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On March 9, 1981, the first McDonald's in Spain opened its doors , in the heart of Madrid's Gran Vía. 40 years later, it is one of the best-known franchises in the country, where it has more than 535 restaurants and 125 franchise partners. What started with 20 employees has expanded to employ more than 21,000 people. Although we now all know which company the yellow "m" belongs to, at the time, for Spaniards it was quite a novelty to receive a fast food establishment like that, from the United States. In front of the most traditional restaurants in the city, the clown Ronald McDonald seemed alien while at the same time producing curiosity, which he won by a landslide. To celebrate those four decades of existence, we wanted to review a series of curious facts and anecdotes about McDonald's Spain that are not so well known and that deserve to see the light.
Belen pelsmaeker mcdonald's franchisee Belén Pelsmaeker, one of the first employees of McDonald's Spain, currently 1. Some of the first employees remain linked to the brand Eight of the people who worked at the first Phone Number List McDonald's in Spain are still linked to the company. Belén Pelsmaeker, Santiago Gómez, Manuel Parra, Epifanía Muñoz, Féliz Domínguez, Natividad Alameda, Álvaro Villena and María Pinedo are the names of the employees who decided to continue their journey with the chain, most of them as franchisees. Pelsmaeker, for example, has been a McDonald's franchisee since 1992 and currently runs four restaurants in Jerez de la Frontera (Cádiz). In the case of Parra, he has three in Seville, while Santiago Gómez, a member of the financial department back in 1981, manages a store in El Puerto de Santa María. For her part, Epifanía is not a franchisee, but works as a manager in a restaurant in El Juncal, in the Madrid town of Alcobendas.
At that time there were no job advertisements like there are now, on the Internet, so we all found out through word of mouth that a company called McDonald's was going to arrive in Spain, which was looking for people," Belén Pelsmaeker told us exclusively. . Both she and Parra have agreed above all that one of the best things about that first McDonald's was the camaraderie . «I remember that there was an incredible group of people. We were very young people, and there was a very good atmosphere. I came from working in a bank, in an office, and I found a very different, very human, extraordinary environment. With a great desire to collaborate, to do teamwork," Manuel highlights. «It didn't matter if you were a team member or a shift manager; We all rolled up our sleeves to get the orders done. But we had a great time. We were like a small family, and we even waited for each other when we left to party together," says Epifanía Muñoz.
Belen pelsmaeker mcdonald's franchisee Belén Pelsmaeker, one of the first employees of McDonald's Spain, currently 1. Some of the first employees remain linked to the brand Eight of the people who worked at the first Phone Number List McDonald's in Spain are still linked to the company. Belén Pelsmaeker, Santiago Gómez, Manuel Parra, Epifanía Muñoz, Féliz Domínguez, Natividad Alameda, Álvaro Villena and María Pinedo are the names of the employees who decided to continue their journey with the chain, most of them as franchisees. Pelsmaeker, for example, has been a McDonald's franchisee since 1992 and currently runs four restaurants in Jerez de la Frontera (Cádiz). In the case of Parra, he has three in Seville, while Santiago Gómez, a member of the financial department back in 1981, manages a store in El Puerto de Santa María. For her part, Epifanía is not a franchisee, but works as a manager in a restaurant in El Juncal, in the Madrid town of Alcobendas.
At that time there were no job advertisements like there are now, on the Internet, so we all found out through word of mouth that a company called McDonald's was going to arrive in Spain, which was looking for people," Belén Pelsmaeker told us exclusively. . Both she and Parra have agreed above all that one of the best things about that first McDonald's was the camaraderie . «I remember that there was an incredible group of people. We were very young people, and there was a very good atmosphere. I came from working in a bank, in an office, and I found a very different, very human, extraordinary environment. With a great desire to collaborate, to do teamwork," Manuel highlights. «It didn't matter if you were a team member or a shift manager; We all rolled up our sleeves to get the orders done. But we had a great time. We were like a small family, and we even waited for each other when we left to party together," says Epifanía Muñoz.