mcdonald ' s restaurant on every continent - except antarctica . by continent - the first mcdonald ' s restaurants have been :

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i was hungry . mcdonald ' s look o . k . well you get here the same as in other mcdonald ' s place . in the u . s . a the drinks are refill . in israel not . the hamborger is the less tasty i eat . well , its mcdonald ' s . its like chinese shoes store . you get what you pay for . and in israel its too much for too little

7 . mcdonald ' s first restaurant in china ( country no . 51 ) opened in 1990 . the country ' s more than 100 mcdonald ' s restaurants use the chinese characters " mai dang lao , " to phonetically approximate the word " mcdonald ' s . "

burger ranch , mcdonald ' s main rival , announced it would open a branch in the ariel mall " for the glory of the state of israel " .

the idea that starbucks could become bigger than mcdonald ' s is hard to wrap one ' s head around : for decades , mcdonald ' s was the default symbol of international expansion of american culture . hell , naomi klein used mcdonald ' s as a key example of how us culture expands internationally by way of fast - food chains in her seminal book , no logo . mcdonald ' s became the symbol of western prosperity in the 1990s ; russia ' s first mcdonald ' s franchise had lines around the block when it opened on january 31 , 1990 , in moscow , and there ' s even a mcdonald ' s in the negev desert in israel .

from the very beginning , and right on through to last week ' s opening in the german colony , mcdonald ' s in israel has been controversial . ( neither padan , nor any other mcdonald ' s spokesperson , would speak to the jerusalem post for this article . )

the mcdonald’s franchise is owned by a peace now advocate who opposes the occupation , but he’s no friend to unions .

back in 1993 , after controversy over whether mcdonald ' s should be allowed to import french fries to israel , the american fast food chain decided to build a plant to manufacture frozen french fries in israel at a cost of $ 5 million us .

s ads have been some of the most identifiable over the years . in 1962 mcdonald

just weeks later , in august , 12 russian mcdonald ' s were shut down by the state consumer regulator , over alleged sanitary violations including russia ' s first iconic mcdonald ' s restaurant that opened in pushkin square . one hundred other mcdonald ' s were inspected for violations and russian regulators sought to ban some mcdonald ' s burgers and milkshakes because of alleged food safety violations .

mcdonald ' s can ' t escape the israel - palestinian conflict . for more than two years , a flyer , written in hebrew , has been circling through web sites and faxes throughout israel , informing readers that mcdonald ' s in saudi arabia contributes , with international corporate approval , at least 30 cents of every meal to palestinian children .

mcdonald ' s , the fast food chain that claims to be an equal opportunities employer , has been criticised in israel for forcing employees to speak only hebrew to customers .

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from the red and yellow candies on the tables to the clown at the door who greeted guests at the ritz - carlton , mcdonald’s was the theme today at the israel cancer association usa membership brunch . all of it led to the short presentation by george a . cohon , founder of mcdonald’s restaurants of canada and the founder of mcdonald’s in russia .

anti - mcdonald ' s activists contend that in many places , mcdonald ' s , which does not allow unionizing , abuses the poor employees who manufacture or sell the products but don ' t benefit from them . but even greener admits that in israel , mcdonald ' s abides by labor laws and treats its employees , especially the teenagers , well . and mcdonald ' s has created local jobs in its food - processing and serving industry .

in the early 1960s , mcdonald ' s really began to take off . the growth in u . s . automobile use that came with suburbanization contributed heavily to mcdonald ' s success . in 1961 kroc bought out the mcdonald brothers for $ 2 . 7 million , aiming at making mcdonald ' s the number one fast - food chain in the country .

horovitz does acknowledge that the haredim and mcdonald ' s are engaged in a culture war .

israelis eat at a kosher mcdonald ' s restaurant in tel aviv . photograph : getty images

destroyed a half - built mcdonald ' s restaurant in millau , france . in 2002 bov

s in the mailroom in 1963 , and gradually worked his way up . the first mcdonald

s ads have been some of the most identifiable over the years . in 1962 , mcdonald

mcdonald ' s , which opened its first kosher restaurant in israel in 1995 , said that the agreement with rabbi lau was the " first of its kind in the world " .

