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Well, according to the McDonald's website they own 31,000+ locations.

And according to the Internets estimate of the average McDonald's lot size

of 4,000 sq ft. this comes to an estimated 124 million sq sf of PRIME

commercial real estate. There is 43,560 sq ft in one acre, so McDonald's

owns 2,847 acres of commercial real estate scattered over 119 countries

and 6 continents!

http://www.answers.com/Q/How_much_land_does_McDonald%27s_own

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In fact, the National Employment Law Project reports that

McDonald's phenomenal $1.5 billion profit is bloated by an

estimated $1.2 billion that we taxpayers will shell out this

year to support its predatory wage-and-benefit policy."
http://www.progressive.org/news/2013/10/185206/why-

government-subsidizing-mcdonalds

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by including a Teenie Beanie Baby with each purchase, McDonald's sold about 100 million Happy Meals.

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"By linking with a fast food company, a Hollywood studio typically gains anywhere from $25 million to $45 million in additional advertising for a film, often doubling its ad budget."

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"Playlands bring in children, who bring in parents, who bring in money."

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"Some chains grew through franchised outlets;

others through company-owned stores;

and McDonald's eventually expanded through both."

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"[McDonald's] obtained properties and leased them to franchisees with

at least a 40 percent markup...Additional rental fees were based on a

restaurant's annual revenues." Sonneborn, Kroc's business partner, said,

"We are in the real estate business. The only reason we sell fifteen cent

hamburgers is because they are the greatest producer of revenue from

which our tenants can pay us our rent."

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Walt Disney pioneered the marketing strategy known as "synergy".

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"Franchising enabled the new fast food chains

to expand rapidly by raising the hopes and

using the money of small investors.

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"Hoping that nostalgic childhood memories

of a brand will lead to a lifetime of purchases,

companies now plan "cradle-to-grave"

advertising strategies.

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It built small Playlands and McDonald lands all over the United States

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"Instead of investing in a large theme park, the company pursued a more decentralized approach. It built a small Playlands and McDonaldlands all over the United States."

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Bozo's appearance at a McDonald's restaurant drew large crowds.

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"The late 1960's expansion of the McDonald's restaurant change coincided with declining fortunes at the Walt Disney company."

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"The McDonald's Corporation's first mascot was Speedee, a winking little chef with a hamburger for a head."

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"A child who loves our TV commercials," Kroc replied, "and brings her grandparents to a McDonald's gives us two more customers."

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"The McDonalds franchise agreement required every new restaurant to fly the stars and stripes."

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"He (Kroc) picked the right moment...America was in the middle of a baby boom..."

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it's the law of the universe that the strong shall survive

the weak must fall by the way, and i don't give a damn what idealistic plan is cooked up nothing can change that.

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"Ray Kroc took the McDonald brother's Speedee Service System and spread it nationwide, creating a fast food empire."

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"...they (Kroc and Disney) fled the midwest and settled in southern California, where they played central roles in the creation of new American industries."

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"The eighty-acre campus of Hamburger University, McDonald's managerial training center"