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McDonald’s to hire 50K during one-day event
Monday, April 4, 2011

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McDonald’s Corp. has announced an event on April 19 during which the fast-food chain plans to fill 50,000 crew and management positions.

The one-day event will seek to bring in and hire a combination of both full and part-time positions in close to 14,000 U.S. restaurants, McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD) reported.

McDonald’s said it and its franchisees will spend more than $518 million more in wages and salaries in the coming year and the addition of 50,000 potential hires translates into $54 million more in payroll taxes contributed to the broader economy.

The 50,000 new workers will generate almost $1.4 billion in annual spending, the chain said.
There are dozens of McDonald’s restaurants in the Dayton region.

McDonald’s competes against a variety of restaurant companies including Burger King, Taco Bell — part of Louisville-based YUM Brands Inc., Darden Restaurants Inc. and Brinker International

On the coffee front, it goes against Starbucks Corp. (Nasdaq: SBUX), Caribou Coffee Co. (Nasdaq: CBOU) and Tim Hortons.

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