the existence of israel ' s non - kosher mcdonald ' s outlets did not deter rabbi yossi sarid , head of the mevasseret zion religious council , from issuing the kashrut certificate . sarid stressed that both the certificate and the signs read " the kosher mcdonald ' s " to differentiate it from the others .

mcdonald ' s is super popular in israel — the chain even offers potato - starch hamburger buns , like this one , that are kosher for passover . but now mcd ' s is fighting back against the israeli health ministry ' s accusations that it ' s " junk food . "

obama and mcdonald’s israel , in a new commercial for the “big america” burger , have wowed the crowd this week ( ok , it’s an obama look - alike ) , setting off media reactions on how it’s a reflection on israeli - american relations , and that it’s typical israeli advertising .

s really began to take off . the growth in u . s . automobile use that came with suburbanization contributed heavily to mcdonald

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" the government of israel and the people of israel are praying together with the entire world for the safety of the astronauts on the shuttle columbia , " prime minister ariel sharon ' s office said in a statement . " the state of israel and its citizens are as one at this difficult time . "

now , mcdonalds is offering a second redesign , this time for its israeli restaurants , israel’s leading newspaper yedioth ahronoth reported monday .

“big mac” arrived in israel on thursday , when the first of what is planned to be a major chain of mcdonald’s fast - food outlets opened its doors under the famous golden arches .

israel’s main defense against terrorism is trying to keep them from setting foot in israel . israel prevents potential terrorists from entering israel from the palestinian territories and other countries by : 1 ) issuing travel permits and magnetic id cards that can be checked by computers to palestinians that work in israel ; 2 ) setting up roving checkpoints and spot searches on the numerous roads that link the west bank and israel ; 3 ) issuing color - coded license plates ( white for the gaza strip , blue for the west bank and yellow for israel ) that allow soldiers to quickly identify where vehicles are from ; 4 ) using security fences with electric sensors and cameras ; and 5 ) using patrols .

like gelcer , horovitz insists that his struggle against mcdonald ' s is communal , not global .

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had all of these when i was there . mcdonald ' s sucks without bacon and cheese .

8 . every day , mcdonald ' s serves more than 35 million customers - yet on any day , and as the industry leader - mcdonald ' s still serves less than one - percent of the world ' s population .

11 . ronald mcdonald made his first u . s . tv appearance in the 1966 macy ' s thanksgiving day parade . in 1967 he became mcdonald ' s official spokesperson for children . today , ronald mcdonald can be found in every mcdonald ' s market around the world - and speaks more than 25 languages , including cantonese , portuguese , russian , tagalog , papiamento , and hindi . sometimes the name of the world ' s most famous changes slightly with translation - in japan he ' s called " donald mcdonald , " in singapore ( country no . 26 ) he ' s known as " uncle mcdonald . "

bds supporters have targeted mcdonald ' s for its partnership with the jewish united fund , which , among other things , promotes visits to kiryat gat , built on top of a destroyed palestinian village . critics have also targeted mcdonald ' s for discriminating against arab workers at its restaurants in israel .

mcdonald ' s iconic " golden arches " are being trumped by the blue and white of israel ' s flag after the hamburger chain bowed to pressure from tel aviv ' s chief rabbi to distinguish its kosher restaurants and save religious jews from accidentally chomping on a cheeseburger .

mcdonald ' s has also come under pressure from some religious campaigners for employing jews on the sabbath , which is illegal in israel if rarely punished , and for continuing to serve cheeseburgers at all .

mcdonald ' s israel sources over 80 % of its ingredients locally , which 100 % kosher beef patties , potatoes , lettuce , buns , and milkshake mix in addition to directly employing 3000 israelis .

zinaty’s treatment at the hands of the israeli management of mcdonald’s is a stark illustration of an ever - swelling tide of discrimination against arab workers , jafar farah , the director of mossawa , a political lobbying group for israel’s one million palestinian citizens , told al - ahram weekly .

