Latest McDonald's USA Stories
OAK BROOK, Ill., March 22 /PRNewswire/ -- McDonald's USA announced today that the company has entered into an agreement with Michelle Wie, one of the world's top golfers. The new relationship was announced following the filming of a McDonald's commercial that will feature Wie and a message celebrating success and achievement. The ad campaign will launch in April and will be available in five languages - Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin), English, Korean and Taglish. In addition to the...
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- On February 11, the McDonald's All American High School Basketball Selection Committee announced the 33rd All American High School Basketball Boys Team and the ninth All American High School Basketball Girls Team. The committee named Haley Peters of Peddie High School in Hightstown, NJ and Maggie Lucas of Germantown Academy in Washington, PA to the Girls Team. "We are proud to support the achievements of our local student athletes, Haley Peters and...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Feb. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Today at the McDonald's restaurant in the Olympic Main Media Center, McDonald's officially launched its global activities for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games. Olympic gold medalists Cassie Campbell, Shawn Johnson, Picabo Street and Katarina Witt participated in a fun food competition as the Company provided a first look at an upcoming McDonald's menu item, Real Fruit Smoothies. As the only Official Restaurant of the Olympic Games...
OAK BROOK, Ill., Feb. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- McDonald's confirmed today NBA All-Star Dwight Howard of the Orlando Magic has renewed a multi-year agreement with the company, extending a relationship that dates back to 2008. Although financial details of the contract will not be disclosed publicly, Howard's agreement includes support of several McDonald's programs, promotions and other initiatives in coming months. This month, Howard will back McDonald's sponsorship of the 2010 Winter...
OAK BROOK, Ill., Jan. 28/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- -- McDonald's confirmed today that LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers has agreed to a multi-year deal with team-McDonald's. The relationship will kick-off with James' appearance in a remake of the iconic 1993 Super Bowl commercial "The Showdown," which is set to launch during pre-kick of Super Bowl® XLIV, in Miami. Although financial details of the contract will not be disclosed publicly, James' agreement includes support of...
OAK BROOK, Ill., Jan. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Today via a live Webcast, McDonald's unveiled new, compelling advertising, athlete-themed packaging and the latest news on its signature programs for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games. Mary Dillon, McDonald's Global Chief Marketing Officer, John Betts, McDonald's Canada President, and Olympians Shawn Johnson (U.S. gold medal gymnast) and Patrick Chan (Canadian men's figure skating champion and world silver medalist) shared details of how...
McDonald's restaurants are set to become the largest providers of free Wi-Fi access in the country after announcing they will remove the fee for Internet access in franchise stores nationwide, Dallas News reported.David Groom, chief information officer for McDonald's USA, said starting in mid-January, some 11,000 of the more than 13,000 U.S. locations will offer free Wi-Fi under an arrangement with Dallas-based AT&T Inc.A spokeswoman for McDonald's said about 200 of the 300 McDonald's...
OAK BROOK, Ill., Dec. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- McDonald's announced today during a live global Webcast its plans to bring amazing digital experiences to its young adult customers through its partnership with Academy-Award winning director James Cameron and Twentieth Century Fox -makers of the highly anticipated film AVATAR, debuting in theaters worldwide Dec. 18. An archive of the Webcast is available. Live from London just hours before AVATAR's world premiere, Cameron and Oscar-winning producer...
OAK BROOK, Ill., Dec. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- In anticipation of James Cameron's AVATAR hitting theaters December 18, McDonald's plans to create a flood of excitement prior to the movie's launch and the company's in-restaurant promotion with a special sweepstakes incentive for Twitter followers: the chance to win a Big Mac Lunch and private screening of the movie with Academy Award-winner Jon Landau, producer of AVATAR. Starting today through December 17, McDonald's USA launches the...
OAK BROOK, Ill., Nov. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- When 23-year-old Brandi Futch of White House, Tennessee went to her local McDonald's® restaurant for a McChicken® sandwich, French Fries and Sweet Tea, she never imagined she would be walking away $1 million richer. But that's exactly what happened when Futch peeled off the two most coveted Game Pieces in the MONOPOLY® Game at McDonald's - Boardwalk and Park Place - from her Sweet Tea to become a $1 million winner in this year's Game....
