McDonald’s announces £250 million investment in restaurant redesign
Today McDonald’s UK&I announces an investment of over £250 million over the next four years as the brand embarks on a programme to redesign some of its restaurant estates.
McDonald’s to hire 20,000 people in jobs across the UK and Ireland
McDonald’s is today announcing that it is looking to fill 20,000 roles in its restaurants across the UK and Ireland this year. The roles are being driven by McDonald’s plans to open over 50 new restaurants across the country over
UXUS creates new interiors for McDonald’s to inspire connectivity and togetherness
Leading hospitality and retail design agency UXUS announce the details of Luna, a new interior concept for McDonald’s designed to bring people together in a welcoming, playful and shareable environment. UXUS have developed a unique design language for McDonald’s inspired
McDonald’s partners with InstaVolt to create EV charging network
McDonald’s is today announcing plans to introduce electric vehicle (EV) rapid charging points as standard across new UK Drive-Thru restaurants, through a new partnership with InstaVolt. McDonald’s ambition is to create a new nationwide charging network to support increasing demand
Adyen announces international mobile app payments agreement with McDonald’s
Adyen, the global payments platform of choice for many of the world’s leading companies, announced today that it has entered into an agreement to make Adyen’s payments platform available to McDonald’s markets globally, beginning with the U.K. early next year.
McDonald’s selects Ingenico as its long-term Payment Solution Provider
McDonald’s, along with its franchisees, in the UK and Ireland has selected Ingenico Group, the global leader in seamless payment, to handle the growth in demand for cashless transactions for the next five years. McDonald’s cites capacity, reliability, performance and
Happy (Meal) cows: Arla and McDonald’s celebrate 30-year partnership
Working together with McDonald’s, Arla is launching a new co-branded Happy Meal and Arla Organic Milk bottle which will roll-out across McDonald’s UK restaurants.
McDonald’s and Soundtrack Your Brand re-invent the music pop quiz
McDonald’s and Soundtrack Your Brand, the world’s leading music streaming service for brands, have been working for the past year to develop a new way for guests to interact with music when they’re having a meal. BeatQuiz is an AR quiz
McDonald’s launches ‘more ways to win’ promotion with Monopoly
McDonald’s has launched a campaign to support its tie-up with Monopoly that gives customers the opportunity to win millions of prizes. A TV spot, which forms part of a wider multi-media campaign comprising press, radio, outdoor and in-store activity created by
McDonald’s launches outdoor campaign to showcase favourites and promotes McCafé
McDonald's is launching a national outdoor campaign today to promote the all time favourites on its menu. The campaign was created by Leo Burnett London.
McDonald’s UK launches fun new festive campaign with a twist
McDonald’s UK marks the beginning of its festive promotion with a fun new campaign that’ll see the British public encouraged to dust off their vocal chords and embrace the festive spirit.
McDonald’s invites families to discover the extraordinary world of Roald Dahl with innovative app experience
McDonald’s has partnered with the Roald Dahl Literary Estate and Penguin Random House Children’s UK to bring even more fun to the joy of reading as part of the latest Happy Meal promotion. From 23 September to 3 November, McDonald’s
McDonald’s stages ‘flying car’ at drive thru in ‘good times’ brand campaign
In an innovative stunt, McDonald’s UK and The Marketing Store have made the seemingly impossible possible by making a car take off and fly, much to the amazement of unsuspecting onlookers at a McDonald’s drive thru. The stunt, which was captured
CM Telecom brings local support for mobile messaging, apps, payment and engagement services to UK and French markets
Global mobile services company CM Telecom (www.cmtelecom.com) has continued its global expansion by opening offices in the UK and French markets. CM Telecom provides a set of APIs via one platform of messaging, push notifications and SMS, payments, apps and
McDonald’s rolls out new packaging design featuring QR codes around the world
McDonald’s has launched a new global packaging design to be used in the majority of its restaurants around the world. The new-look has been created by the UK- and Chicago-based brand design agency, Boxer. The graphic design is on carry-out
McDonald’s Germany debuts AR app to educate customers on sustainability goals
McDonald’s Germany has launched an augmented reality app – McMission – as a playful approach to educate its customers on the company’s commitment to sustainability. Coinciding with the publishing of McDonald’s third Corporate Responsibility Report, the app is now available
McDonald’s installs Building Energy Management Systems in 1,100 restaurants
McDonald’s has installed Building Energy Management Systems (BEMS) from Trend Controls across 1,100 of its UK restaurants to reduce costs and help make it one of the world’s most sustainable quick service restaurant chains. Since it was founded in 1954, McDonald’s
McDonald’s changes free wifi provider to O2 as customer usage soars
McDonald’s is changing its free wifi provider in its UK restaurants to O2 from The Cloud in a new five-year deal. The switchover at McDonald’s 1,200-strong chain will be in time for this summer’s Olympic Games. McDonald’s has been a
Exclusive: brand design agency, M Worldwide, predicts future retailing trends
Retail Times editor, Fiona Briggs, talks to David Martin, joint managing director at brand design agency, M Worldwide, about future retail trends Brand design agency, M Worldwide, has a hawk-eye view of the latest retail trends and concepts. The business
E-tailers poised to lead high street revolution, says design and brand agency
David Martin, co-managing partner at the London retail design and branding agency, M Worldwide, believes e-tailers are poised to lead the resurgence in UK high streets High street occupancy levels are at an all-time low, internet shopping is increasing exponentially,
Superdrug launches contactless payment in 50 UK stores and plans roll out
Superdrug, the UK’s second largest health and beauty retailer, has launched contactless payment at 50 of its UK stores and plans to expand the technology across the UK during 2012. The contactless technology has been provided by WorldPay’s card payment