mcdonald ' s has 120 restaurants in israel , of which a dozen have kosher certificates for preparing food in accordance with religious law and for closing on the sabbath and religious holidays . the chain says it already uses kosher beef , potatoes , buns and milkshake mix in all its restaurants in israel .

s sales and market share continued to grow . consumers seemed to like the taste and consistency of mcdonald

9 . since its founding in 1955 , mcdonald ' s has sold well over 100 billion hamburgers .

mcdonald ' s is super popular in israel — the chain even offers potato - starch hamburger buns , like this one , that are kosher for passover . but now mcd ' s is fighting back against the israeli health ministry ' s accusations that it ' s " junk food . " daniel estrin for npr hide caption

even the unstructured , often anarchistic anti - globalization movement has adopted much of the anti - israel and anti - semitic rhetoric that has pervaded the new world human rights culture , equating israel , america ' s weaker surrogate , with american imperialism . last year , french sheep farmer and anti - globalization activist jose bove , who first won fame after he wrecked a local mcdonald ' s outlet in france , visited israel and the palestinian authority , called for international protection for the palestinian people , and accused israel of committing crimes against the palestinians .

two years ago , the haredim battled mcdonald ' s over its employment of jewish minors during shabbat . mcdonald ' s has had to pay fines for violating the shabbat laws , but , as a saturday visit to any mcdonald ' s branch will show , it continues to do so , apparently with impunity .

but , as often is the case in israel , politics and economics here are two different stories .

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not all mcdonalds in israel are kosher , only the ones that say kosher on the sign are .

yet , despite the universal homogeneity of the food , the protests against and support for mcdonald ' s in each country reveals much about the culture that mcdonald ' s was supposedly trying to homogenize - out .

sources say health minister’s call for israelis to avoid junk food , and mcdonald’s in particular , was probably unplanned but still touched a sensitive nerve .

shortly after israel ' s health minister made headlines with his super - sized attack on mcdonald ' s , israeli media reported an embarrassing statistic : according to the health ministry ' s budget , the minister ' s office staff spent some 70 , 000 shekels ( about $ 18 , 600 ) on soft drinks in 2015 .

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i was in marrakech last week , but sadly , we didn’t venture into a mcdonald’s . i wanted to…just to see how different it was . i guess , it’s not a stringent as a kosher mcdonald’s because at least muslims eat beef , no ?

aerial view of ariel , west bank . mcdonald ' s rival burger ranch plans to open a branch in the mall ' for the glory of the state of israel ' . photograph : ariel schalit / ap

last year , a mcdonald ' s spokeswoman in chicago confirmed that mcdonald ' s would no longer run tv commercials starring singer shaaban abdel - rehim , whose local fame came from a song entitled " i hate israel . " the spokeswoman denied that the decision was linked to complaints received from the american jewish committee .

kosher mcdonald ' s sign there was an obvious question about israeli mcdonald’s i had before i entered the country : were they kosher ? i had read that there were non - kosher mcdonald’s israel . in fact , the internet told me , most of the mcdonald’s in israel were non - kosher . during my entire time in israel i did not see a single non - kosher mcdonald’s . part of this might be due to where i’ve seen them : in a mall in eilat , in a mall in beer sheva , at the bus station in beer sheeva , in jerusalem , at the ramat aviv mall in tel aviv , on the beach in tel aviv and the ben gurion airport . all of these have been kosher mcdonald’s . it could be that i just saw the ones in popular locations and those happen to be kosher . that’s just fine , because for the purposes of this article , i’m just going to focus on the kosher ones because they are the most interesting .

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but not surprisingly , it is in jerusalem that mcdonald ' s has faced its most severe culture wars .

the mcdonald’s announcement came out in the same week that international rival burger king decided to leave the country .

