Sunday, January 21, 2007

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Now, That's What You Call A Filling Meal

McDonald's Corp. has opened its first drive-through in Beijing, starting a partnership with a major Chinese oil company. McDonald's and its partner, also known as Sinopec, christened the new Beijing restaurant, set beside a Sinopec filling station, with a ceremony that mixed traditional lion dancers and a Chinese-speaking Ronald McDonald. The fast-food chain opened its first restaurant in China in 1990 and plans to start about 100 new restaurants in China in the coming year, with more than half equipped with drive-through windows. According to TheJournalNews.com, the 20-year deal with Sinopec gives it the pick of any sites where the Chinese partner decides to open a restaurant beside one of its 30,000 filling stations.

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