Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Very Large McDonald's

The McDonald's at the Olympic Green (there is also a second McD's at the subway station) had the largest serving counter I have ever seen. There must have been easily 40 registers, and people lined up 4 and 5 deep every time I visited. Of course there was the usual line jumping, invasion of personal space, and elbowing, not to mention the need to bring the entire extended family to the counter at the same time to decided what to eat (not like they had 5 minutes in line to decide). It has over 1,000 seats!

http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/beijinggames/entries/2008/mcdonald-s-is-loving-it-on-beijing-s-olympic-green


http://www.sltrib.com/business/ci_10226767 (They finally opened up the Green to everyone, so this article was written before the decision was made)