About seven months ago, I met an American guy who had arrived at New Zealand just a few days before. While exchanging our
sentiments (I am from Japan) on New Zealand and its culture, the guy told me how he was surprised to see the country is so
Americanised, mentioning McDonald's as one of the examples. Now, in a different sense, this was surprising to me, too. I had
never had the idea that having McDonald's is being Americanised. In fact, McDonald's is nearly everywhere in the world so that
many people think it has already become part of their own cultures. But then the question arises: How did this come to be the
case? Here is a brief outline of its history (based on Hebert, 1997; McDonald's Corp., 1997; Mclennan, 1996).

History

In 1937, McDonald's was founded as a small local restaurant by two brothers, Maurice and Richard McDonald in Pasadena,
California. In 1948, the brothers then converted their barbecue drive-in with......

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