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Jobs and People
People are at the heart of our business and we are proud to be recognised as one of the UK’s best employers. We strive to provide a working environment to suit everyone who works for us.
McDonald’s provides 600 jobs in our 5 restaurants across South Lanarkshire, and 4,000 jobs across the wider Glasgow City Region.
We are focussed on our people and committed to industry leading training for our employees. Our training philosophy incorporates both internal training programmes and externally recognised qualifications.
We pay over the minimum wage for those under 21, and over the national living wage for those over 21. We are rated as a Times Top 100 Graduate Employer and a Working Mums Top Employer.
To find out more about our people, click here.
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All contracts offered are permanent contracts regardless of whether the number of hours is flexible or has a minimum guaranteed.
When we offered out people the choice of flexible contracts or those with a guaranteed minimum number of hours, 80% of people chose to stay on their current, flexible contract.
We regularly review benefits and pay and always give our biggest pay rise to our youngest people.
Opportunities to progress are open to everyone – 30% of our current Executive Team started working as restaurant crew and have worked their way up the business, taking advantage of the training and progression opportunities we provide.
£43 million is invested in staff training every year and training opportunities are open to all of our employees.
18,500 members of staff completed one of our apprenticeship schemes and we currently have 700 apprentices.
We provide degree level apprenticeships in partnership with Manchester Metropolitan University million is invested in staff training every year current apprentices.
Littering & Recycling
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.
We make sure bins are always outside our restaurants and work closely with local authorities and communities to tackle waste
Our staff conduct 3 litter patrols a day 150-metres around our restaurants, picking up all litter, not just McDonald’s packaging Our restaurant crews walk an estimated 3,000 miles a week completing litter patrols around our restaurants.
Additional examples of work in this area include:
- We have partnered with Keep Scotland Beautiful for over 15 years, driving awareness of litter issues and spending hundreds of thousands of pounds supporting anti-litter campaigns, events and innovative projects across Scotland.
- As an example of our partnership approach, in 2021, we worked with Glasgow City Council and Keep Scotland Beautiful to fund the installation of 62 litter picking hubs across the city, providing residents and tidy groups with the tools and equipment to tackle litter.
- In 2022, we launched our biggest ever litter campaign – ‘Keep it Clean’ – resulting in thousands of bags of litter removed from the communities in which we operate.
- We work with LitterLotto to create bespoke anti-litter competitions in cities across the UK & Ireland, Last year, we ran a four-week competition in Dundee that saw over 28,000 pieces of litter binned.
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80% of our packaging is recyclable and we stopped using plastic straws in 2019.
We have invested in wind and solar generation, which help provide green energy in our restaurants.
Delivery lorries are 100% powered by biodiesel and has been used for more than 10 years. 40% of the fuel is taken from cooking oil from our restaurants.
The Environment
At McDonald’s we want the best for our environment. To us that means constantly challenging ourselves to find ways in which we can use our scale and our people, to influence and drive change. We have made several significant moves to protect the environment and reduce our impact.
We are committed to tackling littering and reducing waste. We also share the City Council’s commitment to addressing the climate crisis which we all face.
- As part of our Plan for Change, we have pledged to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2040 across our entire UK & Ireland business.
- We will ensure that the animal feed used by our suppliers is deforestation free by 2026.
- We plan to source all our packaging from renewable and recyclable materials by 2025.
- Over 80% of kitchen waste is recycled, which equates to 40% of total waste.
- We have been a zero-landfill business since 2020.
- All our restaurants are powered by 100% renewable sources. Many sites supplement this with on-site solar.
- All our new restaurants incorporate electric vehicle rapid chargers, where the supply allows.
Community
We want to be good neighbours and make a positive impact in our communities. We believe we have a responsibility to the people we serve.
Like 90% of McDonald’s restaurants, a new Drive Thru restaurant in East Kilbride will play its part in actively supporting this community.
To find out more about the work we do in the communities we serve, click here.
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McDonald’s has supported grassroots football for over 20 years through our partnership with the Scottish FA, making us the longest standing sponsor of grassroots football in the UK.
We encourage healthy and active communities by investing in local and national sport programmes and working with the Scottish Football Association to provide new kit and equipment.
Our new participation programme aims to provide 10 million hours of free fun football for children across the UK by 2026.
Ronald McDonald House Charities is McDonald’s UK and Ireland’s chosen charity partner. There are 14 Ronald McDonald Houses across the UK, all located close to specialist children’s hospitals to help provide free ‘home away from home’ accommodation to families while their child is in hospital.
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McDonald’s were the first restaurant to display nutritional information on menu boards and we have done so for 30 years
We source our food from over 23,000 British and Irish farmers.
100% British and Irish beef is used in McDonald’s burgers. In Scotland, our iconic beef is sourced locally, from Scotbeef in Bridge of Allan and Highland Meats in Saltcoats.
Chicken breast is used across all our chicken options and all eggs on our menu are free range.
We have added more choice in recent years:
- Porridge
- Salads
- Wraps
- Fruit bags
Fries can be swapped for fruit; carrot sticks or salad. 72% of the Happy Meal menus are classified as not high in fat, salt or sugar according to the Government’s nutrient profile model.
Our food
We are passionate about our food and take care to make sure that what we serve is great quality and responsibly sourced.
Our goal is to help people balance great taste, value and offer a wide range of choices.
We recognise the importance of public health and share the collective goal of reducing childhood obesity.
54% of our menu is now classified as non-HFSS (not high in fat, salt, or sugar) and 89% of our items in our core menu contain under 500 calories.
To find out more about our food, click here.
Our restaurants
We have more than 1,400 restaurants in the UK and Ireland, employing over 130,000 people. Our customers are at the heart of everything we do and as with all our restaurants, we will bring a full range of benefits to the communities we serve.
McDonald’s is a responsible business and strongly believes that a business of our size has a responsibility to use its scale for good.
To find out more about our restaurants, click here.
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McDonald’s franchised its first restaurant in the UK in 1986.
90% of our restaurants in the UK are franchised and operated by 195 local business people.
We are always looking for hands-on, ambitious people who are ready to make a long-term commitment to our business and their local community. That is why we have a robust process in place to find the right franchisees and provide industry leading training and support.
All our franchised restaurants are powered by 100% renewable energy from wind and solar energy.
We build all of our new restaurants with energy efficiency in mind, using smart technology to control lighting, heating and air conditioning, and energy efficient kitchen technology is used to further reduce our impact.
60% of our modular new build restaurants are equipped with their own solar panels.
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About McDonald’s
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