Friday, September 24, 2010

The back lot tour of McDonalds - where the meat comes from

Marr Russia- Hamburger kings
The busiest McDonald's restaurant in the world is on Pushkin Square, Moscow. The store serves 30,000 customers a day, as busy as on theri opening day, January 31, 1990.

The menu is similar as in the United States, with the addition of cabbage pie and a few other traditional Russian food items.

The Pushkin Square restaurant is important as well because it is the jewel in a growing real estate empire that ranks McDonald's among the largest corporate landowners in Russia.

Ever wonder how Russia can get hamburger paddies for such a large scale business?
One source is Italian company Marr Russia operating in Russia where they produce beef paddies for McDonalds's hamburgers in Russia.

Here's the beef
The ground beef ...





20 years ago the opening of the Pushkin Square McDonalds. Over 30,000 burgers were served.