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, and having its menu written in both hebrew and arabic and offering the regular mcdonald ' s fare .

not everything is kosher in the state of israel - - certainly not at mcdonald ' s . granted there are some kosher mcdonald ' s in the country , but many locations don ' t fully observe kashrut - - which is a good thing for the many secular people in the country who can ' t resist a slice of cheese atop their burger patties . like in many parts of the world , mcdonald ' s tweaks their menu to the local palates and culinary traditions - - mcdonald ' s israel has served mckebab and mcfalafel in the past , for example - - but in the past year mcdonald ' s has broadened its scopes while letting everyone know what it really think of the usa : burgers named for america are big .

2 . today , on average , mcdonald ' s opens a new restaurant every three hours . mcdonald ' s expects to open at least 2 , 500 restaurants this year - about 2 / 3 of those will be located outside the u . s .

similarly , some economists even use mcdonald ' s to compare international currency values . the " big mac index " uses the price of a mcdonald ' s cheeseburger to assess whether a local currency is undervalued or overvalued .

" when i assumed my position 10 months ago and i had to sign kashrut certificates for two [ mcdonald ' s ] restaurants in tel aviv , i refused because my conscience wouldn ' t let me , " rabbi israel meir lau told the yediot ahoronoth newspaper . " i was mainly concerned that tourists or adolescents who visit one kosher branch may jump to the conclusion that all mcdonald ' s branches in israel are kosher . "

united states state department ( 2002 ) country report on human rights practices : israel and the occupied territories .

in 2002 israel said it would target hamas political leaders not just members of its military wing . in march 2003 , israel killed ibrahim al - maqadma , a founder of hamas and a leader of its military wing . in august 2003 , israel killed hamas leader ismail abu shanab , regarded by some as a moderate .

keep in mind israel is one of the most developed nations in the world . very high median income .

19 . on the run ? in some places , mcdonald ' s goes along with you . for example , you can be served a children ' s meal of mcdonald ' s food aboard all domestic ( u . s . ) united airlines flights - or take a flight on " mcplane , " switzerland ' s crossair airline ' s entirely mcdonald ' s - themed plane . riding the rails ? mcdonald ' s switzerland features restaurant dining cars on their national railways . taking to the high seas ? mcdonald ' s restaurants are quickly becoming a feature on many european ferries - such as the stena line crossing between helsinki , finland and oslo , norway ( country no . 31 ) . other non - traditional mcdonald ' s restaurant sites include : hospitals , tollways , zoos , college campuses , airports , and military bases .

" that ' s the way to win tenders in mcdonald ' s . simply fight against the zionist entity , " the nameless and faceless campaign accuses .

eating at mcdonald ' s isn ' t an issue of principle , she insists . " eating at mcdonald ' s is a convenience . nothing more , and nothing less . mcdonald ' s to me isn ' t good or bad , it ' s there and i use it when i want to . so i ' m glad they moved here to the german colony - it ' s closer to home . "

the way mcdonald ' s sees it , the health minister is picking on the wrong fast - food chain .

bigness , jon , " getting mcdonald ' s sizzling again , " chicago tribune , august 30 , 1998 .

s menu board was short . in 1968 the now legendary big mac made its debut , and in 1969 mcdonald

the world ' s leading fast food restaurant chain . in 1948 , the brothers maurice and richard mcdonald converted their

17 ‑although israel provides no form of legal status — nor even official birth certificates — to children like jennielyn , many migrant workers presume —that israel relies on north american or western european - style model of citizenship whereby citizenship is granted on the basis of jus soli . these parents often express frustration and anger at israel’s refusal to grant their children any form of formal recognition .

israel’s experience is in many ways similar to other labour - importing industrialized and globally competitive countries ; the “pull” of increased demand for low wage unskilled laborers , through a range of formal and informal pathways , met the “push” of harsh third world economic conditions . in israel’s case , widespread recruitment began after the first

but the local rabbinate refused to grant mcdonald ' s a kashrut certificate , demanding that all of mcdonald ' s jerusalem branches , current and future , must be kosher in order for any one of them to receive rabbinic approval .

von breitenstein tina ( 1999 ) filipino workers in israel in roby nathanson and lea achdut ( eds . ) , the new workers : wage earners from foreign countries in israel , tel aviv : hakibbutz hameuchad [ hebrew ] .

