A new restaurant for Ellon

Supporting the local economy

Our latest economic impact report showed that McDonald’s contributes around £2million to Aberdeenshire’s regional economy.

Supporting local jobs

McDonald’s provides 800 jobs in our restaurants across the North East of Scotland, and 12,000 in Scotland.

Creating new jobs

Our new restaurant will create around 100 new jobs, in a range of full and part time roles.

Our position on littering

Littering is an offense. We are unhappy when customers choose to dispose of their litter irresponsibly. We do everything we can to encourage people to make the right choices when throwing away McDonald’s packaging and want to work with residents, tidy groups and Councils to tackle this issue together.

Providing access to free football sessions

McDonald’s provides hundreds of free football sessions in partnership with the Scottish FA and delivered by our team of fully qualified coaches across the UK. We’ve set a target of providing 10 million hours of fun football until 2026.

Supporting local services

If approved, our new restaurant will generate between £50,000 and £60,000 in business rates (per year) for Aberdeenshire Council to help fund key local services.

Supporting Communities

In Scotland, McDonald’s and our franchisees have recently established the ‘McDonald’s in the Community’ foundation, donating thousands of pounds, raised via the carrier bag charge, to local charities. Recent beneficiaries include Neil’s Hugs Foundation, Kidney Kids Scotland, The Falkirk Foundation and St Andrew’s Hospice.