In the column here Mcdonalds I have but one bone to pick (pun badly intended) with the info provided.
As the vaunted McDonalds corp. was my very first employer at the age of 15, I know that they are not individual franchises, but merely extensions of the Burgermeisters themselves. McDonalds owns the land, and you rent the equiptment from corporate hq., and they dictate shipments to you, as well as sales promotions. Notice that McD’s commercials don’t have that “At participating locations only” tag on their ads? Every location participates, as there is no individual ownership to make the decision.