Area McDonald's Restaurants Honor 15 Hometown Crew People On Trayliner; Local Winners of First International Crew Olympics Recognized.Business Editors NOTE TO MEDIA: Photo is available in a Smart News Release(TM) on Business Wire's Home Page at www.businesswire.com INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 13, 2000 Fifteen hometown McDonald's(R) crew people are being recognized for their participation in McDonald's first-ever, International Crew Olympics which took place on October 28. To celebrate their achievements, McDonald's restaurants There are more than 30,000 McDonald's restaurants in 119 countries. Restaurants The first McDonald's was not a restaurant at all, but it was a sit-in stand. The company's early franchises were built to a standard pattern that did not offer seating; this was in part to prevent across Indiana Across Indiana is a weekly 30 minute long documentary-style television program which covers places, people, history and culture across Indiana. Hosted by Michael Atwood, Across Indiana , Southwestern Michigan and Northern Kentucky have featured these crew people on a special trayliner being used in area McDonald's restaurants during December. The trayliner which includes the entire Regional McDonald's Olympic team, Ronald McDonald and representatives from the McDonald's Corporation, also features special recognition for the crew Olympians who obtained, gold, sliver, and bronze medals. "We are extremely proud of the top-performing crew who participated in this year's competition and we appreciate the tremendous work they do at McDonald's every day," said Kevin Dunn, president of McDonald's Great Lakes Great Lakes, group of five freshwater lakes, central North America, creating a natural border between the United States and Canada and forming the largest body of freshwater in the world, with a combined surface area of c.95,000 sq mi (246,050 sq km). Division, which hosted the event. "We would like to congratulate those going for the gold on their excellence and perseverance and wish them well in pursuing their dreams and future McDonald's careers." McDonald's All-American Crew Competition judged each team and crewmember on speed, accuracy, personality and teamwork. The detailed judging criteria developed by McDonald's Hamburger University Hamburger University is a 130,000 square foot (12,000 m²) training facility of McDonald's Corporation, located at 2815 Jorie Blvd. in Oak Brook, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. (R) reflect the exacting operational and service excellence, including gold medal gold medal traditional first prize. [Western Cult: Misc.] See : Prize smiles, expected at all McDonald's restaurants. The Team included the following hometown heroes: Linda Bucheit, New Albany New Albany, city (1990 pop. 36,322), seat of Floyd co., S Ind., near the falls of the Ohio River opposite Louisville, Ky.; inc. 1819. The city was a shipbuilding center in the 19th cent., and the riverboats Robert E. Lee and Eclipse were built there. , IN (Gold Medal Winner) Tricia Miller, West Lafayette West Lafayette, city (1990 pop. 25,907), Tippecanoe co., W Ind., a suburb of Lafayette, on the Wabash River; inc. 1924. A primarily residential city, it is the seat of Purdue Univ. , IN (Gold Medal Winner) Lydia Storie, Edinburgh, IN (Silver Medal Winner) Kim Harris, Owensboro, KY (Bronze Medal Winner) Roberta Morrison, Niles, MI (Bronze Medal Winner) Beth Aldrich, Washington, IN Matt Ashmore, Newburgh, IN Dee Bennet, Knox, IN Lynn Casey, Henderson, KY Deborah Davison, Bloomington, IN Esther Emerson, Vincennes, IN Dustin Klepfer, Muncie, IN McDonald's is the world's largest global foodservice retailer, with more than 27,000 restaurants serving more than 40 million people each day in 125 countries. Approximately 80 percent of McDonald's global restaurants are owned and operated by independent franchisees. Note to Editors: In the company name, "Bandy-Carroll-Hellige," bullets, rather than hyphens, should separate the three names. Hyphens have been substituted for transmission purposes only. Note: A Photo is available at URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.121300/bb7 |
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