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this fall , mcdonald ' s is finding itself affected by a new sociological trend : millennials , people born from the early 1980s to the early 2000s , rejecting mcdonald ' s in droves and threatening profits . the number of people ages 19 to 21 alone in the u . s . who visit mcdonald ' s monthly has fallen by 12 . 9 percent since 2011 say published sources .

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in the jewish state , as well as in most arab and muslim nations , mcdonald’s israel does not serve pork products , and mixing milk with meat , which is likely to occur inside of a cheeseburger , is frowned upon .

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if they only know about mcdonald ' s ingredients ! talk about a crumby kitchen and dining room , chairs included .

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first of all , let’s get one thing clear : this is not your moyel’s burger .

the branches with the new blue - and - white logos will act as a sub - branch of mcdonald’s , says omri padan , mcdonald ' s israel franchisee . at all non - kosher branches of the restaurant , padan said , blue - and - white signs listing kosher locations will be posted by the cash registers , to further avoid confusion .

internationally , the regulatory pressure was viewed as capricious and political and related to the ukraine crisis , but mcdonald ' s global stature and profits were still affected . mcdonald ' s closed all of its outlets in crimea following russia ' s occupation and annexation of the peninsula last spring .

leaders of the haredi community in jerusalem threatened to boycott the entire bus station if the restaurant were to open , and natzba reneged on their agreement with mcdonald ' s . undeterred , mcdonald ' s took them to court and won the right to open the restaurant ; the judge even ordered natzba to compensate mcdonald ' s nis 100 , 000 trial expenses .

the second is the super - hamburgers served in israeli branches ; apparently the largest in the world . this is the result of the corporation’s need to compete against “burger ranch , ” a local chain . hence , mcdonald’s in israel is expensive ; much more than in the usa .

international chains struggle to make their mark in israel , in part because they are unable to compete with local outlets .

i didn’t notice that they were kosher in israel…probably because i try my best to avoid eating there at all times .

no . although about 75 % of mcdonalds in israel aren ' t kosher , they all have the same menu .

the notion that starbucks could become bigger than mcdonald’s is no small feat . think about it : mcdonald’s first went nationwide in the 1950s , and opened its first international outposts in the 1970s . by comparison , starbucks expanded nationally in the early 1990s , and opened international outposts in 1997 . mcdonald’s was the first company to master the chain model in the first place . within half a decade , starbucks could eclipse mcdonald’s by opening 37 , 000 stores worldwide , compared to the 36 , 615 mcdonald’s openings that occurred as of september 2016 . although starbucks isn’t quite there yet , they will be soon .

a mcdonald ' s spokeswoman said the new kosher colour applies only to its tel aviv locations for now , but said they hoped the arrangement would be embraced by other rabbinates in israel . in the meantime , non - kosher mcdonald ' s are expected to post blue - and - white signs at their cash registers showing the location of the nearest kosher outlet .

mcdonald ' s israel ' s also has their own " mcsmile program " to give children recovering from cancer along with their families a trip . starting in 2000 , 16 israeli teenagers were given a trip to turkey and since then annually a group of israeli children are given a trip .

s really began to take off . the growth in automobile use that came with the suburbanization of america contributed heavily to mcdonald

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the health ministry ' s spokeswoman says these criteria apply to mcdonald ' s , despite the fact that the chain has added healthy items to its menu in recent years .

trust me , in reality they ' re anything but . it ' s just the old mcdonald ' s patty , just bigger , and costs like a premium burger .

