When a McDonald’s is located on a pad in a Target parking lot, the McDonald’s franchisee doesn’t own that land. It belongs to the owner of the strip mall.
Ditto for the tens of thousands of McDonald’s restaurants located in office buildings, malls, airports, and inside other stores like Wal-marts.
It’s not the 70’s anymore. The standalone McDonald’s is far from a majority of the outlets these days.
When a McDonald’s is located on a pad in a Target parking lot, the McDonald’s franchisee doesn’t own that land. It belongs to the owner of the strip mall.
Ditto for the tens of thousands of McDonald’s restaurants located in office buildings, malls, airports, and inside other stores like Wal-marts.
It’s not the 70’s anymore. The standalone McDonald’s is far from a majority of the outlets these days.