McDonald's
 Get Quote: MCD
Financials: Latest Results
Top 50 rank: 16
Rank in Food Services: 1 (Previous rank: 1*) Overall score: 7.72 Why it's admired Few companies are doing as well as McDonald's. The fast-food king's stock was one of only two in the 30-company DJIA to gain in 2008 (it rose nearly 6%, second to Wal-Mart) and sales increased 6.9% for the year. But McDonald's is admired just as much for its PR turnaround. Guided by a "Plan to Win" blueprint, the company has largely shed its "Supersize Me" and "Fast Food Nation" image by offering healthier foods and improving customer service. And PR aside, its nearly 58 million customers a day are the beneficiaries of McDonald's logistical prowess at providing a consistent, high quality product around the world. -L.D.Address: 1 McDonald's Plaza Oak Brook, IL 60523 Phone: 630-623-3000 Website: www.mcdonalds.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Top 50 Headquarters  ...What Readers Say
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Find companies you most admire
Video
-
Despite the clouds surrounding the industry, three banks made it to the top 50 of Fortune’s Most Admired Companies list. Watch -
CEO Mark Hurd has transformed HP, No. 30 on Fortune’s Most Admired list, from industry doormat into the largest of the tech titans. Watch -
Fortune's Stanley Bing looks at qualities, like repeated layoffs, that could land a company on this, um, prestigious list. Watch
| Company | Industry rank |
|---|---|
| Apple | 2 |
| Walt Disney | 1 |
| 1 |
| Company | Industry rank |
|---|---|
| Goldman Sachs Group | 1 |
| Marriott International | 1 |
| Walt Disney | 1 |
| Company | Industry rank |
|---|---|
| Exxon Mobil | 1 |
| Graybar Electric | 1 |
| Berkshire Hathaway | 1 |
This year Fortune has revamped the Most Admired Survey by combining the former America's Most Admired Company (AMAC) survey and the former World's Most Admired Company (WMAC) survey into one... More
