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McDonald's · founded1955-04-15

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Valid from
1955-04-15
Valid until
still holds
Published
no source on record carries a date
Recorded by AsOf
2026-11-10
Checked
2026-11-11 · its source page states the value and the date
Confidence
0.60

Sources

“Kroc's first McDonald's restaurant opened in Des Plaines , Illinois, near Chicago, on April 15, 1955 — the same year that Kroc incorporated his company as McDonald's Corporation.”— what the page says, read 2026-11-11

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Plain text
AsOf. "McDonald's founded: 1955-04-15", as of 1955-04-15. Claim clm_CA48BEE768E8, https://asof.is/claim/clm_CA48BEE768E8, accessed 2026-11-11. Source: https://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences-and-law/economics-business-and-labor/businesses-and-occupations/mcdonalds-corp.
APA
AsOf. (1955). McDonald's founded: 1955-04-15 (as of 1955-04-15) [Record clm_CA48BEE768E8]. Retrieved November 11, 2026, from https://asof.is/claim/clm_CA48BEE768E8 (source: https://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences-and-law/economics-business-and-labor/businesses-and-occupations/mcdonalds-corp)
BibTeX
@misc{asof_clm_CA48BEE768E8,
  author = {AsOf},
  title = {McDonald's founded: 1955-04-15},
  year = {1955},
  howpublished = {\url{https://asof.is/claim/clm_CA48BEE768E8}},
  note = {Claim clm\_CA48BEE768E8, as of 1955-04-15; source: https://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences-and-law/economics-business-and-labor/businesses-and-occupations/mcdonalds-corp},
  urldate = {2026-11-11}
}

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