by YARNLADY is happy everyday on July 13th, 2007
From an excellent website "FranInfo" by Howard Bassuk:
"...they developed a unique relationship with the franchisees which is based on the fact that McDonald's owns the land and building for all the franchise units. They in essence rent the business to the franchisee for a per cent of the gross sales of the unit. The beauty of this concept is that the interest of the franchisee and McDonald's are absolutely intertwined, the better the franchisee does, the better McDonald's does."
http://www.franinfo.com/whatis.html
by MrBLT needs to be contained on July 24th, 2007
I've heard that the McDonald's Corporation is the second largest land holder in the entire world - behind only the Catholic Church. And, they own some of the most valuable pieces of property in the entire world.
by Ross Meeks on July 15th, 2007
Franchise main:
http://www.mcdonalds.com/content/corp/franchise/franchisinghome.html
Franchise Real estate page:
http://www.mcdonalds.com/corp/franchise/realestate.html
by singwell-is off researching a lot on July 5th, 2007
MacDonalds owns the land and building. The franchisee only owns the right to trade, I think. But I could be wrong.
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Excellent answer, thank you.
by Jon the human on July 13th, 2007