4 . the sun never sets on the golden arches . as a matter of fact , the northernmost mcdonald ' s is located in oulu , finland ( country no . 35 ) . the southernmost mcdonald ' s is located in invercargill , new zealand ( country no . 20 ) . the world ' s easternmost mcdonald ' s restaurant is in gisborne , new zealand - and the westernmost mcdonald ' s restaurant is in western samoa ( country no . 91 ) - as they are the closest to either side of the international date line .

mossawa claims the problem at mcdonald ' s is common throughout israel where arabs are banned by some companies from speaking their mother tongue . many israeli arabs and palestinians from east jerusalem suppress their language and identity in order to work in israeli establishments .

mcdonald ' s , which has 180 outlets in israel and dominates the domestic fast - food industry , declined an offer to open a restaurant in a shopping mall under construction in ariel , a vast settlement which juts deep inside the west bank .

the restaurant opened with great fanfare when william brown , the u . s . ambassador to israel , and ramat gan mayor zvi bar met with amri padan , mcdonald’s israeli concessionaire , to relish the first burger served at the new restaurant , in the canion ayalon shopping mall in ramat gan .

emphasizing that the israel cancer association is a superbrand in israel in the same way mcdonald’s is in america , lexye aversa — executive vice president of the association — highlighted the american organization’s local roots . “this is not the palm beach branch . there is no new york office . this is it . it is up to us to spread the word and take it to the higher level it needs to be . ”

in may 1998 greenberg was named president and ceo of mcdonald ' s corporation , with quinlan remaining chairman ; at the same time alan d . feldman , who had joined the company only four years earlier from pizza hut , replaced greenberg as president of mcdonald ' s u . s . a .

abir kopty , a spokeswoman for mossawa , said : " since we discovered this problem at mcdonald ' s we have had several other claims about other companies . we will continue our campaign against mcdonald ' s and take legal action if necessary . "

israel tv , the non - commercial station , can raise revenue with public service spots or institutional sponsorships of programs , much along the lines of the public broadcasting service in the u . s . while multichannel cable tv has served israel for a decade , no local commercials are permitted . some local advertisers get around the ban on local ads by advertising on the european mtv station , which is seen in israel .

politicians regularly talk about the threat arab israelis pose to the security of israel and to the demography of the jewish state .

17 . mcdonald ' s first restaurant in russia ( country no . 50 ) opened in 1990 . today , that country boasts the busiest mcdonald ' s in the world - on pushkin square in moscow - which serves 40 , 000 people every day . and , since 1990 , more than 140 million customers have been served " beeg maks " and " kartofel free " at russia ' s 11 mcdonald ' s restaurants .

kosher fast food chain mcdavid is returning to israel . the chain operated in israel in the 1980s and 1990s , before competition from macdonald ' s and burger king forced it out . mcdavid will open its first branch in upper nazareth next week , and the chain ' s franchisee promises to open more branches across the country over the coming year .

knesset member miriam regev—who was the idf spokesperson before joining the likud party—said : “mcdonald’s owner is a loser and a lefty . ”

mcdonald ' s also had to increasingly battle its public image as a purveyor of fatty , unhealthful food . consumers began filing lawsuits contending that years of eating at mcdonald ' s had made them overweight . mcdonald ' s responded by introducing low - calorie menu items and switching to a more healthful cooking oil for its french fries . mcdonald ' s franchises overseas became a favorite target of people and groups expressing anti - american and / or antiglobalization sentiments . in august 1999 a group of protesters led by farmer jos

chiem , phat x , " putting the sizzle back in mcdonald ' s , " chicago tribune , april 16 , 2000 .

of the u . s . fast - food market ( burger king is number two with 19 percent ) . internationally , mcdonald

s president and chief administrative officer . kroc became chairman and remained ceo until 1973 . turner had originally intended to open a mcdonald

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according to mcdonald ' s israel ceo omri padan , " the mcfalafel is another one of our products which has been adjusted to the israeli taste , joining the iraqi pita bread series which also include mckebab . in addition , mcfalafel meets the standards of wise nutrition which have been promoted by mcdonald ' s since 2003 . mcfalafel has 499 calories and only 6 . 7 % fat .

in december israel ' s first settlement university was authorised in ariel when the government upgraded a college . some 165 israeli academics had earlier called for a boycott of the university .

in israel , not surprisingly , the struggles for and against mcdonald ' s reveal the social and political tensions between haredim and secular , between local patriotism and glocal activism and globalization , against the background of increasing free - market privatization and decreasing collective solidarity .

