McDonald's Getting Bigger In Poland

Fast-food chain McDonald's could spend as much as 100 million zlotys in Poland in 2010 as the firm will open no fewer than 17 locations this year to maintain the pace from last year, general director Piotr Jucha said.

McDonald's, which has 239 restaurants already open in Poland, has an average cost of 5 million zlotys for each opening.

Revenues in 2009 rose 8.8% to 961 million zlotys and the growth rate could yet increase for 2009, depending on a number of unnamed factors.

general director Piotr Jucha

McDonald's: Polish Big Mac Turns 17

Poland’s first McDonald’s restaurant opened in Warsaw exactly 17 years ago today. Under the watchful eye of security guards, crowds hungry for a taste of western-style fast food placed 13,304 orders on the first day, a world record, the Metro daily reported Tuesday.

A Big Mac burger served at the restaurant, on the corner of Marszalkowska and Swietokrzyska streets, cost zl.25,000 in the currency of the time.