McDonalds

McDonalds
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Locations:	10 MSA sites
Associated names:	Burger King
Predecessors:	Wimpy, Entrempts
Successors:	Wimpy, Burger King, The Burger Company
Website: www.mcdonalds.co.uk

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McDonalds 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.

McDonalds 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 'McDonalds Costa', creating a similar set up to what is now used at Blackburn and Cullompton.

When the first McDonalds 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 McDonalds still remain, no more have been built at Welcome Breaks and instead KFC is being rolled out.

Locations

• Baldock (A1(M)/A1)
• Beaconsfield (M40)
• Blackburn with Darwen (M65)
• Cullompton (M5)
• Fleet (M3)
• Lymm (M6/M56)
• Peterborough (A1(M)/A1)
• Strensham (M5)
• West Wellow (M27/A36)
• Woodall (M1)

A-road Services

• Appleby Magna (A42)
• Ashby-de-la-Zouch (A42)
• Brampton Hut (A1/A14)
• Brentwood (A12)
• Broxden (M90/A9)
• Cambridge (A14)
• Chelmsford (A12)
• Crossbush (A27)
• Didcot (A34)
• Four Pools (A46)
• Hayle (A30)
• Leeming Bar (A1)
• Markham Moor (A1)
• Moor Farm (A19)
• Northern Gateway (A1)
• Northop Hall (A55) (westbound only)
• Penhale (A30)
• Petersfield (A3)
• Rothwell (A14) (eastbound only)
• South Queensferry (A90)
• Stanford-le-Hope (A13) (westbound only)
• Tot Hill (A34)
• Towcester (A43)
• Wyboston (A1) (southbound only)

Former Locations

• Annandale Water (A74(M))
• Bothwell (M74) (southbound only)
• Clacket Lane (M25)
• Hamilton (M74) (northbound only)
• Heart of Scotland (M8)
• Killington Lake (M6) (southbound only)
• Northampton (M1/A43)
• Pont Abraham (M4)
• Rownhams (M27)
• Sandbach (M6)
• Sedgemoor (South) (M5) (southbound only)
• Strensham (M5)
• Taunton Deane (M5)
• Tibshelf (M1)
• Watford Gap (M1)

Please note that these lists are incomplete and focus largely on the a-roads already covered on this site.

Comments and Reviews

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Author: Message: Anonymous The toilets at totthill mcdonalds,are the most dirtiest ive come across,every toilet was full of excretement and their were hundreds of tiny flies all over the walls and floors,noone seemed at least bothered by cleaning them,the lad they had cleaning the tables looked like he needed a good bath,and wasnt interested in doing the tables that needed cleaning,he seemed happy spraying the tables that ppl were sitting at or by...come on mcdonalds get your place in order. Posted: 11 Jun 2010, 10:01 Admin Post your comments and reviews on McDonalds here, or you can return to McDonalds. Posted: 19 Aug 2006, 14:26
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