From what customers demanded at first restaurant to why Ronald McDonald was axed – 50 amazing facts about McDonald’s

WE British are Mac mad, with almost four million of us visiting McDonald’s every day.

And as the US burger giant celebrates 50 years on our high streets, the familiar golden arches are set to multiply, with plans for 200 more branches in the next four years, creating 24,000 jobs here and in Ireland.

It is half a century since the firm’s mascot Ronald McDonald...