Sources: KNTV
The U.S. Center for Disease Control announces that one person has died and at least 48 others have become ill in an "E. coli" outbreak linked to McDonald's Quarter Pounder beef sandwiches in ten western and midwest states with the first case confirmed on 27 September. 2024-10-22
American fast food company McDonald's is sued by 50 black owners for racial discrimination. According to the lawsuit, McDonald's steered black franchisees to stores which had lower revenue and higher security expenses than stores in more affluent areas. 2020-09-1
Eight people are shot, one fatally, following a dispute outside a McDonald's in downtown Seattle, Washington. 2020-01-22
McDonald's CEO Steve Easterbrook is fired for having a relationship with an employee. Current company president Chris Kempczinski immediately assumes his position. 2019-11-3
The Obama Administration, through its appointment of a majority of board members on the Democratic-controlled U.S. National Labor Relations Board's 3–2 ruling in the Browning-Ferris case uses an expanded definition of joint employer when determining if a parent company shares responsibility for workers hired by a subcontractor or franchisee. The Republican-controlled US Congress responded to arguments from businesses such as the International Franchise Association by adding another NLRB-related rider to the budget to block implementation of this latest ruling. Browning-Ferris can appeal the decision to a federal appeals court. The ruling could affect current unionization and pay efforts at McDonald's franchises. 2015-08-27
McDonald's restaurants stop selling Chicken McNuggets and some other chicken products in Hong Kong, China and Japan from Shanghai Husi Foods that allegedly sold out-of-date items to fast food restaurants. 2014-07-25
McDonald's opens their first restaurant within Vietnam in Ho Chi Minh City. 2014-02-8
McDonald's announces that it will open its first outlet in Vietnam early next year, which will be in Ho Chi Minh City, and will be operated by Henry Nguyen, a Vietnamese businessman and the son-in-law of Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng. 2013-07-16
Six people are wounded during a drive-by shooting outside a McDonald's restaurant in East Palo Alto, California, United States. 2013-05-5
McDonald's attempted to pressure the U.S. government to stall the implementation of the Dominican Republic – Central America Free Trade Agreement until El Salvador appointed "neutral judges" in a $24million lawsuit against the company in 2006. 2010-12-22