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it ' s news that few can believe . profits at mcdonald’s fell an astounding 30 percent during the third quarter and have been slumping for four quarters . the unexpected profit nose dive at the world’s largest restaurant chain is attributed to competition from other food chains , price hikes on some products and troubling developments overseas . specifically , a mcdonald ' s supplier in china was recently shown changing food expiration dates on meat products and nine mcdonald’s restaurants were shuttered by authorities in russia for political reasons .

the israeli - owned franchise rejected the invitation , citing a long - term policy not to operate across the pre - 1967 green line . " this has always been the policy of dr omri padan [ the franchise owner ] , " mcdonald ' s said . padan , chief executive of mcdonald ' s israel , was a founding member of peace now , the anti - settlement organisation .

mcdonald ' s also maintains a restaurant at tel aviv ' s ben gurion airport that remains kosher by not selling meat . instead it offers eggs , potatoes , salads and bagels .

jerusalem — the big macs were kosher , but there was hardly a kippah in sight wednesday of last week at the opening of the world ' s first kosher mcdonald ' s .

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to explain the defection , business analysts cite young people ' s desire for healthier foods or foods they can customize and speculate about which fast - food chains are picking up mcdonald ' s slack . but they miss two larger demographic trends that have a lot to do with young people ' s disenchantment with mcdonald ' s : vegetarianism and a drop in car culture .

25 . the opening of mcdonald ' s first restaurants in minsk , belarus ( country no . 100 ) makes it the 100th country to raise the golden arches . to mark the occasion , the entire mcdonald ' s international system - through ronald mcdonald house charities ( rmhc ) - has donated us $ 100 , 000 to the child ' s center of the republic of belarus , minsk ' s main children ' s hospital , for the purchase of a specially - equipped neo - natal ambulance .

but , in fact , mcdonald ' s does seem to win most of its battles . throughout the world , anti - mcdonald ' s activists have had a few successes . the mclibel case is the most notable . in june , 1994 , mcdonald ' s uk charged two activists with the production of a " libelous " pamphlet against the chain . the two , who defended themselves , managed to keep mcdonald ' s in court for more than two years , at significant cost and bad press . and they won the suit .

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eating habits . on any given day , about eight percent of the u . s . population will eat a meal at a mcdonald

s also began to benefit from a 10 - year global marketing alliance signed with disney in 1996 . initial disney movies promoted by mcdonald

s 1 . 1 billion people three places to find the golden arches . in march of 1992 , two native czechoslovakians opened a mcdonald

s further diversified its menu to suit changing consumer tastes . chicken mcnuggets were introduced in 1983 ; by the end of the year mcdonald

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the notion that starbucks could become bigger than mcdonald ' s is no small feat . think about it : mcdonald ' s first went nationwide in the 1950s , and opened its first international outposts in the 1970s . by comparison , starbucks expanded nationally in the early 1990s , and opened international outposts in 1997 . mcdonald ' s was the first company to master the chain model in the first place . within half a decade , starbucks could eclipse mcdonald ' s by opening 37 , 000 stores worldwide , compared to the 36 , 615 mcdonald ' s openings that occurred as of september 2016 . although starbucks isn ' t quite there yet , they will be soon .

mcdonald ' s says , however , that all their israeli restaurants use kosher beef , potatoes , buns , lettuce and milkshake mix .

one mcdonald ' s lawsuit led to some of the company ' s worst publicity ever . in the so - called " mclibel " trial of 1994 to 1996 , the company sued two english citizens , david morris and helen steel . they were accused of libeling mcdonald ' s , deliberately spreading false information about its practices . among other things , mcdonald ' s was supposedly guilty of selling unhealthy food , destroying rain forests in south america to raise cattle , and mistreating its workers . the company did win , but the judge ruled that some of the statements about mcdonald ' s were true , including the company ' s role in the cruel treatment of animals killed for meat . the mclibel trial confirmed some people ' s view of mcdonald ' s as a huge corporation determined to do anything to increase its profits .

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