McDonald's Israel
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McDonald's Israel (Hebrew: מקדונלד'ס ישראל, romanized: McDonald's Yisra'el) is the Israeli master franchise of the fast food restaurant chain McDonald's. Previously operated and licensed by Alonyal Limited (Hebrew: אלוניאל בע"מ, Alonyal Ba'am), McDonald's Israel is the largest[1] of Israel's burger chains with a 60% market share.[1] It was the first Israeli outlet to be opened in 1993 and a major competitor of the local restaurant chain Burger Ranch.[2] The world's first kosher McDonald's was opened in Mevaseret Zion in October 1995.[1] McDonald's purchased Alonyal Limited in April 2024.[3]
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Company type | Master franchise |
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Industry | Fast food |
Founded | October 14, 1993; 30 years ago (1993-10-14) in Ramat Gan, Israel |
Founder | Omri Padan |
Headquarters | Ga'ash, Israel |
Number of locations | 161 standard non kosher restaurants 68 kosher restaurants (2023) |
Area served | Israel |
Owner | McDonald's Corporation |
Number of employees | 6,000+ (2015) |
Website | www |
McDonald's Israel was founded by Israeli businessman Omri Padan.[4] Currently McDonald's has 228 restaurants in Israel, with 69 of them under Kosher supervision,[5] meaning they are closed on Shabbat and Jewish holidays, have no mixed meat and dairy products (such as cheeseburgers), and for Passover they serve the meat on Passover buns. In Israel, most branches are non-kosher since they serve cheeseburgers (which are non-kosher, i.e. do not conform to traditional Jewish dietary law) by special request (they are not on the menu) and they serve milk-based desserts (ice cream, milkshakes). Some of the kosher branches serve milk products in a separate section of the restaurant. McDonald's Israel does not operate restaurants in the West Bank and Golan Heights.[6]
McDonald's Israel claims to source over 80% of its ingredients locally. This includes kosher beef patties, potatoes, lettuce, buns and milkshake mix.[4]
After a sales decline attributed to consumer boycotts as part of the BDS movement, the McDonald's corporation bought all of the McDonald's Israel locations back from Alonyal in 2024.[7]