| McDonald's | |
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| Locations: | 19 MSA sites |
| Associated names: | Burger King |
| Predecessors: | Wimpy, Entrempts, The Burger Company |
| Successors: | Wimpy, Burger King |
| Opening hours: | All MSA's open 24 hours |
| Website: www.mcdonalds.co.uk Facebook Page Twitter: @McDonalds | |
McDonald's could well be said to be the kings of fast food, yet still they have relatively few sites on the motorway. For a while they were signposted as the operators of Cullompton and Blackburn, but they have always been owned by Extra.
McDonald's are well known amongst service area operators for being very strict on who can use their name. They have now relaxed things a bit and they are at all of Extra's services, as well as being trialled at Roadchef's Strensham. An un-franchised store used to operate here but it was closed because it struggled to recruit staff. As part of the trial, Roadchef have removed their name from the road signs, instead signposting themselves as 'McDonald's Costa', creating a similar set up to what is now used at Blackburn and Cullompton. RoadChef announced in September 2012 that later this year they hope to role out McDonalds to all there sites, replacing The Burger Company.
When the first McDonald's at a Welcome Break opened in 1995, they said that they were going to build one at all 26 of their sites. This process was stopped after just two because Welcome Break were bought by Granada who insisted that every one of their services had a Burger King. Today, Welcome Break and Granada have split and whilst the two McDonald's still remain, no more have been built at Welcome Breaks and instead KFC is being rolled out.
All TRSA's have free WiFi available and Drive Thru's.
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Locations
McDonalds operate at some Welcome Break, Roadchef and Extra motorway services. They are:- Baldock (A1(M)/A1)
- Beaconsfield (M40)
- Blackburn with Darwen (M65)
- Chester (M56)
- Clacket Lane (M25)
- Cobham (M25)
- Cullompton (M5)
- Durham (A1(M))
- Fleet (M3)
- Lymm (M6/M56)
- Maidstone (M20)
- Magor (M4)
- Northampton (M1) (southbound only)
- Peterborough (A1(M)/A1)
- Rownhams (M27) (westbound only)
- Sandbach (M6)
- Stafford (South) (M6)
- Strensham (M5)
- Tibshelf (M1) (southbound only)
- Watford Gap (M1) (northbound only)
- Woodall (M1) (northbound only)
A-road Services
- Appleby Magna (A42) (open 24 hours)
- Ashby-de-la-Zouch (A42)
- Bilbrough Top (A64) (open 24 hours)
- Bourne End (A41) (open 24 hours)
- Brampton Hut (A1/A14) (open 24 hours)
- Brentwood (A12) (open 24 hours)
- Broxden (M90/A9)
- Cambridge (A14) (open 24 hours)
- Chelmsford (A12) (open 24 hours)
- Crossbush (A27) (open 24 hours)
- Didcot (A34) (open 24 hours)
- Eye Green (A47)
- Four Pools (A46)
- Hayle (A30)
- Leeming Bar (A1)
- Markham Moor (A1) (open 24 hours)
- Moor Farm (A19) (open 24 hours)
- Northern Gateway (A1) (open 24 hours)
- Northop Hall (A55) (open 24 hours) (westbound only)
- Ollerton (A614) (open 24 hours)
- Oversley Mill (A46) (OPENING SOON)
- Penhale (A30) (open 24 hours)
- Petersfield (A3) (open 24 hours)
- Raunds (A45) (open 24 hours)
- Rothwell (A14) (open 24 hours) (eastbound only)
- Sittingbourne (A249) (open 24 hours)
- South Queensferry (A90)
- Spalding (A16)
- Sparkford (A303)
- Stanford-le-Hope (A13) (open 24 hours) (westbound only)
- Stansted (A120) (open 24 hours)
- Swaffham (A47) (open 24 hours)
- Tot Hill (A34) (open 24 hours)
- Towcester (A43) (open 24 hours)
- West Wellow (M27/A36) (open 24 hours)
- Wolviston (A19/A689) (open 24 hours)
- Wyboston (A1) (open 24 hours) (southbound only)
Irish Locations
- Cashel (M8) (open 24 hours)
Former Locations
- Annandale Water (A74(M))
- Bothwell (M74) (southbound only)
- Hamilton (M74) (northbound only)
- Heart of Scotland (M8)